I will bless the LORD at all times;

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;

The humble shall hear of it and be glad.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me,

And let us exalt His name together. 

 

Key text

 

2 Corinthians 2:14-15 NKJV

 

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

 

2 Corinthians 2:14-15 NIV

 

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

 

Psalms 92:1-4

 

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning,

And Your faithfulness every night,

On an instrument of ten strings,

On the lute,

And on the harp,

With harmonious sound.

For You, LORD, have made me glad through Your work;

I will triumph in the works of Your hands.

 

Psalms 30:1-8

 

I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up,

And have not let my foes rejoice over me.

O LORD my God, I cried out to You,

And You healed me.

O LORD, You brought my soul up from the grave;

You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His,

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night,

But joy comes in the morning.

Now in my prosperity I said,

“I shall never be moved.”

LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;

You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

I cried out to You, O LORD;

And to the LORD I made supplication:

 

1. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.

 

• May we always remember that we are saved by grace and not works.

 

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

 

 

2. That through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

 

• May we continue to be a fragrance of His knowledge and have an awareness of the finished work of the cross over our lives. 

 

2 Peter 3:17-18

 

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

 

3. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

• That we may be a pleasant aroma both to the saved and those who are yet to find Jesus. 

• The marketplace ministry. 

 

Mark 14:3-8

 

The Anointing at Bethany

(Matt. 26:6–13; John 12:1–8)

And being in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head. But there were some who were indignant among themselves, and said, “Why was this fragrant oil wasted? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they criticized her sharply.

But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work for Me. For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you wish you may do them good; but Me you do not have always. She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint My body for burial.