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The Resources Of Heaven

Friday, August 15th, 2025

The resources of Heaven are found within us!

Generally speaking, we have been unaware of The Holy Spirit’s mission to empower us to bring forth the Kingdom of GOD to the earth. We need to understand the significance of GOD putting The Holy Spirit in us. We must no longer allow this Truth to remain dormant in our lives. GOD entrusted us with The Holy Spirit so let us honor Our Heavenly Father by surrendering to The Holy Spirit in every aspect of our daily walk. Isn’t this a true form of genuine worship… honoring The Holy Spirit’s mission?

You can tell how much somebody trusts you by what they entrust to you!

The Holy Spirit is given to us to make us into the Image of Christ to the world. Paul expounded on this Truth and wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who Love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

What is the purpose of being conformed to the Image of His Son? You and I have an assignment to bring forth the Kingdom of Heaven to earth, not in our own power, but by the power of The Holy Spirit. It’s more than just singing songs on a Sunday night. It’s more than just attending church when the doors are open. It’s more than just reading topics to gain spiritual understanding. We are to walk in His power and authority to minister to mankind.

To the degree you surrender to The Holy Spirit determines the degree of power and authority you walk in!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

26 “But when the Helper comes, Whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

As we walk in this Truth, the environment around us will react.

It was prophesied by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 60:

1 “Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and YAHWEH’s glory now streams from you!

2 Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick clouds covers the nations, but YAHWEH arises upon you and the brightness of His glory appears over you!

3 Nations will be attracted to your radiant light (understanding and revelation) and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day.

4 Lift up your eyes higher! Look all around you and believe, for your sons are returning from far away and your daughters are being tenderly carried home. Watch as they all gather together, eager to come back to you!”

Paul reveals the Divine Intent of THE FATHER in Ephesians chapter 5:

27 All that He does in us is designed to make us a mature church for His pleasure, until we become a source of praise to Him—glorious and radiant, beautiful and Holy, without fault or flaw.

The prophecy given to us in the Book of Isaiah is to be fulfilled in the last days. Jesus affirmed this when He spoke in John chapter 8:

12 Then Jesus said, “I am light to the world, and those who embrace Me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness.”

And He also spoke concerning our ministry in Matthew chapter 5:

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.

All our words and works are intended to glorify GOD. As we fully surrender to The Holy Spirit, our lights will shine before men and they will be attracted to this light and darkness will flee from our midst. The Holy Spirit is THE essential Resource to cause our light to shine.

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Guiding Us Into All Truth

Thursday, August 14th, 2025

The Holy Spirit indwells in us to make us like Jesus!

The Holy Spirit’s primary job is to make us like Jesus in all areas; He directs us, He leads us, He empowers us. Without the power of The Holy Spirit, our credibility is in question.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit what Jesus spoke in John chapter 7:

37 On the last day, that great day of the feast (The Feast of Tabernacles), Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Why was The Holy Spirit not yet given to us? He was not given to us before Jesus was glorified because He would have made us like Jesus before He was headed to the cross as the Son of man. Once Jesus was resurrected, ascended, and glorified, The Holy Spirit would then indwell in us so that we would ultimately walk in His glory.

And Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

5 “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Jesus understood the necessity to only send The Holy Spirit after He was glorified. By doing this, we could fully walk in His glory, being full of The Holy Spirit and power. What impact will He have on the world? Jesus continues:

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

In other Words, when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you and me. He won’t speak on His own, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you and me what is to come.

Do you want to know the future? Submit, surrender, and listen to The Holy Spirit, not men. Do you want to walk in the same manner as Jesus? Fully surrender to The Holy Spirit.

Whenever we worry and become anxious, we are being drawn into a faith in the inferior. The enemy is trying to lessen our awareness of significance of Who resides inside of us.

This indicates that we are not fully conscious of and led by The Holy Spirit… we have not fully surrendered to Him. It is time for us to realize and walk in the potential inside of us.

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People Want Proof

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

The Holy Spirit is The Promise, The Power, and The Proof!

Without the power of The Holy Spirit, our credibility is in question.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:

1 The former account I made, O Theophilus (friend of GOD), of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;

In this context, “to wait” means to dwell and meditate on the revelations of the Kingdom of GOD just taught to them by Jesus. The disciples needed this Promise to be effective witnesses of the Kingdom of GOD coming to the earth.

5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.

8 But you shall receive miraculous power (G1411) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the promise of The Holy Spirit has been given to us by Jesus Himself. What evidence were the disciples to expect? The power of The Holy Spirit was to come upon them. What was and is the purpose of such power? To be a true witness of Jesus Christ to the world with signs and wonders following.

To be a genuine witness of The Gospel, people want proof!

The word power (G1411) means:

strength power, ability

inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which a person or thing exerts and puts forth
1. power for performing miracles
1. moral power and excellence of soul
1. the power and influence which belong to riches and wealth
1. power and resources arising from numbers
1. power consisting in or resting upon armies, forces, hosts

This power validates a true witness.

There is an old saying, “Talk is cheap, it takes money to ride the train.” A witness has to produce evidence, not just hearsay. When we receive The Holy Spirit, we have received His power as well, whether we walk in it or not.

In chapter 2:

1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Have you personally seen 120 people in one place and in one accord? That was impressive within itself.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

This initial evidence confounded the crowd. As a result of what the people saw and heard:

40 And with many other words Peter testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”

41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43 Then Fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,

45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.

The Holy Spirit provided proof as the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. With such proof, new believers were added to the ekklesia daily.

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Psalm 91

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

I suggest you Pray Psalm 91 daily!

Psalm 91: (personalized)

1 I dwell in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no enemy can withstand].

2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

3 For He will save me from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover me and completely protect me with His pinions, And under His wings I will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

5 I will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at my side And ten thousand at my right hand, But danger will not come near me.

8 I will only [be a spectator as I] look on with my eyes And witness the [Divine] repayment of the wicked [as I watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

9 Because I have made the LORD, [Who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, my dwelling place,

10 No evil will befall me, Nor will any plague come near my tent.

11 For He will command His angels in regard to me, To protect and defend and guard me in all my ways [of obedience and service].

12 They will lift me up in their hands, So that I do not [even] strike my foot against a stone.

13 I will tread upon the lion and cobra; The young lion and the serpent I will trample underfoot.

14 “Because I set my Love on HIM, therefore HE will save me; HE will set me [securely] on High, because I know HIS Name [I confidently trust and rely on HIM, knowing HE will never abandon me, no, never].

15 I will call upon HIM, and HE will answer me; HE will be with me in trouble; HE will rescue me and honor me.

16 With a long life HE will satisfy me And HE will let me see HIS salvation.”

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Our Generosity

Tuesday, August 12th, 2025

We are no more like Christ than we are generous!

GOD was and is the most generous Giver of all!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 3:

16 For God so Loved the world that He gave …

Do you see yourself as a giver or a taker? Do you look for ways to be generous? Generosity is actually at the heart of the gifts of THE SPIRIT. The entire purpose of ministering in the gifts is for the edification (or building up) of the church. The purpose of the gifts of THE SPIRIT is to get something from GOD that will make somebody else’s life more complete through your generous giving.

When we minister in a true spirit of generosity, we are not only able to properly direct our resources, but HE gives us the opportunity through that heart to access HIS resources and distribute them.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 12:

4 It is the same Holy Spirit who continues to distribute many different varieties of gifts.

5 The Lord YAHWEH is One, and HE is the One Who apportions to believers different varieties of ministries.

6 The same God distributes different kinds of miracles that accomplish different results through each believer’s gift and ministry as HE energizes and activates them.

7 Each believer is given continuous revelation by the Holy Spirit to benefit not just himself but all.

8 For example: The Spirit gives to one the gift of the Word of Wisdom.

To another, the same Spirit gives the gift of the Word of revelation knowledge.

9 And to another, the same Spirit gives the gift of faith.

And to another, the same Spirit gives gifts of healing.

10 And to another the power to work miracles.

And to another the gift of prophecy.

And to another the gift to discern what the Spirit is speaking.

And to another the gift of speaking different kinds of tongues.

And to another the gift of interpretation of tongues.

11 Remember, it is the same Holy Spirit Who distributes, activates, and operates these different gifts as We chooses for each believer.

How important are these Spiritual Gifts?

Paul continues in 1^st Corinthians chapter 14:

1 Pursue [this] Love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desire and cultivate the Spiritual gifts [to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you may prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people]. AMP

Prophecy from Above gives the recipient hope, expectation, and courage to deal with the future.

We are to cry out to GOD to receive the needed gifts for others we encounter, to distribute that which originated in the Heart of GOD for people and help to make them more complete.

Paul continues:

26 Beloved friends, what does all this imply? When you conduct your meetings, you should always let everything be done to build up the church family. Whether you share a song of praise, a teaching, a divine revelation, or a tongue and interpretation, let each one contribute what strengthens others.

Our goal is to build up the Body of Christ by ministering and strengthening others. Those who are mature in Christ are to minister to the babes in Christ and nurture them to maturity, in Love.

I may not have money to give but I can give that person my undivided attention. I may have some possessions that The Holy Spirit instructs me to give. It may be a word of encouragement.

King David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 35:

27 But let all my true friends shout for joy, all those who know and Love what I do for You. Let them all say, “The Lord is great, and HE delights in the prosperity of HIS servant.”

As we serve THE LORD and are led by HIS SPIRIT, HE delights in our prosperity. The windows of Heaven are opened wider so that we are able to increase our generosity and impact on those around us.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Illegitimate

Monday, August 11th, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an illegitimate attempt to replace The Holy Spirit!

With over 50 years of Information Technology (IT) experience, I have seen technology evolve from a righteous to an unrighteous transformation. Back in the early 1970’s, I headed up a centralized database project for the largest bank in Oklahoma. To my knowledge, no other bank in the U.S. had such a project. The intent was to tie all aspects of a customer’s relationship into one database: checking accounts, savings, credit cards, loans, etc. The expectation was to develop customer profitability analysis so that the primary officer assigned to the account could see potential and issues for a particular customer.

In the late 1970’s, IBM developed an integrated relational database for their midrange systems, making it easier for programmers to become more productive in software development, reducing coding time. I developed software on that platform and had a successful business. My clients were able to further analyze their customers for profitability. This resulted in a greater storage requirement for customer history, hence larger databases. You could say that this was a simplified artificial intelligence database.

What about now? Those in power want a national, ultimately global database for all transactions of individuals. With this information, they can analyze you and me for our orientations, tendencies, behavior, etc. To what extent? They want to control and exert power as needed based on their perspective of what is best for them.

Our Heavenly Father is all knowing. HE is not limited to the soulish and physical actions of people. HE knows their thoughts and intent.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 12:

4 “Listen, my beloved friends, don’t fear those who may want to take your life but can do nothing more. It’s true that they may kill your body, but they have no power over your soul.

5 The one you must fear is God, for HE has both the power to take your life and the authority to cast your soul into hell. Yes, the only One you need to fear is God. 6-7 “What is the value of your soul to God? Could your worth be defined by any amount of money? God doesn’t abandon or forget even the small sparrow he has made. How then could he forget or abandon you? What about the seemingly minor issues of your life? Do they matter to God? Of course they do! So you never need to worry, for you are more valuable to God than anything else in this world.

The Holy Spirit is our Source to direct our paths, not AI. HE is the genuine Source of Intelligence, not AI.

There is a major force behind the development of data centers to accommodate the requirements of AI. Billions of dollars are being spent to build major data centers around the U.S. and elsewhere. These data centers will require a tremendous amount of electricity. It’s all about power and greed.

FATHER is fully aware of the path of those in power. Don’t worry but instead expect HIM to deliver you and me from the wiles of the adversary. HE has done it in the past and HE will do it again now!

Allow The Holy Spirit to lead and guide you, not AI.

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When Thoughts Become Strongholds

Sunday, August 10th, 2025

Illegitimate thoughts build strongholds!

We are to guard our minds through what we see, hear, and speak. When we focus our thoughts on worldly, sensual things, we begin to build strongholds. An illegitimate thought that the enemy has suggested over my life, is like a stone. As I dwell and meditate on such a thought, I create more stones and ultimately build a habitation for the enemy to dwell unrecognized.

We know that we can do nothing without HIM. Our problem is that we learned to do nothing with HIM.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

When GOD is with someone, the impossible is expected to bow. The renewed mind is a huge part of this journey.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians 6:

10 Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important Truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you. 11 Put on God’s complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser!

12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.

13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.

14 Put on Truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart.

15 Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.

16 In every battle, take faith as your wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at you from the evil one!

17-18 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken Word of God. Pray passionately in the Spirit, as you constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of God upon all His believers.

Our faith is intended to extinguish the evil strategies sent by the adversary. The sword of THE SPIRIT digs out and removes the lies. We cast down those lies with The Word of GOD just as Jesus did when confronted by the devil in the wilderness. It is vital that we recognize the Truth that replaces the lies of the devil.

Truth is not to be glanced at in a daily reading, but to be dwelt on, memorized if necessary, so that we can adequately extinguish the lies and “half-truths” confronting us.

The lies always war against our identity in Christ. They will focus on our old man of the past and try to convince us that we unable or unworthy to walk in Christ. They will challenge and try to undermine revelation given specifically to our individual callings.

What we think and what we determine has an effect on the outcome of what GOD desires for us.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be His Sacred, living sacrifices. And live in Holiness, experiencing all that delights His Heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His Eyes.

3 God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.

The adversary wants you to set your affections on the world, especially money and pride. As we surrender to GOD, our Love will only be directed toward HIM and there will be no strongholds in our life.

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Worship HIM In Spirit and Truth

Saturday, August 9th, 2025

We become like what or who we worship!

When we worship GOD in Spirit and Truth, we will receive new understanding. FATHER gives to those who surrender to HIM. Why? Because HE knew that HE could trust them with greater insight, power, and authority.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 4:

5 So Jesus came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is Who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you Living Water.”

11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that Living Water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the Water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of Water springing up into Everlasting Life.”

We were designed to walk with the fountain of The Holy Spirit flooding us with endless Life.

15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.”

A true worshipper is one who surrenders his or her life to THE FATHER and ministers to HIM out of Love for Who He is and what He has done. He first Loved us and now we have this Truth revealed to our hearts. Those who have this revelation have an overwhelming tenderness to GOD. What they see as important is different than that of those who are focused on the inferior. Judas Iscariot was in that group as we saw in yesterday’s writing concerning Mary’s act of worship.

When Jesus came, He provided us the privilege to come face to face with Our Heavenly Father and worship HIM in full surrender. We have the opportunity to exist in HIS manifested Presence and live. HIS manifested Presence will overtake all our issues and resolve them in the appropriate manner. We are to pursue full surrender and worship HIM in Spirit and Truth!

FATHER created us with the capacity to Love and worship HIM; it is our choice of what path we pursue. Something happens in the adoration of Who HE is. Our priorities begin to align with HIS and what was once important, is no longer. Our Love for HIM leads to worship!

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Extravagant Worship

Friday, August 8th, 2025

We are to honor THE LORD through worship!

Extravagant worship will bring forth criticism.

Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 14:

3 Now Jesus was in Bethany, in the home of Simon, a man Jesus had healed of leprosy. And as he was reclining at the table, a woman came into the house, with an alabaster flask filled with the highest quality of fragrant and expensive oil. She came to Jesus, and with a gesture of extreme devotion, she broke the flask and poured out the precious oil over his head.

4 But some were highly indignant when they saw this, and they complained to one another, saying, “What a total waste!

5 It could have been sold for a great sum, and the money could have benefited the poor.” So they scolded her harshly.

The people around Jesus had no idea of the importance of worshipping THE LORD. Their mindset was that of scarcity, not abundance. Extravagant worship revealed the hearts of the onlookers. The incredible offering she gave to THE LORD reminds us that there is never a lack of funds. Generosity is a very natural response to those who have experienced HIM and touching His Heart.

6 Jesus said to them, “Leave her alone! Why are you so critical of this woman? She has honored Me with this beautiful act of kindness.

7 You will always have the poor, whom you can help whenever you want, but you will not always have Me.

Jesus corrected them and their excuse to give to the poor. We should not sacrifice worship and its importance.

8 When she poured the fragrant oil over Me, she was preparing My Body in advance of My burial. She has done all that she could to honor Me.

9 I promise you that as this wonderful Gospel spreads all over the world, the story of her lavish devotion to Me will be mentioned in memory of her.”

Consider the importance of this act of worship toward Jesus by the woman. Her story has been read by countless believers in the last 2,000 years. Worshipping THE LORD is an Eternal act!

Who led those who criticized the woman?

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 12:

3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said,

5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

6 (In fact, Judas had no heart for the poor. He only said this because he was a thief and in charge of the money case. He would steal money whenever he wanted from the funds given to support Jesus’ ministry.)

True worship reveals what is in the heart of those who observe it. This event revealed Judas’ heart, actions, and intent. Effectively, he stole from the poor because of his selfishness. What you do with your money ultimately reflects what is in your heart. Money and worship were linked together in this story. When we honor and exalt THE LORD with our resources, it is a form of true worship.

Why did Jesus place Judas in charge of the money box? He gave Judas an opportunity to rise above his weakness. Jesus gave Judas an opportunity to be victorious.

The greatest expression of worship was given to us by a woman. Mary anointed Jesus with a perfume worth approximately a year’s salary. Works of charity are important, but they can never replace our devotion to Christ.

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