The Rhythms of a Healthy Soul

Fresh Life Church

Pastor Levi Lusko

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Do you struggle with the need for control, anxiousness, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or performance mentality? If so, there's so much good news for you!

In this message, The Rhythms of a Healthy Soul, Pastor Levi Lusko examines The Chosen's powerful portrayal of Martha and Mary, revealing the essential rhythms of a healthy soul and why sitting at Jesus' feet isn't selfish - it's necessary.

From The Chosen Season 4, Episode 5 "Sitting, Serving, Scheming" - witness the tension between Martha's elaborate dinner preparations and Mary's choice to sit at Jesus' feet as His disciple. This isn't about correcting hospitality, but about choosing the best thing over good things.

Scripture Focus: Luke 10:38-42

Discover why Jesus defended Mary's choice and gently corrected Martha's distraction. Set just six months before the cross, this scene in Bethany reveals what we all need: to learn the unforced rhythms of grace and find rest for our souls.

4 Lessons for a Healthy Soul:

Good things can keep you from the best things.
When you focus on others, you leave yourself unattended.
Work without worship is wearying.
When you lose your why, you lose your way.

Jesus' invitation: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace."

ABOUT THE SERIES:
Is that in the Bible? That’s the question we’re asking in this five-week series. We’re taking cinematic moments from The Chosen and pressing in—opening the Word, digging deep, and letting Scripture speak for itself. Together, with teachings captured from the set of The Chosen, we’ll wrestle with the tension, lean into the humanity, and see the life of Jesus through fresh eyes.

ABOUT FRESH LIFE:
Fresh Life Church was pioneered by Pastors Levi and Jennie Lusko in 2007. We exist to see those stranded in sin find life and liberty in Jesus Christ. Today Fresh Life’s ministry impacts people with the radical, life-changing message of Jesus’ grace, spilling across Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho… and beyond.
ABOUT THE CHOSEN:The Chosen is a groundbreaking historical drama based on the life of Jesus, seen through the eyes of those who knew him.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Now we're inside TV cells.
0:03.0	A little bit on the map box.
0:10.0	Is that in the Bible, week four teaching, take one, soft sticks?
0:17.0	Do you struggle with a need for control, with anxiousness, with perfectionism, with people-pleasing?
0:26.5	Is a performance mentality a part of how you accidentally end up viewing your relationship with God?
0:34.9	If so, you're not alone. I feel you on all of those things. The passage that we are going to
0:41.0	study today has so much good news for you and for me too. Well, hello to everybody at Fresh Life Church,
0:49.2	to our partner churches on the open network, and to everybody watching, Chosen fans, my name's Levi Lesko, and I want to welcome
0:59.2	you to Is That in the Bible?
1:02.1	From the set of the Chosen.
1:04.6	And today, we're looking at an episode from season four, it's episode five, sitting, serving,
1:10.0	and scheming.
1:17.9	That's interesting. The horses love it.
1:23.8	How was your vineyard holding up? It's been especially dry as of late, but we're managing.
1:30.6	What's the going dairy for waters and pruners?
1:33.3	Why? You need a job?
1:35.8	Not working for you, as for sure.
1:40.9	Same as carpentry.
1:42.7	Come on.
1:44.1	A denarius?
1:45.2	Yes.
1:46.6	I'm disappointed. I thought you were shrewd.
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