Running with the Giants // Mary of Bethany [Part 6 of 6]

Mary of Bethany Models HOW TO…
1. Build a
“But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be
made. She came to him (Jesus) and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me! “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:40-42

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

HOW TO…
2. Trust in .
“When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” John 11:4-7

“‘Lord’, Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.   But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’ Martha answered, ‘I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.’ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.  Do you believe this?’” John 11:21-26

“When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’ John 11:32

“When Jesus saw her weeping…he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. ‘Where have you laid him?’ he asked. ‘Come and see, Lord,’…   Jesus wept.” John 11:33-35

HOW TO…
3. Make

“Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard. It was an expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the sweet smell of the perfume.”
John 12:3

“’Leave her alone,’ said Jesus…  ‘ The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me…She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.’” Mark 14:6-8

“I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” Mark 14:9