- John 11:55-57
- John 12:1-2
- Luke 10:38-42
- Colossians 3:23-24
“When I give something I do not possess, I give a false and dangerous gift, a gift
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that looks like love but is, in reality, loveless — a gift given more from my need to prove myself than from the other’s need to be cared for. One sign that I am
violating my own nature in the name of nobility is a condition called burnout.
Though usually regarded as the result of trying to give too much, burnout in my experience results from trying to give what I do not possess — the ultimate in giving too little! Burnout is a state of emptiness, to be sure, but it does not result from giving all I have; it merely reveals the nothingness from which I was trying to give in the first place.”
- John 12:3
“Mary is giving up here rights before the Lord. There is nothing He cannot ask of her. Touching his feet become her pledge of unconditional service.”
Skip Ryan
- John 12:4-5
- James 2:17
“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”
Martin Luther
- John 12:6-8
Judas: What can I get?
Mary: What can I give?
Come & See: Jesus gave so I can give.
- John 12:9-11
Come & See: Jesus gave so I can give.
Go & give something to Jesus.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-32