Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Mark 14:5 reads, “More than a year’s wages.”   It’s possible the alabaster jar of perfume represented every penny of this woman’s life savings. The value is evidenced by the fact that two gospel writers find it noteworthy enough to give...
Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Break Your Alabaster Jar

Luke 7:37 reads, “A woman who had lived a sinful life…brought an alabaster jar of perfume.”   The Bible says, “A woman who had lived a sinful life…brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet...
Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Make Prayer a Priority

Acts 6:4 reads, “We will give ourselves…to prayer and…the word.”   In Disciplines of a Godly Man, pastor and author R. Kent Hughes says: “Jay Sidlow Baxter once shared a page from his own personal diary with a group of pastors who had...
Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Give God Your Best

2 Samuel 24:24 reads, “I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.”   Instead of trusting God for victory over his enemies, David decided of his own volition to count the number of troops in...
Break Your Alabaster Jar (Pt. II)

Take Better Care of Your Body

1 Corinthians 6:20 reads, “Honor God with your body.”   Unless you get into better shape physically, you may go to Heaven sooner than you planned. The Bible says, “Honor God with your body.” How do you do that?   1) Change your diet. Many of us...