Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

Disciple Apprenticeship... The Spiritual Art of Christ-like Measurement By Mary Ann Wray With the renaissance of the Holy Spirit being poured out in these last days as prophesied in Joel 2: 28 and as the Apostle Peter addressed before the crowd in Jerusalem after the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 14-21)   there has been much interest and emphasis on giftings, callings and talents. While this is powerfully prophetic and part of our New Covenant inheritance, something else of equal and great importance has suffered lack in the Body of Christ. Now more than ever, with the increasing moral landslide happening all over the earth and deteriorating Biblical values in family and social life, character development is extremely critical for any child of God to become effective for Jesus Christ on a long term, lifelong basis. We need both of these godly attributes emphasized in a holistic way, if we are to continue in the Christian Journey for the long haul. My Pastor wisely says...

THE BROKEN BOX – By Mary Ann Wray “There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.” Matthew 26: 7 Most everyone is familiar with the Biblical account of Mary Magdalene pouring expensive ointment out upon Jesus. Scripture gives us four gospel accounts from four different perspectives, four different apostles. Each account sheds a different light on the situation. We see from these accounts that this was the most valuable thing Mary owned at the time. Some scholars say it was worth a year’s worth of wages. In our currency it would equal somewhere around $20,000.00.   Some say she would have had to get this from the “Black Market” because ointment like spikenard was from the Orient and used only for Kings. It was something you just couldn’t pick up in the local market. Others say that it was used on the wedding night and the bride anointed her...