Dangerous Prayers: The One Thing
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
The Foremost Response to the Issues we Face today are a Response to a ________________ Not a ____________________.
You can basically build your Spiritual Walk with Jesus on one of two foundations.
1.____________________________.
2.____________________________.
Luke 10:38-42
While they were traveling, he entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks, and she came up and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to serve alone? So tell her to give me a hand.”
41 The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice and it will not be taken away from her.”
Martha, Fretting in her DOING –it has now Robbed her of the ___________ that ought to come in Serving the Lord.
Martha’s problem is NOT in her Service but in her ___________________ toward her Service.
Whenever our Activities _________ God cause us to Criticize Others Or Pity ourselves, it is an Indicator to ___________ Examine our lives and look at our Communion or Lack therefore with the Lord.
Performance Based Service is Derived from Solely Human Efforts and Eventually you WILL make Resentful and is a sure sign of lack of ___________________ with the Lord.
In Martha’s Service ________ Jesus she Becomes Distracted _______________ Jesus.
Our Choice
V-42b: Mary has made the right choice and it will not be taken away from her.”
Mary _______________. Jesus did not make the Choice for her.
Q: Why is this ONE THING Necessary?
Because it directly Impacts ________________ Area of your life.
What did God say to me today? What do I need to do with what I heard today?