The Posture of Learning

You want to give something back in response? That's that's that's what you do his name. The scripture says we were made to praise him. Whatever else we do. We were called to be those who have voice that see God as as the recipient of our thanks. So we worship every 7 Days Every 7 days. We come back together and I wonder at times was that because he thought we might forget if we went beyond 7 days. So every 7 days we got their back into the house of worship the house of prayer and we call upon his name. And there we tell him thank you. Thank you for his goodness. Thank you for his grace. So we worship this morning. We we We Gather to worship. Amen. It's good to see you this morning is good to have you and worship with us on this Sunday morning.

School is about to start for our children. And because it's great time and fun time. I think Emerson came up to me and she hugged me this morning. He had that glow in her eyes. And I said school starts tomorrow. I think that she said yes it does. And I think she was so excited about going to the school before I get in today sermon. I want you to do me a favor. I know that the devil is still busy. some of y'all don't even believe that the devil is busy and I'm afraid that he wants us to give him power that he doesn't have but I want to pray for our children as they go back to school those who are returning to school or college kids. Even Debbie and I were coming through a CSU this morning and moms and dads were unloading their children's stuff for college want to believe God that we can pray for the safety of our children. Not just locally, but nationally, would you agree with me? What you stand with me real quick? You're standing on behalf of children. We believe in God that that that

our children are safe this year. You don't have children will believe in that the next door. Neighbor's children are safe this year. That they'll go to school and they'll come home the way they went. And we want to pray a hedge around then what you do that with me. We just want to believe God for them. Let's pray God. We we lift our children before you gave us this beautiful. children Bible says children are a blessing of the Lord. We are so grateful for each of them. We pray right now as they prepare to go out tomorrow and start a new year school year God that you would gather around them what your angels of protection in their pad. God let you go before the menu go behind them stand beside. We pray nothing but safety and and calmness throughout this year. That would believe in that only you can do this. So we lift these dear children to you. We're praying that their year. Their schools would be havens of safety not chaos and destruction. Brando Godfather

Those who would like to stand love to these children those shoe will be there as they're encouraged hers. Those who will drive them those who will walk with them those who will protect them along the road God be with them. May we all know that? That our children are in your hands. Let every parent rest knowing that when they cannot be with them you all. God will be careful to give you the praise. the honor and the glory I ask this in Jesus name. in Jesus name A Mac go ahead and be seated. Would you be kind enough to give God praise with a hand of praise?

I'm done believing that this morning. Amen. I believe in God that they God knows our children and he is with our children. And because of that these next couple of Sundays, I want to look at learning. I want to look at the posture of learning. How do we continue to to learn after we have matriculated to our ages that we're at now in the last month?

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If you have read your Bible. In the last week.

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My question is how did you continue to? learn How how have you already been? Have you arrived?

That's where I'm at. That's my question this morning. How how do you learn how do you can send you to learn things that you don't know why things that could broaden your Your scope right now and I mean be on Facebook.

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I mean Biondo themes. What are you doing to exercise your your your mind that you might have the intelligence that you need? the booster what you have I want to challenge you these next couple Sundays. What's your posture of learning?

We live in a repeat age.

Hello. We repeat what we heard. We just if somebody said it. is shrimp and we will tell everybody this is it. I just want to tell you you got to bring. music

you can you can think through some stuff. So I want to look at. learning the posture Learning how what position are we in? What does our life look like? How how are we set? To deal with life today the posture of learning studies Studies have reported that seat Arrangements.

impact the learning process Hey, Matt. Y'all helped me out so much this Sunday morning. I have something to bring to church how many of you sitting in the back?

I just know God fight. I don't even need an illustration this already is it that we sit in the back? I guess I've always been a pastor's kid, and I don't know what it feels like to sit in the back of the church.

Now my dad didn't play that no, no, no. No, there was no sitting in the back of trailer.

amen Are y'all know what I'm talking about?

Thank you.

shrimp rolls in attention right You remember them kids are sitting up front door handles always up.

You don't get you can barely get the question out hand up.

Then you got those kids hands up don't even know what that goes. Say. I guess David.

Is that all those kids in the front seat in the front or the key to the teacher? You know, they think generally answer the questions and the questions that are asking and they Ponder these things now there's another group in the front.

Lake Havasu toward the back. Hey, man, race.

amirite The people sit in the back there more casual people. They said in the back cuz they want to avoid being asked questions. I'm all right. That's why y'all just in case he asked a question to somebody. I'm going to sit in the back so he can't ask me and I know there's another reason to empty points me out. I'm out of here.

I figured it out. I figured it out. So there are those who sit in the back because they don't want to be noticed. I mean that's about the kid. There's some other people who sit near the door. Are they sitting there windows? Don't know why. Because those are great places for distraction. bacon bits escaping their minds Wow, the kitchen is going up in front of those who sit by the door waiting on the other side. Those who sit by the windows, there are like five. They'll see it.

Kids going out to recess they see him. Those who sit by the windows those who sit by the doors that they sit there because what possibly is going on up front is not so important to them.

When I was in school and grade school together mid tree. That's where the whispering with no.

Remember that people in the front that couldn't even do that? You put in the back room. Remember people in the back to pass notes. Yeah, I remember that. And you with folded down to us about this, but if you fold it.

So that note would travel around. And you hope it. The person you wanted to get to. Now you in trouble if it got to the loudmouth kid. Oh my God.

Dave what's the matter? You won't believe this?

Yeah, that's right. You're in love with Lucy.

Remember those who said in the back. Do I have any doodlers? You remember do do do?

You could draw Superman and old kind of way. You just do them. and then you take the S off and put your initial on now, you know, what a big w o r you doodle?

That's what the pranks came from.

from the from the back

All this is about learning learning. Jake's Place This is where we sit.

Life is about sticking. You're sitting here with me today.

People where you sit in life. often affects your learning intake

I'll say it again. Where you sitting life. Often while you're learning intake.

Some people sitting in classrooms.

While others sit in prison

Where you sit in life? Often affects your learning and take some people sit on Wall Street.

Why love is sitting Ali? and street corn

when you sit in life. After Effects You're learning intake. Some people send an expensive restaurants.

while other sitting Food Lion and shelters

some people sit on pristine mountains and contemplate about the beauty of life. While others sick and have loud discussions in their heads

challenging them to go into Walmart

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neighborhood concert It all depends on. What you said?

Where you sit in life? fix you learning in tape?

You got it know that.

Where you put yourself? Is going to affect what you hear. What you hear is going to affect your learning? I want to look at you sister these next two weeks. One is a sitter. What is a server?

They go by the name of Mary. and mapa

Jesus and his disciples introduced us into this context, but this Sunday I want to talk about Mary and Martha.

Because they got me on the stand the posture of learning. Jesus and his disciples who did not mine were always over somebody else's house.

I figured that out those that kids house, you know.

But they're always going over somebody house. You don't remember when we used to go over people houses. unannounced

Right now you got to make an appointment to go visit people. You don't just show up. You show up the same people how they pee in the house.

Hey, look at that people.

No, I don't want to be bothered. No, no, I ain't got time to clean it up. No, no, no.

Jesus and his disciples on their way to visit another friend's house and they go to the home of a young lady by the name of Martha and they go to Martha's house. She's the owner of the house and the Bible tells us that she's the owner of the house in verse 38 distinctly says Martha is a homeowner. It says that Jesus and the disciples went to that house of a mother on House of a person who it is. When she gets there is excited to have them come over. Which is probably not y'all she is happy to have them stop by. She's so happy. She gets into his friend a starting to make her or make them comfortable.

You wanted to make them comfortable? You know Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. Would you like a beverage?

some refresh When you go to somebody's house they offered you something now. You're going to people house.

Are they going to go back in the kitchen and turn stuff down?

That wasn't Martha was excited.

Nothing about this Jesus go buddy. Bring 12 free.

I forgot to have a talk with Jesus.

Rest. I love you. Yes. I love you all my worship flow to you, but not tonight mother 12. But somehow Jesus Jesus and the 12 come in and they crash Martha's house and mother feels that is her duty to make them all welcome.

That's Mall. and I'll talk more about Martha next week, but a sister's death Sister Mary is that and when all this is going on 212 come in. I don't know how my butt looked at at Mary Don't You?

and when they put their hand on the hip

Could you see it just bleed guy that married life?

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Mary is very sitting there. She's sitting in front of Martha she's sitting in front of Jesus Tri-City, she's not it's not helping.

And it drives Martha.

Crazy Martha goes to Jesus and Martha says to Jesus.

Jesus we got a problem.

Electronics my notes just cut off. But I know my dick.

San Marcos Jesus and says Jesus we have a problem.

Mary sits. It says that Jesus has feet check this out. listening just say Jesus feet and she she's listening to his every word and what is peculiar about about Mary Sitting? Because young boys normally sit at the feet of rabbi.

So there was all that have this young woman to sit at the Young rabbis. What city is desperate to get something from this rabbi? Mary Tamaki, and that Jesus has something to share with her.

Martha doesn't understand it.

Jesus says Martha with Martha complains Martha slow down something. Mary is doing. Is it worth seeing and doing yourself?

I said to myself when you sit at the feet of Jesus When when you sit with Jesus? when you take time to get closer to Jesus want it changes your perspective it changes your priorities. The first thing that Mary teaches I said at Jesus's spending time. prioritize life do you believe that?

Yaoi with me at Jesus feet will help you prioritize.

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things coming faint going people coming people going situations around us. I think spending some time with Jesus. Will help you prioritize your life was that mean, you know, the more you get around Christ the Messiah.

You can just let you know what's important.

Everything we do is not important.

I got to thinking to myself when I'm writing this sermon I said, you know.

And I'ma pick them up at 2.

Stocking with the lady the other day and she had one of them bit with the Fitbit. Y'all know what a Fitbit. No, yes. She had a real pretty one is a big one. And I love watching. That's the one thing. I have a problem with.

And she said to me since the day. If you measure your steps. I said what you say. She said you want my wife to tell me the steps and everything and I want to know if I go straight to Amazon.

But the bad thing about it is I got a credit card.

So I was about to get it and something the Holy Spirit. I think it was. Okay. Mentally. He said he says young fool.

He got no. You got an iWatch on a map of watches learn how to use.

I wish I had a witness up in there.

Got my own. And I start feeling with it and I start asking. Make a firework and see what the tournament did but my wife when she tells me stuff. She belittles me at the same time. She just started.

What I'm trying to tell you with. Spending some time with Jesus will help you prioritize.

Everything you want is not everything you need.

So so Mary was sitting at Jesus feet. I think she helped him prioritize number to turn the world off.

Y'all may not like this. But you actually can turn stuff off.

All the cloud in the Clutter that the people keep saying the world the world the world you can turn it off. It's just we have the type of people who are so caught up. We paint when we are in the know. It means we just feel powerful but it also has us with more information that we need and when we get all of that information, we cannot process it in the process of not being able to process it crazy trying to say, how do I make sense of all this? I need you to know. You need to have some quiet time. Yeah, I remember growing up.

Wyatt pack My mother was good is Andy Taylor would say my mother was good at quiet time. Coke and popcorn and sit down I know they don't say that no more, but that was part of our summer ritual. Go in there and sit down readable. Be quiet. Now You See Me just waiting on you to send them to his room You are so stop sending them to the room game room ain't nothing but a little Fortress he's got everything in there blinking.

My Frazier II but he says spending time with Jesus helps turn the world off what I mean by that. And if you don't have crab time or meditative meditation time.

You have out you think you've outgrown reading the Bible. You have not out. You don't know every context of the Bible the majority of us know a few of the major stories. But we do not know the context of God's writing and those 66 books. We can quote certain versus but we do not understand this guy who has revealed himself in this God. Who is this God? We don't really understand that. We just have some quiet time with God. This is what happens. He helps you turn the world all.

I was reading the I see a lot of Isaiah last week and it blew me away cuz I said my God.

Summit View if you feel so tired of Politics as watching the show this morning some people move to Italy because they want to get away from America. You don't have to move to Italy.

I would say what you need to do is turn some stuff off.

You need to turn some stuff.

I'm a BMO. You need to go cold turkey. So what you're saying is you're not Shake It Off I go to sleep by this thing I talk to this thing.

We read the 23rd psalms. You learned it when you were six and seven will go back and read it. It's a whole new line. I think Mary teaches us spending time with Jesus it shut off. I wear a third.

Sitting there with Jesus's feet. She looked at Jesus and she said spending time with Jesus clarifies one service for the kingdom.

Lord what should I do for you? I said go back to the word. The word is so powerful God's God has this thing disconnected with the word that it also will give and an illumination a revelation. Meetup app haven't had revelations in a long time.

Reading God's word will inspire you. the new heights Can you challenges Mary I believe was sitting at Jesus's feet because she wanted to know what is he going to say? What new info is he going to tell me there's a danger 21st century. You think you already know it?

You think you already know? it all please don't be food.

There's so much in the universe that we don't know. That we pretend to know so much.

But we haven't scratched the surface of what even earth is made of out. We like believing we know but we just don't. We're still getting excited about the expansion of the universe. Okay, we'll set up the Apollo in the sixties what we're still need a map. I need a Playbook. I just created the heavens and the Earth.

I will still try to experience the boom. Boom.

my friends spending time with Jesus will help you determine. Who you are in him?

And I will say this as I get ready to close I would say this not only who you are any member who you are.

When I'm reading the Mary text in the Martha text. Martha was trying to get her identity. From what she did? He was back all the way. Is anybody listening to me, don't you try to get your identity? From what you do or what you have.

I remember the first time I bought a F-150 truck. Hope the Reverend have you lost your mind? preachers don't drive F-150 I didn't have enough money to buy a Cadillac.

So I got the next best thing and the F-150.

My friend you are not. What you do?

Many of us have lost sight of that. We think we are what we think we are there titles. Have you ever been in a business meeting and it takes about an hour to go around the circle of Hope trying to explain who they are going to go nuts person and didn't go off until I am and some of his and one of these and I'm about to because this is not going to do what we tried to do right now and on top of that I work for NASA My plan. Sirius has a room for Jesus. She just thought that Jesus would love her more if she did more in his presence and that's not going to get you more love from Jesus by wearing super prison shirt or trying to do all of the christening thing. He does not move you home God's radar.

Martha Martha next week Martha Martha Martha. I just love her mother because her name translate talked in great woman. Martha is so sad that I got to show him. I got to be a good. Entertainer and I want him to see how good I entertain.

in order to do a church 2019 God doesn't need.

superheroes What's happening to us is we are I did Define cream of the crop of Christians right now. Awesome. No, because you loved me under me.

But I wouldn't tell nobody outside this church that you go here for me because I don't make sense. You don't go to church or any place that didn't identity you come with your identity. You don't wait for somebody to get tires you now you are one of mine. Now, you are one of me now go and Conquer and bring me back to proceed. That is not what you need. You need somebody who said what you bring and I take my role. Can you take Zoloft and we'll put it on the party check this out of wood and tell if your bring your love and your friend and your bring your love with subject that have a whole down, but you gotta bring what's your name?

Marvel identity was and what she did.

Mary's identity was just being with Jesus. Let me close this Mary realize.

The Jesus was all she needed at the moment. Hello, and I intentionally said at the moment. Did you put some of y'all etrakit with me this morning? When you driving your car and your Neil hickey?

I just want somebody just testified your needs are going to eat do not try to drive to Denver and tell yourself. I'm riding with Jesus. Jesus is with me. Don't try this. Don't do it. Don't do it. You got to tell yourself at the moment Jesus. We're going to stop at the Sinclair and get us some then I got to go get what I need you to know that I know what my reality but in the truth of it.

yacht yacht yacht yacht lyrics at the moment Mary realize the most important person is in my house. That's why Jesus said to Martha. Martha Martha Martha you are worried about a lot of stuff. But Mary has chosen the best thing brothers and sisters. Do you know what the best thing is in his life? It's still Jesus. Now you can go you can go try a career. I promise you your career when you get in it don't you feel like a wolf.

And you call your friends. This is it. They got me on the 22nd.

guaranteed 22nd floor luster will wear off.

It wears off girl. I found the best man and me and him love one another. I guarantee that love finger well. you looked at him and

get a nasty taste in your mouth.

What we need according to Mary. It is Mary found the best thing. For her life now. Was sitting with her posture. Is sitting at his feet.

Her pastor was not she was standing above him. And the remaining Cool School of teaching the student never stood above the teacher. the student always said in a position to receive

from the teacher some of your forgotten how to receive for Jesus stop watching these crazy evangelist and somebody's knucklehead to write these books and I'm going to give you a blessing we don't give breakfast.

Y'all y'all need to grow up. That's what I'm trying to tell you. You need to learn for yourself. Let me tell you how to live your life for God didn't God's word speaking to turn a page and right to suffer. No Hallelujah. I got it inside from the look. I promise you. He'll grow you got it.

Finally you remember I love this story. Wanted to a guy want to play. a musical instrument

and I told his wife honey. I really would like to learn a new instrument. Sometimes you got to learn something new. k coming out stuck You need to learn what you want to do.

But it wasn't on her shoulders.

He said it was the biggest battle in.

But it wasn't on her shoulders. So I went down and I said how much for one number one of them bit by aliens?

Is that a you mean a cello? That's what you want. Jell-O Jell-O, but it look like a big one is really been using you can get some good back room. I show you how to get started with bow. And then

Got took that Big Valley at home. Told his wife. Hey darling. He says yes. Right while I was right there.

Got one upstairs. Red Violin by the neck took his one finger. went over to the one and I'm trying to

woman looked at me and said so

are you on playing tonight?

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I don't I don't mean to know everything but Last time I seen somebody. Play when I'm dead by aliens. Bengals was going all up and down it and they was flipping it.

He said they was looking for the notes. I already found my brothers and my sisters. I need you to be like Mary today. You need to tell the world that I've already found my notes looking for another disease. Sunshine by white makeup is my role of Sharon. He is your know. You're always your breath of life what you need Jay-Z.

It's all contingent. on your posture

Everything is contingent. When your posture marries posture is one of humility.

We don't deal with humility very much in 21st century. We don't even like the sound of the word.

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sitting with Jesus important my clothes I love you Eric Church. I love you. You hear me to do something. But you still need to see that Jesus's feet tomorrow Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Saturday. When you come to church, all you're doing is putting your Log on the Fire.

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