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required for the advice service, eligibility and fees apply. I think as women, we can often doubt

an anointing. And not even for people that are just called to full-time ministry, but I am a firm

believer that as followers of Jesus, we all have a role to play within our circles of influence.

And sometimes that anointing can be minimized by other people in the room. And so today we're going to spend some time looking at this

concept of anointing how Jesus responds. Stay tuned. We are continuing our devotional content of

Mary of Bethany, which is pulled from the She Hears Bible study. You can get a copy of that

wherever books are sold.

So we are in John chapter 12 versus 1 through 8. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany,

where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 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 Pyrrernard, an expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair,

and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot,

who was later to betray him, objected, why wasn't this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year's wages. He did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As a keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. Leave her alone, Jesus replied. It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will

always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me. Today we're going to spend a little

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