Jesus Anointed At Bethany – Exercise for Loving God & Doing Something Beautiful

 “…. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, ⁷ a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.⁹ “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. ¹² When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

(Matthew 26:6-13)

(Direction)

• You are a guest in the home of Simon the Leper, how does the house look like?
• How does being in the same house with Jesus & his disciples feel like?
• When the woman visits Jesus, where were you in the house as you watch the scene unfold?
• What was your impression before, during and after the woman poured perfume on Jesus’ head and doing something beautiful for God?
• What did the disciples say that are familiar phrases you hear in your life?
• When the woman left, if you ran out after her at the door to ask her one question, what will you ask her? What will she tell you?
• After the event and you were alone with Jesus, what did you ask Jesus and what did Jesus tell you?
• Step in once again but this time as the woman instead.