What Does It Take To Love Jesus?
Vitaliy Kravchenko · John 12:1–8 · Mar 29, 2026
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Love for Jesus grows not from more effort but from seeing Him clearly.
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In a house in Bethany, Mary anoints Jesus' feet with expensive ointment and wipes them with her hair, while Judas complains. Vitaliy Kravchenko turns to John 12:1-8 on Palm Sunday and shows that loving Jesus takes seeing Him clearly, taking an honest look at our own hearts, and looking again at the cross. Trying harder cannot change a heart, he says; only the gospel can.
For anyone whose love for Jesus has grown cold over the years.
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