Immanuel Baptist Church Corbin, Ky

Choosing the Better Learning to be Mary-ed And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her. LUKE 10:38-42 "We are so steeped in the error of working for God that we are determined to defend Martha. In straining to give her some due, some merit we are defending our own self-conscious labors and hoping they too will count with God. They will not. Make no mistake, Jesus scolded Martha. Martha had chosen duty. Mary had chosen Jesus. Adoration Adoration Martha Kilpatrick. "Work does not begin with work. God's work must begin with rest. It then moves out from r