Mother’s Day -Celebrating Women of Service

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Title of the Message this Morning is:

Mother’s Day

Celebrating Women of Service

Big Idea:

This Mother’s Day let’s remember that the way we live our lives in the presence of our family, friends, coworkers, and culture can be a fragrant offering to God.

Mary Magdalene, for example, demonstrated what sacrificial love for Jesus looked like by washing His feet with costly perfume despite the embarrassment and criticism she received from others.

Let’s celebrate the women in our lives who serve others and remember that to worship Jesus extravagantly will cost us something.

But in the end, the reward of a faithful life is worth it.

Prayer:

“Lord, thank You for the women in our lives who have served with grace, courage, and love.

May we, like Mary, pour out our lives in worship—no matter the cost—trusting that every act of love leaves a lasting fragrance for Your glory.

Help us live faithfully, reflecting Your heart to the world around us.”

Scripture: John 12:1-8// Ephesians 5:1-2

INTRODUCTION

Good Morning and Happy Mother’s Day.

Today we are celebrating all of the impactful women in our lives who have served us, raised us, loved us, taught us, and, ultimately, mothered us even if they were not our birth moms.

We want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the outstanding mothers who hold space in our hearts.

We are grateful for your service and the love you pour out each and every day to help shape us into the people we are today.

In light of this day, we are going to talk about how we live our lives for Jesus can have a great impact—just like these wonderful women around us.

Story:

Growing up, did you have a teacher or youth leader or, in my case, a neighbor down the street who always looked out for me?

For me this person was Ms.Carrie

She lived in my neighborhood and played a huge role in my day-to-day life as a young men.

When things became difficult in my life, she was always there inspiring me to trust the Lord.

Her ministry was reaching out to young people Living in the streets who had no where to go.

At the time, she might have thought she was just helping out a young person here and there, but she was actually modeling what it looks like to love people well as a woman of service.

Just like Ms. Carrie left a lasting impact on my life, Mary Magdalene left a lasting impact on her community by the way she loved and served Jesus.

Let’s take a look at this story in John 12:1-3.

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READ John 12:1-3

Before we dive into Mary’s fragrant and generous offering to Jesus, let’s talk about the context and background of what is going on in the text.

John told us very clearly that this event was six days before Passover.

The timeline is important because it was the week before Jesus was crucified.

Jesus had come to Bethany where he had previously raised Lazarus from the dead.

Jesus was invited to dinner, most likely to celebrate Lazarus’s miraculous rising from the dead.

The supper was hosted by Lazarus’s sisters, Martha and Mary, and was attended by a woman named Mary Magdalene.

POINT #1 – THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES LEAVES A LASTING IMPACT ON PEOPLE.

Now that we have some context, let’s talk about Mary’s fragrant offering.

Scripture says,

“Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet.” John 12:3

The idea of washing your house guest’s feet at a dinner party today might not go over so well, but back then it was not uncommon to wash a guest’s feet when they entered your home.

It was not strange; it was an act of hospitality—an act of love.

It was also something the servants of the house usually did.

Mary washing Jesus’s feet was a humble offering.

The only strange thing about what Mary did was that she washed Jesus’s feet during the middle of dinner, and she used expensive oils and perfume.

One thing beautiful about this passage is that something fragrant was used.

When you poured out a fragrance as strong as nard in a room, it would fill the entire space with the scent.

It was so strong and lasting that the scent would linger long after the source was dry.

If you have ever walked by someone in the airport or on the street and gotten a whiff of their cologne or perfume, you know what I am talking about.

I bring this up to say that, just as Mary’s physical act of washing Jesus’s feet with perfume had a lasting fragrant impact, so did Mary’s generous acts of service and love.

Her example in the way she served Jesus made an impact on the people around her at the dinner party.

She did not care what anyone said or thought.

She was extremely generous in her actions.

Not only did she lower herself to wash Jesus’s feet, but she washed them with her hair.

That alone was extremely humble because she had to let her hair down in public, which was something Jewish women rarely, if ever, would do.

Her sacrifice and choices had a lasting impact.

Actions that last are actions that are done with incredible intentionality.

Mary Magdalene must have known her worship would have been met with cynicism by some.

But like any good woman of service (whether mother, grandmother, teacher, youth leader, or friend) it is a risk they are willing to take.

This takes me back to my neighbor, Carrie, and the way she served and showed up for me when I was growing up.

Carrie was not looking for recognition or payment.

She did not care if it inconvenienced her or if it was something she particularly wanted to do.

She showed up and served in a way that marked me.

Her actions were a fragrance that hung in the air.

How many people will we remember forever because they showed up and served us?

Who are the people (like Mary) who have done something humble for us that we will never forget?

The way we live our life for Jesus and for others matters.

It matters because one action could change a life or a perspective.

The way we live our lives leaves a lasting impact on others.

POINT 2: LIVING A LIFE FOR JESUS WILL COME AT A COST.

Let’s take a look at the rest of this passage and see how Mary’s actions came at a cost to her.

READ John 12:4-8

Right away we see how Judas was confused and disturbed that Mary would pour an entire jar of the oil on Jesus’s feet.

He argued that those oils were an entire year's wage and the money could have been given to the poor.

Some researchers say nard was so expensive because “the aromatic oil had been imported from India as far back as King Solomon's reign in 950 BC.

The parallel between Judas’s reaction and Mary’s act of service is very interesting.

Some of you may remember that Judas later betrayed Jesus by handing him over to be crucified.

It is possible that he objected to Mary’s gift because he himself felt shamed by her act of love and his selfish heart.

Mary’s actions and sacrifice shined light on Jesus.

They honored Him.

She was not worried about financial loss, public humiliation, ridicule, or loss of reputation.

She was only concerned with worshiping her Lord.

Love is costly.

Sometimes a sacrificial life of loving people costs us.

We know this from the story of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins.

For any woman who has ever loved and served you well, just know it was an intentional act, and she counted the cost and found you worth it.

READ Ephesians 5:1-2

POINT 3: DESPITE THE SACRIFICE, LIVING A LIFE FOR CHRIST IS WORTH IT.

Ephesians 5:2 says, “And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.”

Jesus was and is the ultimate sacrifice.

He knew what was coming when he went to the dinner party with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary.

He knew his death was rapidly approaching, and he went to dinner anyway.

Most people would not be thinking about socializing and celebrating with others when such sorrow and suffering was approaching.

But Jesus showed up selflessly.

His presence was a fragrant offering.

The call to action in Ephesians 5 is to walk in love just as Christ loved us.

I want to focus on the “as Christ loved us” part for a moment.

First John 4:19 says it another way: “We love because he first loved us.”

He died on the cross for our sins so we could live and love.

Because Jesus loved like this, we are called to love others.

Mary understood this and lived it out for all to see.

Our service and sacrifice have the power to change lives.

When we say yes to serving others, we allow space for God to work.

The Holy Spirit is alive and well inside all of us, and He guides us where we need to go.

A life walking with Jesus will always be worth it.

Illustration: There is a wonderful poem I came across that captures the heart of a woman of service on this Mother’s Day.

She said her hands were ugly, and she tried to hide them, too.

But in God’s sight ‘twas different, for He knew what they could do.

They were busy hands for Jesus—doing tasks for Him each day.

They washed and ironed and sewed and scrubbed in the most willing, cheerful way.

They kept a clean and shining home. They cared for a family,

And did the humble, homely jobs in a manner sweet to see.

They were ready to help others whenever there was a need.

And those ready, willing hands of hers were a source of help indeed.

She said her hands were ugly but, not so, in His dear sight.

For they labored for the Master—morning, noon, and night.

Author Unknown (Ministry127.com)

When we labor for the Master, it is always worth it.

Today, as we honor all of the mother figures around us, I want to remember their sacrifice.

A faithful mother lives a sacrificial life of service.

She gives up her body, her physical space, her time, her mental capacity.

Sometimes she has to sacrifice her dreams or plans she once had for her life.

To be a mother costs something.

It is definitely not free.

Diapers are expensive!

Motherhood takes and takes.

But the joy and purpose that a mother finds in her children will always make every sacrifice worthwhile.

Any way that a woman of service blesses others is worth celebrating today.

CONCLUSION

As we celebrate mothers, some may be grieving their mothers, or missing their mothers.

Others may long to become a mother.

I pray that the Holy Spirit is present.

I pray that we see others in a new light, and that we see opportunities to serve the people around us and recognize the sacrifice of others in our own lives.

I pray that our love for Jesus leaves a fragrance of abundance wherever we go.

I pray that we love Jesus and love others today.

I pray that we will be a blessing to others.

Just like Carrie was a blessing to me.

Let us Pray

Salvation:

The Word of God says in: John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:13 NKJV

For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

If you’d would like to receive Jesus today, please pray this prayer with all of us:

Lord I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He died On the cross for my sins and His resurrection from the dead gives me eternal life. I ask forgiveness of my sins, and I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

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Benediction Scripture

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

Ephesians5:1-2

Have a Great Week! Goodbye!

This is Pastor Doc and Lady Pepper signing off until next time we meet. Love you all!

In honor and memory of Mother Carrie Caldwell

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