Her worship was costly, but it was intense love that drove Mary of Bethany. Pastor Bob Bocke

summarizes it like this. She surrenders everything at the feet of Christ. She was a nobody who changed

history with her worship of Christ.

We'll hear more about an amazing act of pure praise today on Revive Our Hearts for Tuesday, February 18th. I'm Dana Gresh. Our host is the author of Incomparable Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth.

Sometimes you'll hear people equally. incomparable Nancy DeMas Walgamuth.

Sometimes you'll hear people equate the word worship with singing.

And certainly singing can be an important part of our worship of the Lord.

But biblically speaking, worship involves a lot more than singing,

and it doesn't always just happen in corporate worship services. In the Gospel of John, we read about a woman who worshiped Jesus in a home

and in a way other than singing, and she did it extravagantly. Today we're going to hear

how costly her extravagant worship was.

Let's review our passage.

This is Pastor Bob Bakke reading John chapter 12, verses 1 through 8.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany where Lazarus lived,

whom Jesus had raised from the dead,

and here a dinner was given in Jesus' honor.

Martha served while Lazarus was among those

reclining at the table with him.

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard,

an expensive perfume, and she poured on Jesus' feet

and wiped his feet with her hair.

And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

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