Breaking the Alabaster Jar: True Worship and Sacrifice

1. "Everybody is a light Wherever God places them It doesn't matter your level of faith Well, I don't know 50 scriptures like Brother Norman Or I don't know everything about the Godhead Or everything If you keep waiting, you'll never get it Use whatever God has given And pour it into you And pour it into somebody else The moment that you just keep it to yourself Is the moment you stay stagnant And you stop growing But the Bible says give and you shall receive Give of what you have Give of your anointing Give of your knowledge Keep encouraging somebody That wherever God places you Whatever job situation Wherever hobbies that you have Be a light wherever God places you." [29:49] (48 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "If you were carrying a cup of perfume you were going to develop a sweet fragrance or are you going to develop a coffee and somebody bumped into you whether it was life or whether somebody jammed into you whatever it's in the coffee whatever is in the cup is going to come out whether it's coffee or whether it's anything orange juice it doesn't matter what it is and whatever is in your cup is bound to come out through life's struggles through life's difficulties through the situations that we put ourselves in life you don't have to tell people who you are they'll smell your fragrance and people get around you what fragrance do you give off is it a bitter fragrance is it a sweet fragrance." [34:16] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "We all have an alabaster box. We all have those things that we hold dear and precious to us. We all have a place inside of us where we place our things. Our thoughts and our hopes and our dreams. We all have an alabaster box. Something of such precious. Sometimes we place our trust in the wrong things. Sometimes we place our trust in the wrong people. Things that have left nothing but scars and regrets. People that didn't understand the value that we placed in them. And now here she is saying, I take all of my dreams. I take all of my hopes. And I place it. At Jesus' feet. I'm safe in his presence. I no longer have to worry about my future. Because I know the one who holds my future." [40:57] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Her goal was to empty herself out and pour everything she had to Jesus. David must have understood it, which is why David said, and David's entire goal was to bring back the presence of God. That as soon as David became the king, his first goal was to bring back the Ark of the Covenant, which was representing the presence of God. It was David said that I'd rather be just a doorkeeper. I don't even have to be a king. I'd rather be just the one that opens the door. Anything that can keep me near his presence." [44:43] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "Do you know him or do you know just about him? And God said what she is doing. Don't stop her please. What she's doing is a beautiful thing. What must it take for God to look at our worship? For God to look at our offering. And say it's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing what they're doing. Could you imagine if your worship got God's attention. That he stopped the party and says don't stop. It's a beautiful thing that she's doing. Because you can come to church and not worship. What she has done will always be remembered. Her worship became her legacy in her life. If you don't worship you'll never truly experience God. That's the only connection you have to God. Is when you decide to worship." [49:14] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "What are you going to do with what God has given to you? What are you going to do with what God has given you? It was David that asked the question in Psalms. Psalms 116. 12. It says. What can I offer the Lord? For all that is done for me. David is trying to think. Put himself in his place of. What can I offer God? David you're royalty. David you're a king. God's not interested in my position. What do I offer God? What can I offer God? For everything that he's done for me. One version says. What can I return to God? What can I return to God? I was thinking we all have three things that we can give to God. We all have three things that we can give to God. Our treasure. Our talent. And our time. Those are the three things that you can return to God. Your treasure. Your talent. And your time." [50:35] (67 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "Nothing expresses love like sacrifice. My kids are not impressed with the toy that I buy them. The only way I can build a relationship with my kids. Is when I devote time to them. Yes they'll appreciate the toy. For two days. But the only way you can build a relationship with someone. Is when you decide to invest your time in them. Nothing says I love you more than. When you give someone your time and your attention. Even when you're busy. You make sacrifices. And if you think about it. We live in a society that just wants to be so busy. We make ourselves busy. If we're not busy. We find reasons to be busy. And we have so much pulling at us. And we have so much just pulling at our attention. And we always say first this and first this. And later if I have time I might go to church. Later if I have time. When I'm ready I'll come to God. But love is an action. Love is self-sacrificing." [54:28] (71 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "You must not know him like I know him. You'll never appreciate. It's a waste for you, but it's my worship. It's my worship because I know who he is. Angel, would you come? And the Bible says they rebuked her harshly. And yet the people that are doing the rebuking are fellow believers. Sometimes it's those that are closest to you that criticize what you're doing. Sometimes it's those that even carry a big Bible that think they know everything about it and they start criticizing you. They start calling what you offer God a waste and unnecessary. But the Bible says they rebuked her harshly. But the Bible says you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, your heart, your soul, and your strength. Would you say I give them all?" [01:03:50] (59 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "I used to wonder why they got so loud in here sometimes. Why would they shout and get so excited? But I didn't really understand that they knew God on a different level. In fact, the Bible says for those that He forgave much, they love Him much. And those that He forgave just a little bit, because they think they're justified. They just worship God with the leftovers. They're happy with just giving a little bit, 30% of the time. I'm not going to give God a year's worth of my wages. I might give Him a dollar. Sometimes you don't know. You weren't there when I cried myself to sleep. You don't know the nights that I was full of anxiety and I was stressed out not knowing could God hear me, did anyone understand me. I felt so lonely in my place." [01:05:23] (53 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "You could be sitting down next to someone, for someone that God has forgiven so much for. And you're living through their life. I've seen some people get healed and yet walk away. And I wonder, did you miss who God is? Are you only interested in the things that God does? Or do you come to God and say, God, whatever I have it's yours. What I loved about this scripture is that as the disciples were buking her, telling her making her feel so small. waste it's unnecessary you don't need to do all of that she didn't answer she didn't answer a word when you're lost in worship you don't have to fight your battles because the very next verse says that jesus rebuked them jesus rebuked them and the bible says in john 4 23 says but the hour is coming and now is when the true worshipers will worship the father in spirit and in truth for the father he came looking for those that will worship in spirit and in truth." [01:06:59] (91 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)