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"Drawing the Line in Concrete"

4/22/2016

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​This month we start our first blog for Breaking Bread, it will give us the opportunity to continue to converse as we currently meet only once a month.

​Read the text, think about these question, share your thoughts and ask your own questions.  Remember as we discover the implications we also what to make proper application to our life.

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Scripture Text -  Luke 10:38-42
Discussion topic: "Mary or Martha"



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The Lord frequently stayed with Mary, Martha and their brother Lazarus at Bethany, near to Jerusalem. Here were disciples who had not become homeless in following the Lord, but who used and opened their home for him.
Mary sat at his feet and listened attentively as he spoke. Martha, her sister, was busy preparing food for everyone. Martha asked him to rebuke Mary because she needed her help. Yet to have left so noble a guest on his own would have been rude and foolish. Mary used her time wisely, and was nourished by the word of God, infinitely more important food than could be served on a plate (Luke 4:4).
Like the parable of the Good Samaritan, this small account is timeless. We all have aspects of Mary and Martha within us. Perhaps our modern, active church life more closely resembles that of Martha than Mary. We tend to be ‘distracted with much serving’ today, and only rarely spend time sitting at our Lord’s feet and hearing his word.


Gavin Childress, Opening up Luke’s Gospel (Opening Up Commentary; Leominster: Day One Publications, 2006), 97.

7 Comments
Owen
4/22/2016 05:40:09 pm

Love the new site

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Keith
5/8/2016 11:43:02 pm

Was another edifying session of Bible study, discussing a very introspective topic. Until the next session! Soli deo gloria--To Christ be the glory!

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Owen
5/14/2016 08:13:33 pm

Keith, I love you passion for the word, just wondering how you relate Esther 6:1-14 and Judges 6 and what the main take away is for us today?

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Owen
7/5/2016 05:55:00 pm

Keith, the sinful nature is ever present with us and so our flesh wants to dominate our spirit, if we simply do nothing our tendency is to drift away from God and what is good. That's why the scripture say we have to press toward the mark of the high calling in Christ Jesus. Not only do we need to practice spiritual disciplines, but to do so in the company of other believers gives us even more strength. God is worthy of all our praise, worship and adoration.

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Keith
7/6/2016 11:31:37 am

I agree with you, Owen. Everyday, is an everyday process, but the good news is that the Holy Spirit does the refinement within us. Life's a marathon, not a sprint, as the saying goes!

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1/7/2021 03:42:25 am

Thanks for the post

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8/3/2024 06:10:01 pm

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    ​Husband and father of three young boys, Luke (6) and Malachi (3).  My wife Natasha  is an elementary school teacher and by day I am a counselor for troubled and mentally challenged youth.   By night I'm an avid basketball and football fan.  But most importantly my life's passion is to make a positive difference in the lives of other.

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