Finding Peace Through Prioritizing Time with Jesus
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "God says be anxious for nothing. Now that you're all excited and not stressed because I share the reality of this, how do we get through this? There's a psalm that really helps us refocus. David went through so many stressful situations. He was continually dealing with stress. You read that through the psalms over and over again. And he's not the only author of the psalms that's dealing with stress. But Psalm 140, verse 1 and 2, you can almost hear the cry of his predicaments. And even our world today, it says, Rescue me. Lord, from evildoers. Protect me from violent and divisive evil plans in their hearts who stir up war every day." [03:33](
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2. "The point is that there's a way to get through this. The point is that God knows that we can get through this. Our scripture says, By everything in prayer, by prayer and supplication, give thanks to God. Let your requests be made known to God. Men and women are completely overstressed. We just looked at that. So how do we deal with stress? That's the question." [04:18](
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3. "Jesus is not coming into the house to inspect it for how clean it is. That's the truth. Whether your house is perfectly clean or not, is not the issue with Christ. He's coming to spend time with you. Yesterday, I was finishing my sermon. I sat right over there in that chair right there. And I was thinking about standing here, sharing with you this important message and asking God, what do you need to hear? What do I need to share that will somehow apply to your world? And God seems to speak to me and I hope to us." [07:17](
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4. "The opposite of stress is peace. Years ago, Samantha and I lived in Illinois. And the pastor of our church in Thompsonville, John Lomakey, and his wife came over to our house one afternoon. We were talking and just sitting down and visiting. And we were just, our house was small. You could probably fit our whole house in about one-third of this church here. It was a real small place. But we sat down in the living room. We're talking. And John said, you know, it's really peaceful here. Probably no one could compliment you more than that, right? Your house is a place of peace. They feel like this is a place they want to be." [08:42](
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5. "Sometimes we're stressed because we forget to focus that God really does care. That he really does take care of us. You can almost hear Jesus saying, Steve, Steve. You worry about a lot of stuff, but turn to me. One thing he says to Martha in verse 42. There's one thing, Martha, you still need. Mary's figured it out. She's chosen the good part, which will never be taken from her. Timing is everything. If you don't spend time in God's presence, you're missing the blessing." [24:04](
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### Quotes for Members
1. "Martha is a good host. I will say that. She's a good hospitality. That's her gift. She has it. She's a hospitality queen, really. In all the Bible, you can probably picture that one of the, the most perfect dinner arrangements probably was set up by Martha. But the truth is, she's having a little bit of trouble with something else. Not just her sister. It's actually something that she's not seeing that Jesus is going to show her. Because how she relates to him ultimately is, I will say, ultimately gives us insight into her understanding of the gospel." [10:01](
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2. "Martha's distracted because there's a big dinner taking place, much serving taking place. And her focus is out of balance. She's focusing on the occasion and not Jesus. That's a serious problem, right? Focusing on the world and the stuff and not Jesus. I find every time I hear somebody tell me or read something about a crazy thing that's going on in our world, I find myself starting, probably if I check my blood pressure, it starts to go up. You find those things, too? And then I start to realize that maybe it's a little too much. I have a voice speaking in my heart saying, you know what, Steve? You're looking in the wrong direction here. You're looking at things that are going on, but you're not realizing that's not how to get through it." [15:00](
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3. "The greatest difference between Martha, who is telling Jesus what he must say, and Mary is because Mary is waiting for Jesus to tell her what she should know, what he should say. And that's the difference between our relationship, whether we're stressed about life or whether we're trusting God. When we spend time with Jesus, we hear him speak to us. When I start processing and trying to do and trying to figure out, you know, you've been there, you've all done that. When I try to figure out the world and make it go my way, it's a lot of stress." [27:55](
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4. "Our scripture passage that Eric read at the very beginning starts, Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say it, in case you forget it, he says, again I say it, rejoice. God wants us to know that he can take care of our problems. Jesus is trying to tell Martha, I've got it figured out. Just come over here and spend some time with me. It will all work out. How do you fix the stress in your life? Only one answer. It's not found in a pill. It's found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Medication may have a place, but the only one who can change you is Jesus Christ. Mary figured that out." [29:33](
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5. "If you want a life that you are still struggling to find or always hope to have, wanting to have, spend more time with Jesus. If you don't do that, come visit me in 20 years. Let's see how it's going. You say, I wish I had heard Jesus tell me to spend time with him. If I had done that, it would have been all different. So I just close with a final thought is tomorrow morning when you get up, what are we going to do, guys? We're going to give our life to Jesus. Tomorrow you're going to try to open the Bible and spend a few moments with him. Ask him to speak to you. Ask him to lead you, to guide you. If you do that, he will take care of you. I know that." [30:22](
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1. "God says be anxious for nothing. Now that you're all excited and not stressed because I share the reality of this, how do we get through this? There's a psalm that really helps us refocus. David went through so many stressful situations. He was continually dealing with stress. You read that through the psalms over and over again. And he's not the only author of the psalms that's dealing with stress. But Psalm 140, verse 1 and 2, you can almost hear the cry of his predicaments. And even our world today, it says, Rescue me. Lord, from evildoers. Protect me from violent and divisive evil plans in their hearts who stir up war every day." [03:33](
| | )2. "The point is that there's a way to get through this. The point is that God knows that we can get through this. Our scripture says, By everything in prayer, by prayer and supplication, give thanks to God. Let your requests be made known to God. Men and women are completely overstressed. We just looked at that. So how do we deal with stress? That's the question." [04:18](
| | )3. "Jesus is not coming into the house to inspect it for how clean it is. That's the truth. Whether your house is perfectly clean or not, is not the issue with Christ. He's coming to spend time with you. Yesterday, I was finishing my sermon. I sat right over there in that chair right there. And I was thinking about standing here, sharing with you this important message and asking God, what do you need to hear? What do I need to share that will somehow apply to your world? And God seems to speak to me and I hope to us." [07:17](
| | )4. "The opposite of stress is peace. Years ago, Samantha and I lived in Illinois. And the pastor of our church in Thompsonville, John Lomakey, and his wife came over to our house one afternoon. We were talking and just sitting down and visiting. And we were just, our house was small. You could probably fit our whole house in about one-third of this church here. It was a real small place. But we sat down in the living room. We're talking. And John said, you know, it's really peaceful here. Probably no one could compliment you more than that, right? Your house is a place of peace. They feel like this is a place they want to be." [08:42](
| | )5. "Sometimes we're stressed because we forget to focus that God really does care. That he really does take care of us. You can almost hear Jesus saying, Steve, Steve. You worry about a lot of stuff, but turn to me. One thing he says to Martha in verse 42. There's one thing, Martha, you still need. Mary's figured it out. She's chosen the good part, which will never be taken from her. Timing is everything. If you don't spend time in God's presence, you're missing the blessing." [24:04](
| | )### Quotes for Members
1. "Martha is a good host. I will say that. She's a good hospitality. That's her gift. She has it. She's a hospitality queen, really. In all the Bible, you can probably picture that one of the, the most perfect dinner arrangements probably was set up by Martha. But the truth is, she's having a little bit of trouble with something else. Not just her sister. It's actually something that she's not seeing that Jesus is going to show her. Because how she relates to him ultimately is, I will say, ultimately gives us insight into her understanding of the gospel." [10:01](
| | )2. "Martha's distracted because there's a big dinner taking place, much serving taking place. And her focus is out of balance. She's focusing on the occasion and not Jesus. That's a serious problem, right? Focusing on the world and the stuff and not Jesus. I find every time I hear somebody tell me or read something about a crazy thing that's going on in our world, I find myself starting, probably if I check my blood pressure, it starts to go up. You find those things, too? And then I start to realize that maybe it's a little too much. I have a voice speaking in my heart saying, you know what, Steve? You're looking in the wrong direction here. You're looking at things that are going on, but you're not realizing that's not how to get through it." [15:00](
| | )3. "The greatest difference between Martha, who is telling Jesus what he must say, and Mary is because Mary is waiting for Jesus to tell her what she should know, what he should say. And that's the difference between our relationship, whether we're stressed about life or whether we're trusting God. When we spend time with Jesus, we hear him speak to us. When I start processing and trying to do and trying to figure out, you know, you've been there, you've all done that. When I try to figure out the world and make it go my way, it's a lot of stress." [27:55](
| | )4. "Our scripture passage that Eric read at the very beginning starts, Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say it, in case you forget it, he says, again I say it, rejoice. God wants us to know that he can take care of our problems. Jesus is trying to tell Martha, I've got it figured out. Just come over here and spend some time with me. It will all work out. How do you fix the stress in your life? Only one answer. It's not found in a pill. It's found in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Medication may have a place, but the only one who can change you is Jesus Christ. Mary figured that out." [29:33](
| | )5. "If you want a life that you are still struggling to find or always hope to have, wanting to have, spend more time with Jesus. If you don't do that, come visit me in 20 years. Let's see how it's going. You say, I wish I had heard Jesus tell me to spend time with him. If I had done that, it would have been all different. So I just close with a final thought is tomorrow morning when you get up, what are we going to do, guys? We're going to give our life to Jesus. Tomorrow you're going to try to open the Bible and spend a few moments with him. Ask him to speak to you. Ask him to lead you, to guide you. If you do that, he will take care of you. I know that." [30:22](
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