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Good Morning, Well, it’s been a busy week full of different emotions for us… We got to celebrate Julotta on Wednesday…Thankful for a beautiful service… It has also been a very difficult week for our community.

As we learned of the tragic accident of Lee and Debbies son.. Eddy… and our hearts go out to Lee and Debbie, Nathan,Jack and Maddie and Family..

… To be honest this has been a difficult week for our community.

Trust that you had a good Christmas with family… To be honest this has been a difficult week for our community.

It's been difficult week for our community.

Our hearts go out to Lee and Debbie, Nathan,Jack and Maddie and Family.. on the tragic loss of Eddy on Christmas Eve.

Hope that you are feeling the love for family… we love you and we feel your heart ache and we trusting God for continual strength over this coming week and months ahead..

This is when the Church family really counts ---

Our hearts go out to Lee and Debbie, Nathan,Jack and Maddie and Family.. on the tragic loss of son Eddy on Christmas Eve.

and Our hearts go out to Lee and Debbie, Nathan,Jack and Maddie and Family.. on the loss of Eddy....

There have been many tears and prayers...

Hope that you are feeling the love for family… we love you and we feel your heart ache and we trusting God for continual strength over this coming week and months ahead..

This is when the Church family really counts ---

Words can’t even begin to express the way that we feel… we are trusting that you feel our love and we are praying that God would meet us and help us in this time of need…

trusting God for continual strength over this coming week and months ahead..

This is when the Church family really counts ---

You need to know that we love you and we understand that this is going to be a journey … and we hoping to walk you this.. over the coming weeks and months ahead...

This is when the Church family really counts --- I am so thankful for this community and those of you that have stepped up...

This morning, we are going take a few moment to talk about the importance of Finding Balance...

and I was drawn to the text of this interaction between Jesus and his favorite people to

and I want to talk about Finding Balance in 2020… When things are balanced in our lives things just work better… And to be honest it is quite easy to mix up our priorities and get our of alignment…and you may not even recongnize the systems..

If you have ever got new tires… that first time is so smooth… everything is aligned and wheals are balanced… it is like you are floating on the Highway…

I want to talk about Finding Balance in 2020…

When things are balanced in our lives things just work better… And to be honest it is quite easy to mix up our priorities and get our of alignment…and you may not even recognize the systems..

If you have ever got new tires… that first time is so smooth… everything is aligned and wheals are balanced… it is like you are floating on the Highway…

As we face a new year a new decade.

It maybe in order to take stock of the past decade...

Where goals met.... ..

There are certain memories that are vivid to me from my childhood…And one of them was learning to ride a bike… our front yard sat on a a bit of incline and my dad held onto the seat… and he ran next to me several times… and pushed me down the hill… letting go now and then… and he tell me to pedal… I remember that sensation of trying to find the center of gravity. .

.place of Balance… you lean to one side and then you have to lean on the other-side... and the key is to keep Pedaling....

As we face a new year... we coming to a brand New Decade...

It maybe in order to take stock of the past decade...

Where goals met..and maybe we had some goals and kind of missed the Mark...

Here is the thing maybe this morning God will stir something new in our hearts...

I want to talk about Finding Balance in 2020…

As we face a new year... we coming to a brand New Decade...

It maybe in order to take stock of the past decade...

Where goals met..and maybe we had some goals and kind of missed the Mark...

Here is the thing maybe this morning God will stir something new in our hearts...

remember the sensation of finding the center of gravity.

.. the Pedaling on my own…

There is lot we can learn about ridding a bike --- Because in order to move forward in life you can’t just pedal… You have to learn how to keep your balance....

When things are balanced in our lives things just work better… Whether it’s your car tires, your check book, your schedule, your spiritual life… When those things are unbalanced we feel it...

And to be honest it is quite easy to mix up our priorities and get our of alignment…

Sometimes we

it's amazing what you remember from you childhood.

I remember learning to ride a bike… our front yard sat on a ncline and my dad held onto the seat… and he ran next to me several times… i remember the sensation of finding the center of gravity.

.. the Pedaling on my own…

Every year we faced with new opportunities... new challenges... What is our approach...

Luke 10:38-

When things are balanced in our lives things just work better… Whether it’s your car tires, your check book, your schedule, your spiritual life…

These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at there Home... Part of the reason is that Martha had this wonderful gifted of Hospitality....

She had that way that made you feel welcome at totally at home...

We all have gifts and we love using our gifts... here is the thing .... that if we don't learn how to balance our gifts with restoration we are going to find that we are going to burn out...

One of the challenges we have is to find the balance...

We have two of Jesus favorite People that two different strengths... What we tend to do is polarize the two examples... Martha often represents Works and Mary represents Worship... We tend to look down at Martha... because she seems to be so worldly and we spiritualize Mary...

Where is we look at Jesus teachings they were actualized in both woman’s lives...

Both Woman are woman of excellence and noble character...

The story of Mary and Martha is actually about the necessity of the Word of God in a life of Active service for the Lord..

This morning we are going to be looking at our text — and going to be looking at Jesus visit to his Good friends in Bethany… Mary, Martha and Lazarus…

Jesus is going to teach this family about the importance of having the right priorities and having the right goals...

comfortable and at home at there Home... Part of the reason is that Martha had this wonderful gifted of Hospitality....

She had that way that made you feel welcome at totally at home...

We all have gifts and we love using our gifts... here is the thing .... that if we don't learn how to balance our gifts with restoration we are going to find that we are going to burn out...

One of the challenges we have is to find the balance...

We have two of Jesus favorite People that two different strengths... What we tend to do is polarize the two examples... Martha often represents Works and Mary represents Worship... We tend to look down at Martha... because she seems to be so worldly and we spiritualize Mary...

Where is we look at Jesus teachings they were actualized in both woman’s lives...

Both Woman are woman of excellence and noble character...

The story of Mary and Martha is actually about the necessity of the Word of God in a life of Active service for the Lord..

and going to be looking at this familiar interaction between Mary and Martha…

Where we are given two contrasts and examples on how to find balance..

this familiar interaction between to Mary and Martha....Where are given examples on how to live with balance..

These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at there Home... Part of the reason is that Martha had this wonderful gifted of Hospitality....

She had that way that made you feel welcome at totally at home...

We all have gifts and we love using our gifts... here is the thing .... that if we don't learn how to balance our gifts with restoration we are going to find that we are going to burn out...

One of the challenges we have is to find the balance...

We have two of Jesus favorite People that two different strengths... What we tend to do is polarize the two examples... Martha often represents Works and Mary represents Worship... We tend to look down at Martha... because she seems to be so worldly and we spiritualize Mary...

Where is we look at Jesus teachings they were actualized in both woman’s lives...

Both Woman are woman of excellence and noble character...

The story of Mary and Martha is actually about the necessity of the Word of God in a life of Active service for the Lord..

In we have this familiar interaction between Mary and Martha… Where we are given two contrasts and examples on how to find balance..

luke 10:38-

It is interesting that Jesus desires to spend these precious hours with this family which he has developed a close bond.

These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at there Home...

Jesus travel to visit his good friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus in Bethany which is about 2 miles outside of Jersualem.

Jesus travel to visit his good friends Martha, Mary and Lazarus in Bethany which is about 2 miles outside of Jersualem.

The timing of his visit is important, because it towards the end of Jesus ministry... just one week before the passover in Jerusalem…when Jesus is going to lay down his life on the cross....

where he wiling will lay down his life on the cross....

where he wiling will lay down his life on the cross....

The timing of his visit is important, because it towards the end of Jesus ministry... just one week before the passover in Jerusalem…when Jesus is going to lay down his life on the cross....This is really the backdrop of the Gospels…this motif or this journey to Jerusalem… the timing of the visit is essential to understanding what’s going on in the text...

Jesus chooses to spend these precious hours with this family which he has developed a close bond.

Martha, Mary and Lazarus are his good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus is able to relax and be refreshed at their house… one of the reasons for this was Martha who was an amazing hostess who exhuded with the gift of hospitality.

It is not surprising that when Jesus arrives in Bethany Martha is the first person to reach out to him and to welcome him into her home… Martha was one of those hostesses that put it extra effort… She loved entertaining… Everything was just perfect..

This is the week before he goes to Jerusalem...

The week before the Passion where He goes to the cross..It is interesting that Jesus chooses to spend these precious hours with this family which he has developed a close bond.

These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at there Home...

These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at their Home...

When Jesus arrives in Bethany Martha is the first person to reach out to him and to welcome him into her home…

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These are good friends of Jesus... you get the sense that Jesus felt comfortable and at home at there Home...

She was one of those hostesses that put it extra effort… She loved entertaining… Everything was just perfect..