Mary anointed Jesus' feet with expensive perfume, angering Judas who said it should have been sold to help the poor. Jesus said Mary was preparing him for burial and the poor would always be around, but Jesus would not. When people heard Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead, they flocked to see him and Lazarus, prompting the priests to plot to kill Lazarus as well due to his role in many believing in Jesus.

2. Devotiondoesn'tcountthecost.
Devotionfindspurposeinaperson.

3. OurVision
Leadingpeopleinthepassionate
pursuitofJesus.

4. Lazarus.Witness.
Martha.Work.
Mary.Worship.

5. John20:30-31NLT
30 The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous
signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. 31 But
these are written so that you may continue to believe that
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing
in him you will have life by the power of his name.

6. Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in
Bethany, the home of Lazarus — the man he had raised from the
dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honour. Martha served, and
Lazarus was among those who ate with him. 3 Then Mary took a
twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard,
and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The
house was filled with the fragrance. 4 But Judas Iscariot, the disciple
who would soon betray him, said, 5 “That perfume was worth a year’s
wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” 6
Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in
charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.
John12:1-11NLT

7. 7 Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my
burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not
always have me.” 9 When all the people heard of Jesus’ arrival, they
flocked to see him and also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised
from the dead. 10 Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too,
11 for it was because of him that many of the people had deserted
them and believed in Jesus.
John12:1-11NLT

8. 1
Zoomin.Zoomout.
Keep big picture and small details connected

9. 1
Zoomin.Zoomout.
Keep big picture and small details connected
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10. John11:55-57NLT
55 It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and
many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several
days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before
Passover began. 56 They kept looking for Jesus, but as they stood
around in the Temple, they said to each other, “What do you think?
He won’t come for Passover, will he?” 57 Meanwhile, the leading
priests and Pharisees had publicly ordered that anyone seeing Jesus
must report it immediately so they could arrest him.

11. 2
Theperfectstorm.
When everyone’s else’s self interest drives a divine agenda

13. 2
Theperfectstorm.
When everyone’s else’s self interest drives a divine agenda

14. Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in
Bethany, the home of Lazarus — the man he had raised from the
dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honour. Martha served, and
Lazarus was among those who ate with him.
John12:1-2NLT

15. 3
(Mis)UnderstandingDevotion
It’s incredible when the worth of Jesus and our love for him correspond.
(and the overflow benefits everyone)

16. Nard (sometimes called "spikenard") comes from the spikenard plant
(Nardostachys jatamansi), native to India's eastern Himalayas, growing from
10,000 to 16,000 feet elevation (3,000 to 5,000 meters). The rhizomes or
roots are crushed and distilled into an intensely aromatic, amber-colored
essential oil that was a favourite perfume in antiquity. The best spikenard was
imported from India in sealed alabaster containers.[229] It was very
expensive because of the tedious extraction process as well as the cost of
importing it along extensive caravan routes leading west to the
Mediterranean. In verse 5, Judas calculates its value as 300 denarii, which, at
the wage of about a denarius per day, was nearly one year's wages -- a very
expensive perfume indeed! This perfume might be worth $30,000 to
$50,000 USD in today's currency!
John includes a distinctive detail -- also mentioned in 11:2 -- that marked this
event as quite intimate, indeed, shocking. Respectable women didn't go out
in public with their hair down -- that was the mark of a loose woman. But
Mary had let down her hair and was drying excess perfume from Jesus' feet
with her hair!
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17. 3 Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made
from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his
feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance.
John12:3-4NLT

18. On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off
from the Detroit airport, killing 155 people. One survived: a four-year-old
from Tempe, Arizona, named Cecelia.
News accounts say when rescuers found Cecelia they did not believe she had
been on the plane. Investigators first assumed Cecelia had been a passenger
in one of the cars on the highway onto which the airliner crashed. But when
the passenger register for the flight was checked, there was Cecelia's name.
Cecelia survived because, even as the plane was falling, Cecelia's mother,
Paula Chican, unbuckled her own seat belt, got down on her knees in front of
her daughter, wrapped her arms and body around Cecelia, and then would
not let her go.
Nothing could separate that child from her parent's love—neither tragedy nor
disaster, neither the fall nor the flames that followed, neither height nor
depth, neither life nor death. Such is the love of our Saviour for us. He left
heaven, lowered himself to us, and covered us with the sacrifice of his own
body to save us.
Bryan Chapell, In the Grip of Grace (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992)
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19. Devotiondoesn'tcountthecost.
Devotionfindspurposeinaperson.

20. 4
Theshadesofcriticism.
Bear in mind the heart of the critic before you get hijacked by their message

21. 4 But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, 5
“That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold
and the money given to the poor.” 6 Not that he cared for the poor—
he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he
often stole some for himself.
John12:4-6NLT

22. 5
Learningbeforethetesting.
Extravagantly honouring Jesus when he is present and absent

23. 7 Jesus replied, “Leave her alone. She did this in preparation for my
burial. 8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not
always have me.”
John12:7-8NLT

24. In 1967, a student named Libby attended with her boyfriend, Tom.
During the final commitment evening, both submitted their lives to
the Lord. For 30 years, Tom and Libby Little served in Afghanistan,
providing vision care to the people of Kabul throughout seemingly
endless wars and conflict. In August 2010, shortly after conducting a
two-week medical camp in a remote valley of northwestern
Afghanistan, Tom and his medical team were ambushed and killed.
Upon receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her husband,
Libby said, "Although Tom was killed in 2010, he had already
surrendered his life to God's good purposes way back in 1967." For
four decades, Tom had submitted himself to his divine master. So in
one sense, Tom Little had already died in Christ prior to 1967, and he
would always live through Christ even though he was ambushed and
killed in Afghanistan.
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25. RaviZacharias
Thereisnogreaterdiscoverythanseeing
Godastheauthorofyourdestiny.

26. 6
Thetaleoftwocrowds.
The popularity of the person isn’t as important of the progress of the mission

27. 9 When all the people heard of Jesus’ arrival, they flocked to see him
and also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. 10
Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus, too, 11 for it was
because of him that many of the people had deserted them and
believed in Jesus.
John12:9-11NLT

28. JohnathanEdwards
ResolutionOne:IwillliveforGod.
ResolutionTwo:Ifnooneelsedoes,Istillwill.

29. Devotiondoesn'tcountthecost.
Devotionfindspurposeinaperson.

31. OurVision
Leadingpeopleinthepassionate
pursuitofJesus.

32. EVANGELISM CONNECT EQUIP RELEASE LEADERSHIP MOVEMENT
OurPriorities

33. PastoralTeam
Prayer&Commissioning