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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

Rest is a gift and commandment from God.

Real Rest is seeing ourselves as the objects of God's favor, grace, peace, and mercy.

Real rest is living at a pace and in a place sustained by Jesus.

Luke 10:38-40

"38 As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. 40 But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”"

Martha's desire was in the right place.

Martha's desire was to worship Jesus.

Luke 10:40

"40 But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”

Martha's focus quickly shifts from Jesus to her sister.

Comparison steals the joy Martha had in serving Jesus.

Luke 10:41

"41 But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details!"

It's so easy to be worried about details.

Martha's desire was in the right place.

Martha's priorities were out of place.

Have we concerned ourselves with what matters?

We can be so worried about the details that we miss the big picture.

What is actually happening to my relationship with Jesus?

What is actually happening to my kids?

What is actually happening to my marriage?

What is actually happening to me?

Luke 10:42

"42 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Following Jesus means choosing him over our to-do list.

I don't have time to...

VS.

I have chosen to prioritize...

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)

"18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image."

2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)

"18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,[a] are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.[b] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."

Behold

- See.

- Reflect.

- Transform.

Have you spent time beholding God recently?

"The glory of God is a living man, and the life of man consists of beholding God." 

- Saint Irenaeus

Martha was consumed by the details and she was missing Jesus.

Mary was consumed with beholding Jesus and she missed nothing.

Why do we behold tiny screens with useless details rather than the greatness of our creator and savior?

Real Rest is taking time to behold Jesus.

See. Reflect. Transform.

Challenge: Find a time this week to behold God in a real way.

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