John 12:3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Nard is a very precious and valuable fragrant oil derived from the root and spike (hair stem) of...
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27 April 2021 – Perfume – Part 5
Psalms 133:1&2 How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head. Unity is a sweet smelling fragrance of God’s love, compassion and benevolence. It is compared to the anointing oil that was smeared over the head of the High Priest, Aaron. The...
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26 April 2021 – Perfume – Part 4
Ecclesiastes 10:1 As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honour. Fragrant aromatic oils, perfumes and ointments during Bible times, (such as onycha, galbanum, styrax, nard, frankincense and myrrh), extracted from natural plant products were rare, relatively expensive and exquisite luxuries products. There were...
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25 April 2021 – Perfume – Part 3
Esther 2:12b For thus were the days of their preparation apportioned: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and preparations for beautifying women (Esther 2:12) Before the grand audition, all the young women in Harem had the luxury to go through beauty treatment for 12 months. In the hot, humid and...
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24 April 2021 – Perfume – Part 2
Ruth 3:3 Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Naomi, mother-in-law of Ruth, advised her to wash, put on perfume and get dressed in her best clothes before she presented herself to the kinsmen redeemer Boaz. Ruth was a young Moabite widow who accompanied her Jewish mother-in-law from Moab to Bethlehem....
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23 April 2021 – Perfume – Part 1
2 Corinthians 2:14: “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place.” Perfume industry contributes US$35 billion to the global economy . This is one of the earliest industries invented by mankind. Perfumes were made by extracting...
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22 April 2021 – Spirit of Excellence – Part 7
Luke 2:52 Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. All that we know about the life of Jesus from His age of 12 to 30 years is that He went back to His town, trained to be a carpenter and grew in wisdom, stature and favour with God and...
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21 April 2021 – Spirit of Excellence – Part 6
2 Timothy 4:13 When you come, be sure to bring the coat I left with Carpus at Troas. Also bring my books, and especially my papers. Paul was in the Roman prison when he wrote to Timothy to bring his precious collection of scrolls, papers and parchments. Paul was waiting for an impending judgement. He...
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20 April 2021 – Spirit of Excellence – Part 5
1 Kings 10:12 Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. When Solomon became King, he had a secret prayer request that he submitted to God. 1 Kings 3:9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern...
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19 April 2021 – Spirit of Excellence – Part 4
1 Samuel 18:14 David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the LORD was with him. David’s success did not stop at the Valley of Elah when he knocked the giant out with a rag and a rock; he continued to be successful, victorious and triumphant as the Lord was with him. The greatest...