Give the Lord your Best
Mary took a pound of ointment of pure liquid nard [a rare perfume] that was very expensive, and she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair.
Lift Jesus up
And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to Myself. John 12:32,
Speak life to dead situations.
Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in grave clothes, his face wrapped in a head cloth. Jesus told them,
The Father always hears you when you pray.
And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said [this,] that they may believe that You sent Me.” John 11:42
Give thanks to God
Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up [His] eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have
What you believe, you see.
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” John 11:40 (NKJV) What is it that you
Take away the stone– Believe the Word.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been [dead]
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. John 11:25 (AMPC) Man and creation’s cruelest
God’s delays are not Denials
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, but oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days. John 11:5-6 (MSG)
Challenges are opportunities for promotion
When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that