Beautiful Acts for God
Palitha Jayasooriya
Mark 14:3-9
Introduction - There is a story of a child who was slow in learning and did poorly in her first grade in school. However, when she started grade 2, her grades started to improve dramatically. The reason: her new teacher, on the first day of school, would call every student close to her and whisper something nice into their ear. When this particular child came up to the teacher, she apparently whispered into the child's ear, ''I wish I had a child like you''. That beautiful thought had a huge impact on the child and it reflected in her studies from there on!
Proposition - Today, I would like to challenge you to start doing ''Beautiful Acts for God''
Our text in Mark 14 tells the story of a lady who anointed the Lord Jesus in the home of one Simon the leper. In response to what she did, Jesus said 'She has done a beautiful thing to me' (vs 6).
A similar story is found in Matthew 26, Luke 7 and John 12. Many Bible commentators believe that the stories in Matthew, Mark and John relate to the same incident, while the story in Luke seems to be a different one.
So today, from the text in Mark 14, I would like to share 5 thoughts on 'Doing Beautiful Acts for God'. They are:
1) A Beautiful Act for God will not count the cost
This lady gave what was probably one of her most prized possessions. The scripture says that she brought an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard (vs.3). Verse 3 also says that she broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head. Verse 5 says that the value of the perfume was equal to more than a year's wages! Apparently, nard was a very expensive perfume brought mainly from India. She did not count the cost in what she did and Jesus said, ''She has done a beautiful thing to me'' (vs. 6).
Similarly, if we are to do beautiful things for God, we should not count the cost but go the extra mile to honor His name and to bless others. This may incl ...
Palitha Jayasooriya
Mark 14:3-9
Introduction - There is a story of a child who was slow in learning and did poorly in her first grade in school. However, when she started grade 2, her grades started to improve dramatically. The reason: her new teacher, on the first day of school, would call every student close to her and whisper something nice into their ear. When this particular child came up to the teacher, she apparently whispered into the child's ear, ''I wish I had a child like you''. That beautiful thought had a huge impact on the child and it reflected in her studies from there on!
Proposition - Today, I would like to challenge you to start doing ''Beautiful Acts for God''
Our text in Mark 14 tells the story of a lady who anointed the Lord Jesus in the home of one Simon the leper. In response to what she did, Jesus said 'She has done a beautiful thing to me' (vs 6).
A similar story is found in Matthew 26, Luke 7 and John 12. Many Bible commentators believe that the stories in Matthew, Mark and John relate to the same incident, while the story in Luke seems to be a different one.
So today, from the text in Mark 14, I would like to share 5 thoughts on 'Doing Beautiful Acts for God'. They are:
1) A Beautiful Act for God will not count the cost
This lady gave what was probably one of her most prized possessions. The scripture says that she brought an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard (vs.3). Verse 3 also says that she broke the jar and poured the perfume on Jesus' head. Verse 5 says that the value of the perfume was equal to more than a year's wages! Apparently, nard was a very expensive perfume brought mainly from India. She did not count the cost in what she did and Jesus said, ''She has done a beautiful thing to me'' (vs. 6).
Similarly, if we are to do beautiful things for God, we should not count the cost but go the extra mile to honor His name and to bless others. This may incl ...
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