Make sure Jesus is the actual focus of your life and seek Him who is ever present in your life. Choose to love Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and refuse to take anything for yourself. Jesus is constantly inviting you to move closer to Him, do not delay or hesitate. Fulfil your heart’s desires so that God’s words return to Him fulfilled in your life.

6. Summary: A Lover Who is a Friend and Serves

Mary’s response was not practical, financially prudent nor the social norm… but it was a genuine authentic expression of her love and value of Jesus and who He was to her. For Mary loved and valued Jesus above everything else for who He was and not what He did for her. By God’s grace and the power of His holy Spirit within us, we can all love as we are first loved by God 

4. Mary: Be a Passionate Lover

Lazarus knew who Jesus was and loved Him. His life since being raised from the dead by Jesus was a living testimony of Jesus’ power and authority and who He was. Lazarus was thankful for all Jesus had done for him. He knew he was loved but he was not looking to love in return. He was a spectator but not a participator, yet love looks to give and be expressed. Jesus is the resurrection and the life and invites us to share in that with and through Him.

3. Lazarus: Loved but not a Lover

The desire of our hearts and sole purpose of our lives is that God is glorified in and through us. But that can only happen when we are  living in the unity of love with God. God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit exist in true communion and, through Jesus, we are invited to join Them, participating in the communion in which They exist. This is ours to discover, experience, explore and to grow in, fulfilling Jesus' prayer to His Father in John 17: 21-23.

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