Sunday, March 05, 2006
Thoughts on Sermon today...
hmmm, thought of going back office to work to finish up with work... but last minute was been persuaded by myself to go the 11am svc instead...
Never expected from the sermon today... but was rather moved by the character, Mary... when she uses her perfume to wash Jesus's feet. Oh, the sermon title is "Generous Love" preached by PIC p.k.
1)Generous love is giving which will cost us dearly... not out of our convenience or part of our wealth.. (2 Samuel 14:24-25).. 1stly, Mary brought a perfume to wash Jesus's feet which is worth a year of wages.. but then y did Mary go to such a extent of buying such a expensive gift which i think most of us will extravagent... it's her love for Jesus that she wants to give with all that she could afford... To Mary, Jesus is more worth than what she could offer.
think 1 point which stands out was whenever Mary was with Jesus, she is always at Jesus's feet be it listening to his preaching or washing His feet...
Few questions were thrown out to challenge us... like "have we spend time at Jesus feet, or too proud/self reliance?" ...
Out of her motive is her love for Jesus? this morning, i questioned myself, how deep do i love my Lord and Savior Jesus?" generous love is self-sacrifice, not expecting any returns. Did i give generously to God because of purely out of obligations or surely i can say with my heart that i give out of my pure love for Him? A question that got me stumped... what's my motive?
Do i have the desire to sacrifice n give every cents/effort to give?
Another thing that when pp give generously, pp around will also be blessed too... like the fragance of the perfume from Mary... that fills up the whole house and thus pp even in the house also been sort of blessed by the Mary's gift.
Like p.k shared, when we give generously, the fragance will also attracted beyond the boundary of the church to the non-believers and thus they also attracted too.
Though generous giving will be a stench to some.. like Judas was quite upset as he thought it will be better for the perfume to be sold and give to the needy... and thus he was rebuked by Jesus.. this turns out to be a unfolding of Judas's ultimate motive... his love for money is much more than His Lord, Jesus...
Lastly, think i missed out a point... but it's okay... our generous giving bring pleasure to God...
Today, think i had a bad game during the frisbee... during the game was quite pissed off with myself. hmmm, i kept dropping the disc when it's a simple catch and at a point, i felt like walking out of the game totally... aiyah... i'm getting more emotional during the game..
Had a small misunderstanding with W.T over the game. anyway, i have had to learn on how to be more of a team player instead of individual's on what i think i'm best on which area... i'm too prideful to admit my mistakes and dare to even agrue/reasoned. am truly sorry for the words that came from my mouth just now. Oh by the way, Ed brought stuffs to fill our stomaches before the game that L's had made herself... yummmy, the pastry was really delicious, i should say L's fantastic cook... =)
Never expected from the sermon today... but was rather moved by the character, Mary... when she uses her perfume to wash Jesus's feet. Oh, the sermon title is "Generous Love" preached by PIC p.k.
1)Generous love is giving which will cost us dearly... not out of our convenience or part of our wealth.. (2 Samuel 14:24-25).. 1stly, Mary brought a perfume to wash Jesus's feet which is worth a year of wages.. but then y did Mary go to such a extent of buying such a expensive gift which i think most of us will extravagent... it's her love for Jesus that she wants to give with all that she could afford... To Mary, Jesus is more worth than what she could offer.
think 1 point which stands out was whenever Mary was with Jesus, she is always at Jesus's feet be it listening to his preaching or washing His feet...
Few questions were thrown out to challenge us... like "have we spend time at Jesus feet, or too proud/self reliance?" ...
Out of her motive is her love for Jesus? this morning, i questioned myself, how deep do i love my Lord and Savior Jesus?" generous love is self-sacrifice, not expecting any returns. Did i give generously to God because of purely out of obligations or surely i can say with my heart that i give out of my pure love for Him? A question that got me stumped... what's my motive?
Do i have the desire to sacrifice n give every cents/effort to give?
Another thing that when pp give generously, pp around will also be blessed too... like the fragance of the perfume from Mary... that fills up the whole house and thus pp even in the house also been sort of blessed by the Mary's gift.
Like p.k shared, when we give generously, the fragance will also attracted beyond the boundary of the church to the non-believers and thus they also attracted too.
Though generous giving will be a stench to some.. like Judas was quite upset as he thought it will be better for the perfume to be sold and give to the needy... and thus he was rebuked by Jesus.. this turns out to be a unfolding of Judas's ultimate motive... his love for money is much more than His Lord, Jesus...
Lastly, think i missed out a point... but it's okay... our generous giving bring pleasure to God...
Today, think i had a bad game during the frisbee... during the game was quite pissed off with myself. hmmm, i kept dropping the disc when it's a simple catch and at a point, i felt like walking out of the game totally... aiyah... i'm getting more emotional during the game..
Had a small misunderstanding with W.T over the game. anyway, i have had to learn on how to be more of a team player instead of individual's on what i think i'm best on which area... i'm too prideful to admit my mistakes and dare to even agrue/reasoned. am truly sorry for the words that came from my mouth just now. Oh by the way, Ed brought stuffs to fill our stomaches before the game that L's had made herself... yummmy, the pastry was really delicious, i should say L's fantastic cook... =)
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