Good morning once again. Is this working? Okay. When I said down earlier today after the message.
Remembering our Lord and Savior, Melkee told me
That your pronunciation is bad. So this is how I'm starting the day with bad pronunciation because you said you said gas, it's not gas, it's ghost.
And it's that drawing, you know. It's drowning.
So. And you know I'm a teacher so
But I, hi, I understand that. One of the negative side effects of emotions is the bad pronunciation.
So not I don't have a emotions because here we are in a family. I don't think it's a reason to see each other and be emotional.
But it's because Hi, TREASURE this moment. When you come here or here or wherever.
Can you talk about someone that is greater than me? Actually, it's the greatest. This is why I get some I get emotional because of him and then I have bad pronunciation so So,
I'm very happy. More than words can explain more than words can say.
I don't know how you know, how I look, but I am very, I'm very humble.
You know because coming here and talking about the one who did everything for me. It's You feel small?
Because he's so great. I'm so unhappy to because there is no. Greater moment and I treasure no other moment then.
Impacting. The world. For him. Because he is the truth.
Is the truth. So we live in a world where everything that's around us is bad influence. Everything surrounding us is He's alive?
The world that is under the father of lies. Because he was a liar from the very beginning.
Yeah. It's very toxic. And it's a great moment to talk. To people who hear and who have ears to hear to listen to his word that he is the true that everything that comes out of his mouth, his mind, his being, his DNA is the truth.
So. I'm very humble. I'm I'm very thankful. I'm very thankful for you for your encouragement every time.
Every time I say something, you come to me and you say, Thank you and I'm very thankful.
I don't know whether I have encouraged you more or you have you have encouraged me. So thank you for everything.
Today we will talk about 2 Ordinary women.
And I really love. That when we finish this message today When we leave the room. I don't want to be the same people as we entered this room this morning.
I know saying that. Because we need to do some things in order to get the favor of God or to get salvation because we know salvation is not a works.
But, and II do not believe. In the Bible in a legalistic way. Because I know that There is nothing because works or following the the law and the rules in a legistic way is not and cannot be the justification for for our salvation.
But I am saying that because we love him so much that we want to please him. Collusion says that that Well, it's his will and his desire to grow in the knowledge of him.
In wisdom, in spiritual understanding. And to be fruitful in every good work.
They are the result of our heart. Longing for him.
And.
The women we will be talking today.
Have a, have a special ingredient in their personality. It's a special ingredient.
Their lives. Point to Christ.
That is why I have to correct my previous statement. They are not ordinary women.
Add the prefix there I have to say Today we will talk about 2 extra ordinary women.
My favorite preacher. John McCarthy wrote a book. Including them here. The book is called 12 Extra Ordinary Women.
Martha and Maria and Mary are here. I read the book before I while preparing my message for today.
It helped me a lot. I suggest you the book is there in the foyer. It's about 12 extra ordinary women and they all have the same ingredient in their lives.
Their lives point to Christ. And that makes a person whether a man or a woman Extra ordinary.
So it's a book about 12 extra ordinary women written by a man.
So before we read. From Luke 10. Can you please put a bookmark? On, Matthew, 26. Just put a bookmark there.
We'll see that later. Put a bookmark to Matthew 26
6. So chapter 26, Matthew. Versus from 6 to 13. Just put a sign or bookmark there and we'll see that later.
And then now let's go to our Main passage for today. That is Luke. Then.
13, sorry, look 1038. 2 42 where we need these 2 extra ordinary women in a situation.
So look 1038 42. I'm starting to read. Now it happened as they went that he entered a certain village.
A certain woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she and her sister called Mary who also sat at Jesus's feet.
And heard his word. But Martha was distorted with much serving.
And she approached him and said, Lord. You do not care that my sister let me to serve alone?
Therefore, tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said, and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
But one thing is needed and Mary has shown that good part. Which will not be taken away from her.
So this is the portion. The a fragment from Jesus's ministry. And a meeting with these 2 extraordinary women.
Some clarifications about the passage. Starting from 38 just some clarification so we are all in on the same page it says 38, he entered a certain village.
It's about Bethany. It's a village. About 15 stadia is the the unit but it's a little less than 2 miles.
East of Jerusalem, about 3 kilometers. So it was within walking distance and Jesus walked everywhere he went.
And he built up relationships relationship relationship with relationships with people. And we have some indications in the in the scripture that.
He had a very close relationship with this family. 2 sisters and their brother Lazarus the one who died and Jesus resurrected.
And they he You may I mean they made him feel at home in their in their house so they their hospitality was a whole mark of their life.
And then.
Yeah, so. Again, I want to say that Jesus when he entered their home, he was not alone.
He was with other people. We see from you know if you see the general context of that And then these 2 women had to serve all these people who who came into their homes but or something happened.
Martha was left alone, the one who was serving and doing everything to to honored people and to welcome people in their home.
It is It is believed by scholars and researchers that Martha was the owner of her own house.
She was the older of the family and also they believe even though it's a very Deep, research, they believe that she was a widow and she was carrying, she was caring for the family.
And that's why we see her always in action. Everywhere she takes responsibility for her family. She is a wonderful woman.
And Martha is a little different. She said she didn't do anything. You know like she Even Martha said that like she didn't care, you know, but no she her personality is different from Martha She is very humble.
She is a very emotional, she said at his feet and listening to what Lord had to say.
So if we are to make a a description and we see the character of Martha she she was a strong believer.
She She had a very proactive and very responsible way of life. And if also we can learn more if we see in the Gospel of John, which For the sake of time, we won't see because the and I'm very sure that we can learn.
Not just 3 points that I have today for us, but We can learn a lot, lot more from this.
From this family and there. And their life in Jesus. She, Martha is very focused on tasks.
Sometimes you, you get that idea that. That She, you know, she, She is so focused on tasks and you get that idea that she has a memory character.
And Mary on the other hand is more emotional and you know researchers say that usually men are more task focused, women are more focused on relationships.
But you know, this was Martha, she was the owner, she was the owner of how she was the older sister and she had to take responsibility and if you remember after Lazarus and Diane Julius was coming.
She was the first who ran to meet the Lord. Telling him that Lord if you had been here our brother would not have died.
She was the first. She was a very very strong woman in her in her kind. Martha is different.
She is more humble. And more emotional. She is also younger than her.
But there is a situation.
That. I have called it a look into Martha's and Mary's life.
And what we can learn from them. And I have 3 points. For us a day. Don't have 3 points.
You know I've been thinking and meditating. For a very long time in my life. Not just for this.
For last 4 weeks. Because there is a point here that has been with me for a long long time.
And the reason is that I have had problems with that and that's why it has stayed with me.
I'll tell you what it is.
Let's look at
40. So the same passage. Is the same person. I'm just saying the number 40, 1040.
But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she approached him and said, Lord. You do not care that my sister has left me to serve alone.
Therefore, Tell her to help me.
So, be brothers and sisters. The first point that God has put me in my heart and I that's why they want to say I have.
But he has put in my heart for a long time. Is this.
Keep yourself from distractions.
It's terrible.
You miss the point. The opposite of that would be focused
You know to be focused. To keep your eyes. Thanks upon Jesus. I was watching the baseball game yesterday for a short time.
And I saw I don't know how you call it but I don't have experience with that game.
But I saw him Keep your eye on the ball.
No distractions, no mistake there.
Martha was in a tumult.
I don't blame ours, you know, 20 people in our house or more, I don't know.
And she was distracted. And she meets the point.
Look We living a life. Has over the years and some times without us even understanding that.
Has turned in a very busy hectic totally distracted. Has caused us to live totally destructive lifestyles.
And I know it for effect. Especially in the big cities.
And this is not the work, this is not the work of God. To make people completely distracted from him.
Families from friends.
It's not his work.
And Martha was distracted. And it's a good lesson for us. Keep ourselves from distractions.
I remember John told them first epistle of John. Told them. Keep yourself from idols.
That's what it told them. If you remember 5 5 one, you know, you know, I remember.
Chapter. But I'm saying I think we learn from this part. To keep ourselves. From these directions.
Now you may say, okay. It's impossible. It's, you know. Look.
I come from this place from the place of distractions.
I worked, you know. In Tirana where we live in Albania. I was completely distracted.
Very busy city, very busy life, you know, I have many students.
Classes long, long day.
I forgot about it. Because that was the lifestyle.
And this this verse has been with me for a long, long time. Because I felt guilty about that.
And this is the moment when I am telling you.
That I'm I'm I'm telling this to other people. That I suffer from this thing from this direction.
I still do by the way because you know I'm II am I was I am still influenced by the thoughts of being a high achiever and you know I'm II am still influenced by the thoughts of being a high achiever and you know you want to reach a lot of things in being a multitasker, you know, it's in trends these days.
And then you use the point. You miss the blessing. You means the peace. You miss the You means the presence of the almighty.
And this is continues and tells her Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
Literally the word distracted in this passage means dragging all around.
Worried and troubled about many things that the many things cause us distraction. Many things. But one thing is needed.
And Mary has chosen the good part. Which will not be taken away from her.
Many things in our lives. Just pick and choose many things.
One thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part. And it has a special thing. It will not be taken away from her.
I will work. Our wealth. Our bank accounts, our cars. I, our materialism.
Will crumble to nothing.
One thing will not.
The good part will not.
Jesus.
He said, Jesus, by the way, Jesus doesn't have a problem with it, by the way.
We all know. He washes them.
May had that wonderful relation. Attitude. Of worship, meditation. Listening with an open mind and with an open heart.
To Jesus's words. Now, some practical thing. You know David Jeremiah Dr.
David Jeremiah he has a Bible study Bible called Jeremiah study Bible he says this in Hebrew to sit at someone's feet in Hebrew to sit on someone's feet means to learn from that person.
The EDM describes submitting to another's teaching authority and ways of life, lifestyle. Mary showed her love for Jesus by positioning herself at her feet.
Other times as well. In look in John. We learn to worship Jesus with a sensitive heart when we follow Mary's example of spending time at his feet, real, fruitful ministry will follow.
From his fifth.
Now I know some people experience stress and tension in different ways. I'm not here to judge anyone.
You know how I experience how I deal with stress. I move a lot. Really? It's scientifically proven.
I am called a kinetic person, which means that you learn by moving. Kynastity moving.
And I do not judge anyone. III do not judge Martha. I am worse than her.
But there are some people who. In the busyness of life and when when there are when they are tense they either choose to experience that by being more busy.
Or re-enquired. So we have these 2 wonderful sisters. One has a completely different. Identity, a completely different character and Mary has another one.
She is she is more quiet. You know, I come from a culture. And because because of geographical position we are closer closer to the middle is I come from a culture that when I was little I remember I it's like a you know a picture in my in my head that when someone who was older in my family or my relatives around our house came some some people some of my relatives said at their
feet
It's true, okay, when I was now because we are modernizing the Western world, we do not do that.
It's a sign of weakness. I don't know or but. People said that they're fit and sometimes they you know they have you know they embrace their fit to show love, respect.
Open heart, open mind. submission to their to their to their authority to end and reverence for them.
So it's a sign, okay? It's assigned showing the outer sign showing the inner world.
Of the person. And.
You know, we're Hectic lifestyles today. We need the moment to see that he skip.
To submit to his authority. Much serving much work worried and trouble is a distraction from one thing. And that thing was learning and listening to Jesus.
Citicat sitting at his feet. Seeing at his feet is an incredible place to be a brothers and sisters.
It's an it's a wonderful place to be.
I will talking with Esther. You know these 2 last days. And she said in a moment that when they preach children in these countries where they were.
They talked about this direction. And I said, wait a minute.
You know.
You know, God, there is a reason why this is happening.
Distractions really
Destroy Christian life. Moving in all directions.
And then, and then we need to focus. On him.
And not wonder out and about. With no known direction.
I read the book some I don't I don't read it but I didn't read it but I love the title.
The book was called The Ruthless Elimination of Harry. I don't know if you have seen that book.
And I don't know what's you know inside it it is written by a by well known writer Christian writer.
And I was thinking maybe we should read a live that has a completely ruthless that has a lifestyle of complete and the ruthless elimination of distractions from our life.
Now, you may say, or you may think, oh, that's impossible.
I mean, I just want to say, well, I agree with you. I mean, it's, It's not easy.
I'm not saying it's easy. But we should at least have a have an attitude that we that we deliberately try to remove distractions from our lives sometimes even for practical things Sometimes we have to to eliminate to delegate or to automate our tasks.
Sometimes. We take all the burden on our shoulders and we want to do everything ourselves. Sometimes it needs some technical steps to eliminate, to delegate or to automate our tasks during our day.
Because we are high achievers and we want to do everything but we miss the point.
Let me. The warmth of Jesus.
So number one. Keep yourself from this from distractions. Because one thing is needed. And let's choose the good part which will not be taken away from us.
The second thing that I comes out from this passage I believe and the book of John McCarthy helped me.
It's it has some deep theological roots. I will try to keep it up you know practical because it's it's a whole discussion and it can be solved in one moment but It's the primacy.
Of worship slash faith over service.
I remember some time ago II heard something which I did not understand. From a Christian brother in Albania.
Had been serving there for a long time. And he said. I wasted my crucial life.
And I thought, OK, what does that mean? You know, I didn't understand it really.
It's still difficult to understand.
It was about that. More focused on service. And works works service works And then we neglect, we spend a lot, you know, less time with family.
With children with our How is this? And it's a because this is a clear. Of Okay.
And religion.
Religion is all about works. You do You do everything. You work a lot, you do All the things usually in an orderly manner and in a timely one.
And there are high chances that you will get the favor of God and you will go to heaven.
Bye.
Works. Are not and cannot. Be just. For hours in.
Hey, Jesus is.
Not works. Less that no one can boast.
Okay.
So.
It's not about what I do. Or what we do.
We can earn something from from God.
It's about only one thing, only it's about only one good part.
He is. Not what? It's not a word, it's a whoo. It's not what I do.
To earn something from him that can there is nothing I can do that can add or remove He's loved for me.
Nothing. It's about who he is and because and because of He is.
Result there is what he does because of who he is.
I am not saved by by my works. I am safe. Because he is and he did. The external extraordinary.
Salvation for me.
Martha was trying to do everything.
She was a she's a wonderful woman.
But.
All she needed was just sit there because she was cooking. She was looking for Okay, maybe she made the miscalculation.
Are you cooking? Okay, but for whom am I talking? For the one who multi multiplied bread and fish.
He can do it again. He fits more than 5,000. It wouldn't be a problem for 2030 people.
My faith. My worship has primacy. Over my service. Sometimes, you know, sometimes we feel bad.
We feel bad because you say, We there are moments in our life. That we say, well, I feel bad because I'm not doing anything for God.
I'm not doing anything. I'm just, you know, I'm not doing anything.
I just go to church. And then go home, I'm not doing anything.
Okay
You relationship with him does not depend on what you do.
What we do is the real and the fruitful the fruit of a very close bond and relationship with him.
They are the result. Not the cause. We have cause and effect. Jesus is the cause.
The effect is what we do. Remember he, he took that. Example of the tree and the fruit.
What I do is the fruit. It's not the source.
Let's long. Let's long.
Or
Close close feet related relationship with Jesus.
Face to face relationship. You know, head head to head literally
Because works will follow. From this kind of relationship.
In this hectic lifestyle we have.
We need to cultivate more of Mary's. Style lifestyle. Listening spirit. And less.
From Martha's scrambling commotion.
You know, II really like this woman because she cares she was a very responsible person. She wanted to make people feel good.
There is nothing wrong with that.
You know, sometimes we just need to sit and listen.
Sometimes we need to be focused to keep our eye on the ball.
We see.
So I'm saying this. So that we can be reminded.
That my works are the result. The quality of my works is the result.
The quality of my relationship. Within. And I want us to To remember to, to remember of Remember this on our day to day lives.
To cultivate more Mary in our lives. Yes, Martha.
And then works. Will ultimately follow. Because there is a primacy. Of our worship slash faith.
Over works or service. So number one, keep yourselves Keep ourselves starting from you first. Keep ourselves from distractions.
And number 2. There is a primacy of faith.
And worship over service or works because works are not instruments to justification.
They are not, they cannot. Hey, it is on the other hand.
And number 3.
Number 3 and this is This has made me cry last night. And I will share with you
Leave a life that will outlive you.
This is no joke.
Leave a life that will outlive you. Now let's go to our bookmark, Matthew 26.
Is the same story seen from a different angle. From the angle of Matthew. Matthew, 26. 6.
Now let's see what happens here.
We have the same 2 extraordinary women but in the house of Simon. So again in Bethany. I have never been to Israel but if I go there I would like to see this place.
I know now the name of the city of the village is not Bethany anymore. It's it's L.
L, Ausari, I think, the name today, not Bethany anymore. So when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper Oh, Oman came to him having an elevator flask, a very costly fragment or a fragrant oil, and she poured it on his head as he said at the table.
But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant saying why this waste. For this fragment oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.
But when Jesus was aware of it, he said to them, Why do you trouble the woman for she has done a good work for me?
What you have the pool with you always but me you do not have always for importing this fragment oil on my body she did it for my burial.
Oh surely, I say to you. Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world what this woman has done.
We'll also be told as a memorial to her. This unnamed woman here is Martha.
Sorry, it's married.
You may say, how do I know it? John tells us that it's Mary the one who anointed Jesus.
Okay. Okay.
Where is Mary now?
I will say she passed she died she is dead some people will say she has moved to another place. But I know for a fact that she is with per sever.
She and the story this story happened like more than 2,000 years ago. But today is August 1320 23.
And I am talking about her. Why?
Because What should did? Who she was in the in the Lord. And then because who she was is is reflected on what she did.
Will be as a memorial to her everywhere, everywhere in the world where this gospel is stretched.
Mary is not here with us.
Per legacy is. Because she lived alive.
I'll outlive her.
A life that outlived her.
She is the least.
Materialistic person you can never know.
She is not, she is not focused on things, on things that will crumble to nothing. She's focused on on people.
Randy, Alcorn says, while God created us to love people and using things. Materialists and the world we are living now.
Loves things. And use these people.
Mary was the The other flip of the coin. She is the least materialistic person we can know.
She got a very, very expensive perfume. Which was held in an alabaster flask, a very good material.
Very costly oil of NAR, sometimes called pure NAR, sometimes called Spike NAR. It comes it came from from a very special tree.
Grown in the Himalayas it was 300 denarii at that time which is the cost is 300 like a year a person see yearly wage or salary.
Was that perfume? And we also know that they said that this oil might have been sold for much and given to the poor.
So it was very expensive oil. But Jesus was more expensive. Jesus was More.
Beer than than her perfume.
Do you know this was more important for her than And then her yearly salary. It's like, I, maybe I don't know exactly some.
Some people, some websites said it was like. They can be equivalent to $30,000, some to $70,000 sample PP.
But I can imagine that. If you take a median, salary of, I don't know, here or around the world.
It's a lot of money. It's a huge amount of money for some perfume.
And you port it to someone. Because she believed that that's someone was more important than my yearly salary.
From this, than my perfume.
David Jeremiah also says
Mary was also generous. She took the most honored party part of her body, which is her hair.
And use it to clean the lowest and dirtiest. Part of Jesus body. He's fit.
Mary's own brother had died. We know Lazarus. But instead of using her costly perfume for his burial, she didn't use it for her brother, imagine that.
Okay, even though they were crying for. A long time for him. Instead of using her perfume for his burial burial she had say she had been saving it for the day of Jesus burial.
What a picture of worship and second. Sacrificial devotion. She levies her most precious possession on her savior.
Showing her complete submission and love for him.
This is it. It will so be. So powerful. This is a note from Jeremiah study Bible.
I printed that. I wanted to share. Share with you this is how he describes this precious moment.
A generous person. Using all she had for Jesus.
Your brothers and sisters.
I'm leaving this, I'm living with this every day.
Do not settle. Important anything less. Than a life, a life, not just an action or a service, but a life.
That will outlive you. Much, much longer than our short lives.
Oh, you mean, I mean
A life that is full of money and then everybody will know who how rich I am.
It's 0. It's a life that will It's a life in him. For him that will outlive us.
We will go. We will pass. And everything in this world will pass, Jesus will never.
He will never. And I cannot think of a more short sighted life than this.
To base our The fate of our life on things, on works on materialism. And say to ourselves, enjoy now the barns full of goodies.
Like the man. Jesus mentioned but there was a small tiny problem. The man who was enjoying those bars.
Somebody came and said You know, tomorrow You will be gone. And now who will Enjoy your bars, your beautiful barns with lots and lots of precious things inside.
They will crumble to nothing. It's I cannot think of a very . Sited life That is.
III also, I want to ask a question. I was thinking. Last night.
For someone. Who might be here today? And doesn't know. Doesn't know the creator and the savior.
So it's I think it's a mathematical question. In fact, it's it's it's a method.
I will tell you a scenario. So imagine someone Who? Someone? Who is so wealthy.
He has or she has everything that they need. More than they need.
More than they need.
And.
He games, everything else.
But he loses or she loses her soul.
Now, the mathematical question is this. What is the profit?
0. Nothing. Meaninglessness. Is that the word?
I don't know. Vanity.
Imagine another scenario. A man. I'm seeing the man human in this case, not just the I may, someone who doesn't have everything, sometimes lives.
They're life with needs. And with sacrifice and with all the troubles of this world.
And this man has Jesus in his life.
What is the profit after he's gone?
The profit is everything. Because Jesus is everything.
He is everything. He is he gives value and worth to everything in our life.
Do you have Jesus?
If the answer is no
Maybe you have made some maybe you have some misconceptions and miscalculations and miscalculations.
Dear friend, if you scan my heart now
You will see that I do not want to scare anyone.
I'm here to tell the truth with love. Sure, truth without love is not biblical.
I'm telling I'm here to tell you the truth with love.
And God says, Bible says that If you leave a life without Jesus
The consequences are described as
Capastrophe. I'm your joking.
I promise you don't be in that situation where we come. Before an Almighty God and he tells you
I don't know you. Because that moment would be your hand.
It's better to live a life with needs. A simple live. And have Jesus in your life.
Then leave a light bulb everything and have have no Jesus. What is the profit? 0. Do friend, I love you so much and I'm telling you the truth that it's not my word I'm not here for anything for me nobody wants to hear anything from me I'm here for this impellable precise word that says that if you have no Jesus in your life you can have everything and yet you have
nothing. And the result will be catastrophical.
So, invite Jesus in your life. And you will experience something that your eye, your mind, your ear has never heard seen.
Or Never! Only Jesus. I'm so
Just make, think about it. Don't tell me an answer. Just think about that. Think in your own quiet time.
Is there any what is the profit? Gaining everything in this world. And then losing yourself. What is the profit?
You don't need to calculate for that. Do not settle for something less. Then a life out leaving you, your brothers and sisters for us who have come who have been found to know him.
On Sunday. What a beautiful thing.
Do you know his power?
This is not just a word that everything can everyone can go by. Jesus power. We are here because he is powerful.
So for something that is much, much bigger than you, that's why we are here.
Mary is dead. Mary is Oh well, by the way, she's more alive now, but.
She is not here. We are talking about her today because she lived a life that I will outlive her.
And a life that outlives. You and me is a life in him for him.
Just think about it. I'm really, and you know, I'm really serious. I'm.
I've been talking and thinking about this for a long time. Why are we here? I'm really serious about that.
Are we here for something? I don't know. That will be. That people will not, I don't care if people remember my name or not.
It doesn't matter. I want I want people to remember to know him.
You know, maybe you know, I'm not saying anything. Surprising but Some year ago, the founder of CBN, Pat Robertson, passed.
And one of my favorite preachers. In the radio. Charles Stanley also passed.
They pass, okay, did you know that just passed from one place to another one?
You know, I know you understand the joke.
But, Charles Stanley left a legacy that No one thing you know. Robertson created a television network.
That spreads. The Word of God in all to the ends of the world.
He created, he, he founded the university, the Regent University that has been impacting the world for years and years and we'll continue to do it till Jesus comes.
Petro person is not here with us anymore. Billy Graham Billy grams is not here. Ed McCall is not here.
But we have a picture of him.
Why don't you have a picture? Why don't we have a picture of someone else but Ed McCoy?
Because he lived a life that out outlived him.
Where is Billy Graham's now?
Where is Modi? Thousands and thousands of other
Dear brothers and sisters in him that have left a legacy that has outlived them. You know what I'm doing?
And I'm saying that because I'm proud, but I'm just saying that as an example.
I don't know the time. Whoa, it's late. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just, you know, this is my, I don't know how to stop when I talk about him.
Really? I'll try to just summon it out.
We're trying to preserve Albanian at home and I'm talking to NASA at home, opinion every time and too many kids and especially Master because he, you almost forgot it the first week.
And, and one day I was thinking, why am I doing that? And I immediately ran out of the my room went to my kid who was playing PlayStation and I told him do you know why we are preserving Albanian?
You know, and then. I told him we are doing that because who knows you will use it someday to preach to Albanians the word of God that they will hear from maybe from a guy who Who grew up some part of his life or most part of his life in the US, but he speaks Albanian.
And maybe he will think this is a legacy that might did that not because he loved languages, which I do, but it doesn't matter, but he did that because he loved Jesus.
And who cares if they remember my name or not? The important thing is that they remember him, they know him.
Look what the famous, the famous band casting crowd says in their song only Jesus they say I don't wanna leave a legacy.
I don't know how to sing, so I'm reading. I don't care if they remember me, only Jesus.
I've got one life to live. I let every second point to him like Martha and Mary their lives going to Jesus.
I let everything could point to him, only Jesus and life of them, Martha and Mary point to him.
That is why we call them extra ordinary women because their lives going to Jesus.
So Number one, keep ourselves from distractions. Primacy of faith. Slash worship slash faith over service and works.
And leave a life and maybe you will hear it again from me. Leave a life that will outlive you.
It's a lifestyle that I will leave you. Leave a mark in this world. Leave a mark in this world.
Because because also Jesus left here and Jesus has some marks in his body for us.
They are called scars. Thank you.
Yes.
How are you doing, Ed?
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