SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD

SHE DID WHAT SHE COULD

Pastor Matt Gould | 08.26.2026

Mark 14:1-5 NIV

1 “Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.

4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?

5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly.”

1.   YOUR MATTERS MORE THAN THEIR .

Galatians 1:10 NIV 

10 “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

Mark 14:6 NIV

6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

Mark 14:7 NIV

7 The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me.” 

2.  YOU ARE AND BY GOD.

Hebrews 6:10 NIV

10 “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”

Mark 14:8-9 NIV

8 “She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.

9 NIV Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

3.  WHAT YOU CAN DO IS FOR GOD TO .

2 Corinthians 8:12 NIV

12 “For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.”

Romans 12:2 NIV

2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV

5 “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

Philippians 4:8 NIV

8 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

Mark 14:10-11 NIV

10 “Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

11 NIV They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.”

4. KEEP MOVING TOWARD .

Matthew 7:21-23 NIV

21 ““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22 NIV Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’

23 NIV Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’”

James 4:8 NIV

8 “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded.”

DO WHAT YOU CAN. TRUST GOD WITH THE REST.

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