A Good and Beautiful Thing

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An online scripture today is mach 40 3 to 9 and I'm reading from the classic Amplified version. The context is that Jesus and the disciples have been having a meal shortly before Passover.

Somxl teen 6329 guest in the house at table a woman came with an alabaster jar. Appointments Park game of skill, not very costly and precious and she broke up with y'all over his head. But that was some who were moved with indignation and such as themselves to what purpose does. This appointment is perfume wasted, it was possible to do this perfume, 300 dinar a free man's wages for you.

An extension unreproved. But Jesus said, let her learn why you troubling her. She has done a good and beautiful thing to me. See, you always have to pull with you and whenever you wish you can do good to them but you will know, two ways have made. She has done or she came before hands to anoint, my body for the Barrio. And surely I tell you wherever the good news the gospel is proclaimed in the entire world. What she has done will be told in memory of her. The best rate, the women came whilst Jesus was reclining at table. I'm guessing this isn't the entire stage, two people to recline a table to eat on silent.

And I spaced people especially the Romans 8:12 reclining position rather than sitting down. Not the Roman titling, couches combine, all the triclinium and say there was three, cushions couches, which were located on three sides of a square and be with the table in the middle, on the full site was left open. So that's a servant to get access to the table and a cyst and subbing the mail. 1 pics, my soul, and the couch look like a futon in terms of height but the side facing the table was slightly raised like that. Very, very low back of the sofa table with this. In the Heights, the couch The guest position with Sara Kline with the head raised on the bodies of her resting on the last song with which was on the slide, your right side of the couch side facing the table. I mean, lower part of the body was stretched out behind so the Fate we're away from the table. And then the right hamstring so they could eat. I have to say, it sounds Jolie or Chris but I hope today. Steaks it was more comfortable than it sounds. It was potentially a ride with three guests on each count and I'm, so I guess could easily lean into the chest of the person on the left quietly, instead of star in the Gospels. Miss custom headlights a passages in the gospels. For example of John of Jesus. He was going to betray him and jumps RC. This is why I was leaning back and speaking, quietly series, leaning back against Jesus chest, I was able to ask him quietly. Hopefully that was clear enough but I realize it's not an easy thing to explain. Anyway, I briefly the guest. The women he came from northern on Musgrave and it's essential oil, derived from a flowering plants at the Valerian family which grows in the Himalayas.

I know I'm moving on to the main point for the women's, the disciples and Jesus prospective. But first, let's briefly consider why is giving Master? Why were you even looking at it? I'm just going to mention three simple point, so I can look at the first one is God says he has an example with giving his only begotten son. Jesus believe in him may have eternal life. Chase's got the sun sets, an example of giving and giving his life for us. You can't get moving. The second point is chases. Plenty has an expectation that we should give her Plenty verses about how to give a free gift. For example, when you give to charity, when you get to try to do, not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

I'm so ugly giving his torch alongside the gospel. They can't be separated from the gospel, but the specific and precious gas that this lady gave was important enough. For Jesus to make the point that it will always be told in memory of her wherever the gospel is Cher. Lots of three break points but clearly giving it's important job costly precious perfume. It's probably fair to say. It's an expression of love. When was the last time you gave something costly and precious to Jason?

It might be Financial. Like, for this lady may be giving to the church remission. It might be sacrificial and tons of giving your time and energy to something, or someone and, you know, it's right today and the Lord wants you to do it. But you really do not want to honor him. Maybe he'll say, for the sake of someone, you love. That was the woman's perspective. It was an expression of love now that this cycle, spectrespecs it with the same incident. And I say the disciple that Jesus was he

The best perspective, what's up back? If twas a waste first. Sunday was fun in Dyckman. Actually, it was a gift from the woman to Jesus. It was no one else's business. I didn't need to pretend it hadn't happened or ignored or ignore at the whole Rim. Would have been sold with the arima. I seen the knob described as a combination of sweet spicy. A Musky perfume of the faster time if we have to be, if we happened to be walking through a department store.

SpaghettiOs with between the lady, and Jesus wasn't for the disciples to charge. The point is it's important that we don't charge or get involved and what is not ours to charge. We can end up expending, energy needlessly am free to say instead of guessing on with what is hours today. These guys have hung out with Jesus for 3 years and knew him well. But not yet, well enough to have them shipped to pay change his perspective on this extravagant gift. But the Sparkles are believers that was sincere and good-hearted but in this case, they were mistaken.

The disciples looks at the Valley of the spikenard superficially peony in financial terms. And what else? It could have been used for that instinct was to go to the pool. But the Folly of the cast is not necessarily just it's not Mommy.

So the point is, it's important that we got God's perspective on our giving to him and two other people. Also sweetheart under 5 units,

If the discipleship in the little bit smarter than my two stops to ascertain Jesus reaction as his responses.

What is easy to give a knee-jerk reaction to what we say? And it takes self-control to ascertain God's response to situations and circumstances especially from what we see in Dyckman. I'm not talking about taking Cialis and prayer, every time, a situation comes up, but just checking in with the Holy Spirit within us. The best. We got to know him. The mobile. No golf spikes it but I'll see if he can do the unexpected. So my point is it's important to be regularly checking in with the Holy Spirit. It will help us to stay in step with him and his perspective.

The best point man is Jesus perspective for 6. She has done a good and beautiful things to me. Different isn't just about meeting. You need, is that? Sometimes it's about doing a good and beautiful thing to someone just to bless them. Make them feel special. It can be a token to express what they mean to us. We tradition. You do this at Christmas and birthdays and depending on your relationship with a person

Play some music. I can somebody tell me is this. It was a guy, I'm going to call him Monday and he financially fine, what you described as well say but they were fine and they took out that friends a consultant to his wife and I felt it was so touched because people, he says people usually expected them to pay because it was obvious but they were financially comfortably off on the fact that I insisted on paying really touched her.

Sometimes when the Lord puts it on your heart to do a good and peaceful thing to someone, it can be about me to. You need the seasons of Jess. I take this pic if it may be something to give us even considered. In Jesus case, the anointing with the knowledge was a professor cats. As it says, Jesus death is still a few days away. It's nothing to indicate that. The woman has any idea of the significance?

So those are the three aspects or something to get things from the disciples. Realized quite possibly even when the woman has stopped. It might taste. I can remember one instance, when a woman says, it is a beautiful thing to me and my friends. This is and she's in the value of the gift to me. This is in the Central African Republic with witches, Bible translation is for you. We were in the small village and soft. We came and I was following some people would come after Greece's to welcome in the village. I can only guess she was a good time. She was clearly pool and protein would have been very hard because I'm guessing around 6. Also guessing that she wasn't up to going fishing with the women and what she brought us was two eggs. National probably just has a few chickens, so either she went without hurting herself up. It's real benefit. That was something she could have bought, but she brought a size 2x to welcome us to the Village. well, it's not like it was

I'm in a finish. If I have 1000, we didn't even get to see her again or visit how we didn't even find out her name.

Elissa what she gave me and sunset. The funniest, the cash was a nice. Long example is giving us to welcome them to bless them.

It was an example of giving two complete strangers or not, with my soul to Casting anything back. unable to install front of its traffic and giving when it costs, It reminds me of the story of The Wizard and to Mike's and Mark 12 as it supposed to be in the temple and watching people put money in the North Pole, which I want to start with the smallest and the police volleyball together is to let her make a quadrant, which was 1/64 of a daily-wage and the least valuable coins. At this point, when Jesus told the disciples, I meant to say this pool which has put more in the offering box for all this time. After that wealth of contributions money, they could easily spot but she out of her publicity has given everything she had to live on.

I've experienced being at the receiving end of skipping, but the lady who gave the ex and everything she has, but clearly she stays again. I never found out all we got is 9, the waiter mentioned in the gospel of Mark is wonderful. Is it cost to get some sleep aid in shops? Or what time you want to think what we stopped to give is too small.

It's fine. I got the body of a gift if you should combination of its significance to The Giver, as well as to the recipients. Which may be even greater than the house is quite possibly the case with Jesus, anointing on the knob.

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Play soft. It's my past. I lost some time and she died. A friend. Such a small box of chocolate in a birthday card, which is one of my favorite flavors is the brand. I have a stripe before and I love trying different brands of Nice France.

Football biggest tells me is that my friend knows me. And she's supposed to have me. I'm about to find you, over and above the fight, but it's chocolate and you call a price on that.

Search is finding how much to give. 2 Corinthians 9:36 to 8 and then you Living Translation. Remember this, he plants only a few seeds but the one he plant stand.

You must each decide in your heart, how much to get. And thank you for lunch and response pressure. But God loves a person who gives cheerfully and God will generously provide, then you will always have everything you need to show with office. Sofa, Steven. You must each decide in your heart. How much to get? That's all responsibility for decisions about how much we get mustn't. Be in response to pressure. That's very clear. If we're not clear how much to get wisdom depending on the situation, it might be a perfect surprise you with some of them. For example, when I was in the Central African Republic in the village, with my friend relatively speaking, we were wealthy, we were Weston us even though we have no job to go back to, we will graduate. So we chop my money. When we came out we will still relatively speaking. Well say, I miss you too much and we saw the stuff even people we didn't know. We were always in agreement about what to give unto him, not to get it for relationship. I want to come to Tennessee.

All right, attitude towards whatever we decide to give must be cheerful. Not relax him, but God loves a person who gives cheerfully When someone gives you something willing willingly Interstate you receive something about joy and love when you received reluctantly or witnessed it as I have you.

And I just a promise to the cheerful and generous Giver besides I'm glad will generously provide all you need and you will always know sometimes notification. They always have everything you need. Plenty left over to share the difference between knowing and believing the promise. As a consequence of your condition will give him giving. It's fine to say, thank you, Father. God for enabling me to give in this situation over this person. I'm so glad to have been able to do. So I'm also trusting you generously provided all I need. So that I will have plenty left over to share with others because you're worthless, son. Thank you, but I can take you at your word.

You might distinction but I know what I want to give to some solo to a particular good cause, but I simply don't have it again. We have in the Bible, we can stand on and we don't have to look too far run. From this passage in Corinthians to find it to Corinthians. 9:10 to 11 in the New Living Translation for God, is the one who provide seed for the Pharma and then bread to eat in the same way. He will provide and increase your resources and then produced a great harvest of generous and you yes, you will be in reddish and I freeway so that you can always be generous God put something on your heart to give trust him to provide to give it for some poor recently. Got put it on my heart to give something to someone puts more than we would spend on again. But I'll stand for the repairs are several weeks, actually.

Because I reminded him of his promise that he gets saved the sower. I might want you to solve this particular something into someone's life and I trusted him to provide Ankle provided. It wasn't playing sighting on my size, but he did provide it, I might go back to get it.

Next week dealing with criticism when you get this possible. But others were criticized, even believe us as was the case of the disciples to the woman who anointed Jesus with knob and the new King James version. I'm reading from this time, but that was some fear and ignorance among themselves said, why was the oldest fragrant oil wasted trip? Might have been sold for more than 300,000 REI labor month's wages for you. I give it to the pool and my criticized

Talk position for the lady is not. She's just giving it to Jesus about. This was her emergency funds her but she knew I got a And she was Chris's my shopping for it. She's probably feeling quite vulnerable. I like she just wanted to get out the bath. It's not easy dealing with criticism especially from people, just doing what we do by face. It may be avoidable if we don't need to show what we put it behind, us, always be the case like for this lady. Anticipation criticism. My clothes is too thin and it's so important. We try to stop us from giving or any other one by the house because if I use one example, 1 John 4:18, there is no fear in love instead. Perfect, love drives out fear, God is perfect love, and he's not going to drive himself out of my life. So, it's very clear that service at the Devil. Jesus stood up for the lighting and not 14-6 in the New Living Translation.

Sometimes Jesus will stand up for us through someone else by being off. Luna speaking up for us Maybe he's still not free for someone else. Well, you may need to stand strong with all the security system and she sent you, some of what the Apostle Paul says, in 2 Timothy 1:12. And then, you can join sessions. I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed. I keep reminding yourself. Why you did what you said is I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed. This is going to be a bonding you to your own devices. Remember, Jesus Lives to intercede for us. As it says in, Hebrews 7:25 15 children will never be finished.

It's interesting how Jesus refutes that the disciples argument that anointing head with such expensive perfume, with the waist. MOX, MOX 7:14. You always have to pull with you. Whenever you wish you can do good to them, but you will not always have me. Jesus is insane. You should never give to the pool is very clear that meeting the needs of the pool. It's very solid. You can do good to them whenever you like, it's not the same as Cymbalta. Define. She takes it very passionately as it says in Matthew 25.

When Jesus returns, he will say when we met the needs of the hungry. But thirsty exception, we did it for him. This is not about not giving to the pool, but that was another need his iron which at this point in time needed to be prioritized. The most points is it's always worth checking, what? Cause prioritizes priorities are. So you're giving away state.

Inside States, not 14% about the lady who anoints Jesus, she has done, what she could. That's all we need to have from. Jesus is not that you've done. What you could. Confirmation that information.

Search of Sunrise. Please play a good and beautiful thing. Jesus, let's make sure the offer has is on Jesus perspective. Number to find the value of a gift is based on a combination of what it cost to get from its significance to be given on the recipients number three. How much You despise and trust God to provide to enable you to do so. Amber for teething with criticism. But if you need to keep saying to yourself to Timothy 1:12, I am not ashamed for, I know, whom I have believed. I'm comfort and encourage yourself, but Jesus Lives to Interstate for you. But the main point I want to leave you with today. It's not full Teen of us 6. She has done a good and beautiful things to me. I'd love to hear Jesus today. What about me? Wouldn't you? What Good's a useful thing. Can you do for the Lord is sweet. Free sample. It might be sacrificial price an expression of trust in God, that he is who he is. I will keep all his promises in the Bible. When you guys treat our stuff, they might be special time. Set aside to study the Bible. A o, praise the Lord above what you would say. It might be kissed someone. But what good is a thing? Can you do for the Lord this week?

Summit V8 it will be obvious. Maybe something you've already had on your heart today. If you don't trust him to answer, whether he shows you now or Liza and commit to do it. Let's make sure Cheese's can say about us, like you did about the lady who anointed him, you've done what you could. Thank you.

I like your husband. I'll be down a good and beautiful thing. Are we going to do a good and beautiful thing? But I think it kind of seems something has been posted something. That's been said we used to have a senior citizens mail once a month when we on New Road and she needs to know how much should a meal together, but we did and I got to know a number of people. I wouldn't otherwise have known. I was prying one day and I felt someone was brought to mind one of the city. So it wasn't a large sum of money, it was less than 50 lb, but it was a very particular I don't know what you were like but I kind of wondered. Okay, that's very strange. Maybe I ate too much cheese last night. That's that's the kind of thing that I did. I really didn't do anything with it. Rolled over went back to sleep again.

I talked to the lady, I'll pray for her and just but I didn't do anything about it. It's over. 6 weeks later. Exactly the same song. Exactly the same person. I need to do something about this. So when can I put the money through how do I no longer? Like she didn't know who it was. She still has gas and electric the Gatsby to the house and she said, I didn't have enough money to pay the gas bill. The electric bill was ultimately playing. That was okay, but you pay that monthly but if she expects, you didn't have the money when she said.

I got very worried about you because I stressed about she nice when she got the bill. And she actually remember the day, I don't know why. She remember the time she remember the time she she told us Am I suddenly feel okay? I think she said you know that I got the red pill and I was he can move already. I mean this money came through the door and it was exactly the amount of my Gaston. That Goku someone that ended up being made to help to pay a gas bill. But you know what? I want to ask because

but the reason I took notice of the title when she got the first bill was that was the first time Gilbert me up and told me Can I find that it? Then I'm so basically it was my responsibility. Do goats mine, just got it already done nothing with it. No big deal. Respond back quicker than I can show you. I don't know whether that the sudden this morning and get the word that you have to share with us what she said with us new image on Vista for you. Do you know God loves each one of us?

God loves us. And he loves us to get.

and he wants to give to us to So does this two sides to become a Nazi, talks about the disciples, the lady and Jesus as the giver and the receiver. So not let me just go to a cheerful giver, but I see God bless people who were willing to receive, so that's just remind me to pause. And may God when someone brings a receiving with graciousness, With thankfulness. Hungry Joy.

When God calls us to get even when we don't have what we need.

Great place to drive us to the prayer as well.

That's what my walking my friend. Play probably God. That's we stand as we sit as we listening to your word. Father, would you continue to open our hearts to those in? Need the Ouija board. You continue to lead us to a place where we are the hands and feet of you but we're willing to 7. So if we winning today

we're willing to trust you to provide So don't let me don't have what we need to do. We're going to ask you. Father, help us. Tempe weather?