Living in Bethany

What are the most valuable benefits you have received in meetings of believers? Imagine having those benefits available at family gatherings. Or imagine inviting people to your home for a meal or party and having those things happen.

Imagine who you could invite to an event like that. They would not have to be members of the congregation where your baptism record is maintained. They could be coworkers or neighbors or relatives or friends. Imagine they all got so blessed they wanted to do something like that regularly. Imagine 4 different people in the group debating which one of their homes should be the next place it happens.

Imagine picking up your phone and making it actually happen. Imagine people being so blessed they each thank you several times for inviting them. Imagine how happy Jesus would be in the midst of it all.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
(John 12:1-3 HCSB ©®)