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Scripture References:
Exodus
Luke 7:36-50 - "...a Pharisee asked Jesus to have dinner with him..."
Luke 3:16 - John says, "He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
I Corinthians 11:23-26 -" ... eat this bread and drink the cup... "

Backdrop: The New Year has begun slowly. The Saints had just been eliminated on Saturday evening by Seattle. Though Mardi Gras season has started, it seems quietly distant. The day is crisp (40s) and cool.

Music: Our God Reigns

The Sermon: JT described how dinners that were held in the homes of Pharisees were often open affairs where people from the community would be invited to come and listen to the discourse. The primary focus today is on a sinful woman who attended. She sat at the feet of Jesus, yet she was weeping so profoundly that she could wash his feet with her tears and she used her hair to dry them.

How strange is that?

First, in those times, washing the feet of one's guests is a task for servants. She takes on the role unlike any other because she has seen in Jesus her personal Savior. Her tears are profound. Some Bible scholars suggest that she had been earlier healed by Jesus and she had come to give him special thanks.

Here we learn in a new way what it means to "...love the Lord with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength." This passage first occurs in Deuteronomy 6:5 and then is proclaimed again in Luke 10:25, Matthew 22:37 and Mark 12:30. First, she knows. She knows so profoundly she cannot hold back her joy, her blessings, that she sits at the feet of her Savior and she experiences a peace which passes all understanding. These tears and kisses are profoundly real.

This was before the cross, before the Last Supper, before the resurrection and before He sent the Comforter. Certainly this simple, direct, and total faith has set her free.

Need A Winning Game Plan for Your Life?

Each Sunday, Coach J.T. Curtis speaks at 10:30 am in the Curtis School Cafeteria located at 10125 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, Louisiana 70123.

Coach Curtis has coached high school football for 42 years and he has won more games than any other high school coach of his generation.

Winning takes thought and planning. Winning takes work and discipline. If you are ready for a new winning game plan for your life, Coach Curtis is ready to be your coach.

With God's help, you can win at the game of life -- the only game that matters.

You can start winning in life by taking these first steps:

1. Recognize that God made you, God loves you and he wants you to succeed.
2. Admit you are tired of trying to do life on your own and accept God’s free gift of power. Pray this prayer: "Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.”
3. *Learn the game rules by reading, studying and memorizing God’s instruction manual for life – the Bible.
4. Be part of a team that helps you play your best. Come to Curtis
School every Sunday, find another church or group of believers who are seeking to follow God’s plan, or, start your own team!
5. Start now to drop the bad habits that keep you from being your best. That could mean changing friends, changing what you watch on TV or the Internet, changing the way you drive your car, or, changing the way you treat the people you love the most.

*The book of John in the Bible is a great place to start reading. In it you'll find at John 3:16, "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life."

You can learn about John Curtis Christian School at http://JohnCurtis.com