Extravagant Love

How pure, how deep, how extravagant is your love for Christ?  This lesson challenges us to examine our hearts to discover the answer to this question.  John 12:1-8 and the parallel story in Mark 14, record the anointing of Jesus by Mary, who pours out a pound of expensive ointment made of pure nard and wipes it from the Lord's feet with her hair.  The account is simple, yet profound in how it reflects Mary’s complete love, devotion and commitment to Jesus. Extravagant love, Jesus’ response to this expression of love, and expressing our love for Christ are explored in this lesson.  It concludes as we look at Jesus and his extravagant expression of love, when he poured out his life for us on the cross! (1 John 3:16).