She breaks open the jar.

He is sent must have filled the room instantly.

And of all things, she poured it out on his head.

John adds that she poured it on his feet and massaged his feet with her hair.

This was her profound moment of devotion.

This was her first time in her life.

This was her sacrificial worship, the most significant of her life.

Mary of Bethany loved Jesus.

And in Mark's Gospel, we read about the dramatic moment when Mary burst onto the scene with a personal gift for him.

It was an expensive jar of exquisite perfume.

While the onlookers had mixed feelings, some thought her gift was lovely.

Others thought it was wasteful.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck's Wendall describes this intense encounter found in Mark chapter 14.

It's the second message in a brand new teaching series designed to prepare us for the Easter celebration coming soon.

Chuck titled his message, Extraving in Love on Everlasting Display.

On these five Sundays, moving toward Easter Sunday morning, we are journeying with Christ in various scenes along the pathway of his final week of life, or thereabouts.

We've come in our journey to Mark chapter 14 of a reading for you verses 1 through 9.

Please locate Mark 14.

I'll be reading from the new Living Translation as you follow along in your Bible.

It was now two days before Passover and the festival of unleavened bread.

The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.

But not during the Passover celebration, they agreed, or the people may riot.

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