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Foot Washing (24 of 34)
by Zach Terry
ILLUSTRATION: It's like the story told to me last week by a Pastor friend of mine in Tennessee. Apparently his next door neighbor had attended his Church the past, but after a bought with cancer was no long able to get out and do as he want. His neighbor, Mr. Hood had heard the Pastor mention in a sermon that he cut his own hair as well as the hair of his five year old little boy. So one day Mr. hood called my Pastor friend and asked if he would come over and cut his hair since he wasn't able to get out and about. My friend was glad to help Mr. Hood, so he grabbed his scissors and clippers and ran right over. When my friend got home...
At the Feet of Jesus
by Robert Walker
One of the greatest songs with a great message is James Taylor's "Shower The People". It has pretty melody and it has a great message. It talks about showering the people that we love with flowers. Later, in the song, toward the end it says make it rain. The song is about telling those that you love how you feel when they can hear it. It is sad to see friends and family gathered at a funeral home to pay their respects to the deceased person. There are times when some of those flowers should have been given while the person was still living. We sometimes take people for granted. I cannot help but to wonder how many...
Wash My Feet (3 of 3)
by Michael Romero
Jesus was an extraordinary servant. Perhaps we will never fully comprehend why He chose the first century to come and serve mankind. However, we can know that through his example of serving He has made more of an impact than any other leader we know. Even today He gains followers by the minute and leads us through difficult times by serving our needs. However, we know that the impact He has doesn't stop there. His impact is eternal. I know in my life His service to mankind has made an eternal impact. Many times we fail to realize that each and every decision we make has an eternal impact. Perhaps the most important...
He Would Not Avoid Smelly Feet? (3 of 4)
by Tony Thomas
Does that list surprise you? Fortune didn't ask for my opinion, but they left the worst job out! The worst job is collecting garbage. I posted this picture on Instagram (tonythomas1972) on December 27. Look at that poor, freezing garbage collector riding on the back of a truck in -7 degree temperature! I can't remember the windchill but here's the note I posted: ''It's -7 and I'm counting my blessings for the warm ride in my Ford Ranger while others earn every penny!''Lots of folks work necessary, but less-than-glamorous jobs. Kind of like changing baby diapers! Nobody volunteers for that job, right? As the second eldest child...
The Woman Who Was a Sinner
by Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. This is the woman who has been confounded with Mary Magdalene. How the error originated it would not be easy to imagine, but error it certainly is. There is not the slightest shadow of evidence that this woman, who was a sinner, had even the remotest connection with her out of whom Jesus...
She Kissed Our Lord's Feet (2 of 10)
by Robert Walker
Tradition tells us that Abraham Lincoln went to a slave auction, & he noticed a rather attractive black woman who was about to be auctioned off. So he began bidding. The bidding went back & forth until finally he had purchased her. They brought her over to him, & he instructed them to take the shackles off her wrists & ankles. Then he said to her, "You are free to go." She looked at him & said, "You mean that I don't have to go home with you?" He said, "No, you don't." She said, "You mean that I don't have to do what you tell me to do, or say what you tell me to say?" "That's right." "You mean I don't have to be your slave, I don't have...
No Small Feat
by James Merritt
1. The plot is beginning to thicken. The smell of betrayal is in the air. The shadow of death is hanging over the hero and yet he takes a few moments to deal with (of all things) dirt. I recently read a fascinating article on dirt. It was from a medical blog called ''dr. Andy.'' the title of it was ''eat dirt, prevent asthma!'' here is what the article said,'why have asthma and other allergic diseases gotten so much worse in the last 50 years? No one knows for sure. A leading hypothesis is called the ''hygiene hypothesis'' which states that we are too clean. Initially the idea was that we got fewer infections than we used to before immunizations, antibiotics...
God's Call to Servanthood
by David Cawston
Jesus knew the importance to servanthood - serving others! 7. ''You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.'' 12 ''Do you understand what I have done for you?'' he asked them. 13 ''You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. There are some important truths that are never realized in your life if you do not participate with this principal. The lessons of servanthood cannot be learned through head knowledge they...
Towel Off (3 of 4)
by James Merritt
1. When President Ronald Reagan died, George H. W. Bush, who was his vice president during his administration was asked to give the eulogy. He told the story of how in 1981 Ronald Reagan was recovering from the gunshot wound that almost took his life during an assassination attempt. Just days after his surgery, one of his aides, walked into his room, to discover him on his hands and knees wiping water up from the floor. When the aide rushed over to him to ask what he was doing he said, ''I was worried that my nurse might get in trouble.'' 2. That story perfectly illustrates one of the characteristics every follower of Jesus...
A Man and His Master
by J. Gerald Harris
In our text we have the record of one of the events which took place at the Last Supper. Jesus and his disciples had gathered together in a borrowed room. These men had been together for approximately three years. Together they had walked the dusty roads of Galilee. Together they had slept in the great outdoors with rocks for their pillows, and the heavens for a canopy bed. Together they had faced the winds of a storm-tossed sea. Together they had experienced the miracle of the feeding of the 4000 and the 5000. Together they had faced the opposition of the religious leaders, and the threats of those who had set themselves against...
The Towel: A Servant's Model (2 of 10)
by Roger Thomas
If the Bible were likened to a temple, this passage is the entrance to the Holy of Holies. This begins a very special part of the entire Scriptures. This is the night before the cross. John's Gospel makes it clear that something special is about to happen. As we have noted before John's 21 chapters divide into two sections. In the first half (chapters 1-11), he summarizes roughly thirty-three and half years of the Savior's life. The last half is devoted almost totally to the last few days. Everything from chapter twelve on points to the cross and the resurrection. Note how chapter twelve sets the stage: Jesus replied, "The hour has...
The First Lord's Supper
by John Barnett
Tonight in Luke 22:24 we go back to THE Lord's Supper , by that I mean the first, the original, and the model for us from Jesus Christ Himself to us His Church. On the night of the first Lord's Supper, Jesus models an attitude what we must choose to have each time we come to His Table. Do you remember: The Problem They Faced On the evening of the Last Supper there was a problem among His disciples that Jesus had to address. While Satan waited at the door, while the High Priest plotted for His life, and while the Roman cross stood not far away, a greater priority than all others was Christ's-His disciples had to learn what...
Covered in Humility (14 of 16)
by Jeff Lynn
In Jim Collins' book, Good to Great, his research discovered that the highest level of leadership, what he terms "Level 5" leaders, were marked by determination and an attitude of humility. In fact, if I were to name you the CEOs of the 11 companies that were featured as good-to-great between 1980 and 1995, most of you would only recognize one name. Of course, Collins' 2009 book How the Mighty Fall, which succeeded Good to Great, showed just the opposite: when successful companies become arrogant, it often leads to their downfall. In preparation for this message, I read a book by history professor John Dicks In his book...
The Purpose of Salvation (7 of 52)
by Christopher Harbin
We talk a lot about salvation. We talk about heaven and hell, and yet Jesus actually had very little to say about heaven, hell, and the after-life. The vast majority of his words were about living life here on earth. He seems to have been mainly concerned with bringing heaven to earth, rather than introducing us to a heavenly reality in some other realm of existence. That is not to say that Jesus did not teach about an after-life. Instead, it means that Jesus' emphasis was on the way we are to live that heavenly life beginning here and now in this material world. That said, how then should we think of salvation? What should we...
To Serve: The Towel Over The Title (3 of 4)
by Benny Perez
I. The Face Of Serving Others - King Jesus Christ. Jesus came to Serve the Father. John 6:38 . Jesus made it clear that He had come to do the will of the Father. Jesus came to serve the Heavenly father and do the Father's Will. Jesus came to Serve Humanity. Matthew 20:25 -28 Jesus said that His way is different than the World's way. The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and give HIS LIFE AWAY. The Son of God coming to serve and Living Life Beyond Himself. Jesus came to Serve His Purpose. I John 3:8 The Bible says for this Purpose was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. Jesus whole purpose...
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet
by Jesse Hendley
Friends, one of the most blessed pictures in the Word of God is in John 13, where we see Jesus washing the feet of His disciples. "Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray him; Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things unto His Hands and that He was come from God and went to God; He riseth from supper and laid aside His garments and took a towel and girded...
Out Of Step With The World (5 of 5)
by Dennis Marquardt
Intro: Your feet are marvels of God's creation! They each contain 26 bones, almost ¼ of the total bones in your body! (52 bones from both feet out of 206 total ones in your body!) Each foot has 19 muscles and 107 ligaments ... and the average person will put about 65,000 miles on these wonders of the body ... a little better than the best radial tires! Your feet are important to the health of your body! We all know that walking is healthy for you physically ... to say the least "walking with God" in the spiritual sense does the same for your SOUL! Those who do not walk risk losing the use of their feet ... in the extreme one can lose...
It Is Not Just A Matter Of Feet
by Nelson Price
Jesus Christ paused to celebrate the Passover with His disciples on the eve of His execution. It was late Thursday, the 15th of Nisan, when He assembled with them to eat the paschal lamb. The location was a well- guarded secret (Matt. 26: 17 - 19) in the house of a friend (Mark 14:14). This was done to prevent Judas from knowing Jesus' location in advance. Jesus entered that room knowing full well His hour had come. Of those gathered there it is said, ''He loved them to the end'' (Vs. 1). Included was Judas. The word ''loved,'' AGAPAO, means divine love. It mattered not what Judas thought of Jesus--he was loved by Jesus. I don't...
Two Sinners And The Saviour
by Jesse Hendley
Notice the text we have here, Luke 7: 37. ''A woman in the city which was a sinner.'' Here is a story of actual life. It is a divine story. It is the story of a sinner woman who was forgiven of her sins by the Great Christ of God. It is a deeply moving story---it moves our hearts, as we see one whose life has been blackened, and mind and body defiled, cleansed by the wonderful Saviour! If you have any heart at all, you can scarcely read it without tears. It is a human story. We see sin round about us today, many, many people in the same condition. ''A woman-which was a sinner.''This is the story of a woman in far off Capernaum, nearly two...
How to Experience God's Blessing (21 of 33)
by Ernest Easley
Now as we continue our study of John's gospel under the theme: BEHOLD THE LAMB... join me in chapter 13! Now with the public ministry of Jesus complete and the shadow of the cross looming over Him... Jesus gathers with His disciples into the Upper Room to share the Passover meal. Now what Jesus taught them in at Upper Room forever changed their life! In fact... what they learned in that upper room brought upon their lives the blessings of God! We are about to read in John 13.17, ''If you know these things, happy (blessed) are you if you do them.'' How would you like to have God's blessing... God's favor upon your life...
