I remember the day when I said YES to the Lord. I was born that day of the water and Spirit and felt an overwhelming peace that comes from being eternally adopted as God’s son. The more I think about having been bought at the price of Jesus’s very life (1 Corinthians 6:20) the more I desire to be not just be a hearer of the word (James 1:22-25) but one who offers Him my best service! I know that many of you share this same desire, so we try to have the nicest buildings, finest music, most interesting programs, eloquent preaching and outreach that like the Good Samaritan demonstrates our love for one another (Luke 10:25-37). But I cannot help but think that 5 percent doing 90 percent of the service in a church is what God wants from His own. Those who over-estimate “their” importance and frantically spend all their time on outward service to God do great harm to their souls, not only do they often become possessive and prideful but also spiritually weak because they are not depending on and spending time with He who sustains and feeds their souls! Such a person has the tendency to serve so heartedly that the object of one’s service, Christ, gets drowned out in business! Those who do not regularly commune with the Holy Spirit will “do commonplace things very well” but without taking time to be holy their service will never attain the divine fruit intended. The following sermon is going to begin with the parable of the Good Samaritan to emphasize how important it is for us to not just be hearers but doers of His word. The final part of the sermon is going to focus on Mary and Martha’s different approach to pleasing Christ in Luke 10:38-42 and suggest that to please God one must obtain a balance of both service and reflection.