Mark 14:1-11 (ESV)

1 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.” 3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” 10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

Intro: When have you fully committed to a project or cause?

AN AWKWARD DISPUTE
How does Jesus challenge our view of what’s valuable?

ONE REALM VS. ANOTHER
What is the appropriate response?

AN ACCURATE NET WORTH
What is Jesus worth? REALLY?!

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …
1 - As the word “worship” derives from the old English, “worth-ship” ascribe to the LORD the beauty and worth that is His by His very nature as our Maker. Praise Him, Father, Son and Holy Spirit for His surpassing worth!

2 - How have you lived loving this world, but you’ve made little or no effort to leave this world’s glory behind in order to gain Jesus? Confess your pride and unbelief to Jesus, begging Him for mercy and heart change.

3 - Give thanks to Jesus for how He has left His world (heaven) in order to come to our world to save us. Thank Him that amazingly He wants us and is willing to pay whatever the cost was in order to gain us.

4 - Who do you know that lives as if God has no worth? Pray for them, asking the Lord to open their eyes to His beauty and to give you grace to live out His worth in front of them.

5 - Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a greater hunger for the Father and Son, especially when in His Word that we love much when we have been forgiven much. Pray for such a rich experience of His grace that it would transform your experience of worship is a result.