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    Adoration

    Mary of Bethany - The Untold Story

    By: Martha Kilpatrick

    $9.95


    Brief Description

    Mary of Bethany stands alone in the Gospels.
    She was the friend of Jesus, sharer of His secrets.
    She abides . . . uninhibited and limitless . . .
    an eternal emblem of ADORATION of Jesus.

    ADORATION is a profound gaze at the very
    human story of two sisters,
    their contrast full of stark meaning.
    "Mary and Martha, symbols of choice . . .
    between what gains God against what loses Him."

    Mary of Bethany received from Jesus
    what no other player in the Redemption Story received:
    His never-ending command that where the gospel is preached
    the story of her alabaster jar is to be told.

    This book proclaims her memorial place with
    extraordinary insight and reverence,
    laced with the goal of following this quiet one
    who was the delight of Jesus
    into our own . . . ADORATION.

    ISBN-10: 0940232723
    ISBN-13: 978-0940232723

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      • The Word of His Life
      • Introduction

      Bethany

      • Ministry of the Feet
      • The Samaritan
      • Many Things
      • The Choice
      • One Thing
      • The Welcome
      • The Work
      • The Person
      • The Conflict
      • Known
      • The Need
      • One Possession

      Lazarus' Tomb

      • The Village
      • Love Without Favorites
      • Knowing All
      • Waiting for the Lord
      • The Dead Stink
      • Jesus Wept
      • Following Mary 

      The Anointing

      • Two Days
      • Broken Vessels
      • Costly Oil
      • His Worth
      • Waste
      • Fragrance
      • Memorial
      • Judas

      Epilogue

      • The Defender
      • The Treasure of Time
      • The Rest of Mary
      • The Sound of Silence
      • The Gaze of the Soul
      • Mary the Child
      • A Simple Love
      • Invitation
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      Broken Vessels

      . . . a woman came having an alabaster flask . . .
      Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head.
      Mark 14:3 NKJV

       

      Saving nothing, holding back no part,
                 Mary broke the alabaster jar,
                 itself a treasure, spoiled for any
                           future use.
                 It was for Jesus, no other use
                 would it ever see. All for Him.
       

      Mary broke her beautiful jar, but that
               was nothing for she
      took her own being, heart and soul
               and broke it before Him for His use.


      Her gift merely a picture of her life,
                 opened by the brutal choice
                 of self-annihilation,
      her own secret death for Him
                         to Jesus, her Love,
                         her Only Love.

      Mary acted out before Him His own crucifixion.
                The bottle shattered - His broken body.
                The contents poured out - His Holy blood spilled.
                                   She understood and she showed Him . . .

       

      It was about His death but
                          it was also her own death to lose him.
                          She was ministering to Him but
                she was also consenting to say goodbye
                           to her Greatest Necessity because that
                                            was His will . . . and desire . . . .

      She would support His choice at
                         the expense of her own needy existence.

       

      No more would she sit at His feet and
                                   hear His heart's secrets.
                 Never again see His glowing face, nor hear His
                 loving words, not to ever, ever again feel
                                     His piercing touch.
                 He was going to the Father, by deliberate choice
                 and that meant as well, leaving her behind.


      To let Him go would have been a great sacrifice
                          but to help Him in it, to sustain His going . . .
                          ah, that was the truly broken vessel.

                              

                                     Compared to this,
                                     the alabaster jar was nothing . . . .

       

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      Many Things

      Martha's life was multiple,
      dispersed in the fever of many attractions,
      confused by many self-loves
      Mary's life was simple, honed and distilled to
      the sole thing she deemed essential,
      her object of love, One other than . . . herself.

      Known

      In His boundless imagination, He dreamed your being and
      created you to a divine specific. The Designer knows His design.
      He also knows how far your meddling has marred the original.
      Love with out favorites

      The love of Christ is indiscriminate. He loves all.
      Jesus loved Martha.
      His correction didn't diminish nor disprove that.
      His love is total for every person.
      He loves because He loves.

      A Simple Love

      Mary loved Him.
      That is the entire explanation of her.
      Many witnessed, heard, were healed by Him . . . but never loved Him
      Myriads study, read, recite and mimic Him today . . . but never love Him

      Judas

      There are probably only two ministries in the universe;
      anointing His feet or arranging His murder.
      Judas watched the anointing and it stirred his jealous hate.
      Something he had long toyed with in his mind was now a bold decision . . .
      to sell Jesus to His murders.

      A Single Eye

      Mary gathered the fragments of her scattered sanity,
      left the complexity of logic, the endless boredom of her predictable self
      and in simplicity, with single focus gazed on Jesus.

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      Review from J.E.

      Orlando, FL USA

      I have been so completely impacted by this book. My heart has sought the Lord, yet I have yearned to love Him more. Adoration has touched my very passion for Jesus, and called me higher, to a place of surrender and focus. In a world that demands fast paced activity to meet deadline and standard. And/or to please ones self or others, a simple life and our true Reward get lost. Martha writes in this book about Mary of Bethany and all those around her, but more than that she writes in a style that causes the heart to meditate on the very Jesus Mary focused upon. A book for everyone, men as well as women. I recommend it very highly, for all who would love Him or love Him more.

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      Cinncinati, OH USA

      "This book has helped lead me back to my First Love.... "Adoration" has been a balm to my broken, wounded, grieving and very weary heart. I savored it and soaked in it-a refuge from life's pain and demands. From the first night of reading it, my spirit began to rise up once again."

      Review from D.F.

      Paris, FRA

      "At 7:00 this morning when I woke up, I stayed in bed and started reading what I believe to be a MASTERPIECE (understatement of the century here), your book Adoraion. Some books you look at and put back on the shelf. Some books you read with interest. Some books seize you and speak to you. Some possess you and you read them through a veil of tears... ADORATION BROUGHT SOBS."

      Review from C.S.

      Atlanta, GA USA

      "I sent a copy of Adoration to a friend... she met me at the door so excited about what the Lord was speaking into her life. She said, "I'm learning to receive Love!"

      Review from Patsy Clairmont

      Brighton, MO USA

      Book Review by Patsy Clairmont Have you ever read a book that took your breath a way with the freshness of its perspective? That's how I responded to Adoration by Martha Kilpatrick. It is an astonishing portrayal of Mary of Bethany. Just about the time I think I've heard it all, the Lord uses someone to resuscitate my lagging insight. I've always believed that Mary choose the better part when she deliberately sat at Jesus feet, yet I also credited Martha with a productive contribution, but after considering Mrs. Kilpatrick's musings I realized I missed the point. Listen "To make a noisy display of your labors is to perform for the audience of humanity." Ouch! Mary's sister Martha did thatand so have I. More times than I care to mention I have tooted my own horn or whined about others lack of appreciation of my efforts. "Work is a sorry god whose reward is strangely empty. It never pays the wage of love that is anticipated." How true that is like pulling up a bucket from a dry well. "Flesh is Martha's vain delusion-Spirit is Mary's instinctive reality In God's family, Flesh become workers and Spirit are worshippers." This is a small volume with powerful content. I find myself returning to it again and again to meditate upon this Spirit revealed writing. If you are looking for a meaty offering or want a study that's worthy of group discussion this 133-page treasure will fill your hours and more important your heart with heaven's counsel.

      Review from J.M.

      Phoenix, AZ USA

      Martha's book, Adoration, made me so much want to worship Jesus as Mary of Bethany did! It awakened a hunger in me that is still as fresh as when I read the book. Ps. 103:4 & 5 He surrounds me with lovingkindness and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things.

      Review from M.D.

      Middletown, MD USA

      I can't begin to explain how much these items have changed my life. The book, the book. I am weeping trying to put into words how much the words in this book and the anointing in each word ministered to me. I wept through it and couldn't stop reading it. It was exactly what I needed when I read it. It was God ordained for me because I was wanting so much to get to that place where Mary was and Adoration just laid it out so clearly and simply. It's all about Him; worshipping Him, loving Him,wanting Him and adoring Him. God wrote this book and there's no doubt about it. Thank you thank you Martha Kilpatrick for your devotion and for sharing His gift with us. I will be eternally grateful to you for this gift. I gave a copy to my Pastor who is reading it. I am going to buy more to give away.

      Review from L.M.

      Roseville, CA USA

      Today a friend allowed me to take a look at her copy of this book while resting in the warm sun. What began to be a quick glance became a time to read the book from cover to cover. The Lord blessed me with this quiet time with no interruptions. As I was reading my heart beat IDENTIFIED with the author's. Martha has articulated my hearts cry. My prayer is that leaders/and the body would identify rather than "defy" those who choose to sit at His feet above all else. This has been a truth that I have painfully experienced personally. But on the flip side, being misunderstood in this way has also showed me I have chosen the better. Many times there has been much fruit beared as the fragrance of His presence has caused people to stop and ask me "What is that you are wearing and where can I find it?"

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      USA

      This is a beautiful - beautiful book. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to draw closer to Jesus - to know how to love Jesus more.

      Review from seekerofhisheart

      Albuquerque, NM USA

      "Warning: the Lord may use this incredible book to shred your heart to bits - but also to invite you and show you how intimately love and surrender to Him without ambition or selfish pride."

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