Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, February 24th. Today's podcast helps

you understand the Lord's attitude toward you. Believe it or not, he wants your friendship.

What would you consider the greatest need in the life of a believer? Well, somebody might say,

well, certainly to pray would be the greatest

need. Or someone might say, surely, to read the word of God would be the greatest need. Or to serve the

Lord in some fashion or to exercise your spiritual gift. Surely to worship would be the most important thing

of all. Well, all of those answers are good answers, but I think the Bible is really rather clear about what is the most important thing of all. Well, all of those answers are good answers, but I think the

Bible is really rather clear about what is the most important, the greatest thing that you

and I can do in the Christian life as far as our relationship with God is concerned. So I want

you to turn, if you will, to Luke chapter 10. Luke chapter 10, and beginning in verse 38, we'll read through the 42nd verse. Luke

chapter 10 verse 38 through 42. The scripture says now as they were traveling along, that is

Jesus and his apostles, he entered a certain village and a woman named Martha welcomed him

into her home. And she had a sister called Mary,

who moreover was listening to the Lord's word, seated at his feet. But Martha was distracted with

all her preparations and she came up to him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left

me to do all the serving alone, then tell her to help me?

But the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things,

but only a few things are necessary, really only one.

But Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Now for a little background, Jesus and his disciples are on their way probably to Jerusalem

because oftentimes he would go through Bethany to Jerusalem.

And so he decided to stop in at the house of Mary and Martha and Lazarus, who were friends of his.

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