Impoverished Power

Winter In the Word A Message from the Master #5 Impoverished Power List some things that are part of the daily life of a Christian. Read this very familiar story as if you were seeing it for the first time. Does anything jump out at you as important or significant? Do you have any questions? John 13:1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” 9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” 10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. 12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “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. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Important or significant?_____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Questions?________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ If I had been one of the twelve, I would have_____________________________ The Basin and the Towel Michael Card And the call is to community In an upstairs room, a parable Is just about to come alive And while they bicker about who's best With a painful glance, He'll silently rise Their Savior Servant must show them how Through the will of the water And the tenderness of the towel And the call is to community The impoverished power that sets the soul free In humility, to take the vow That day after day we must take up the basin and the towel In any ordinary place On any ordinary day The parable can live again When one will kneel and one will yield Our Savior Servant must show us how Through the will of the water And the tenderness of the towel The space between ourselves sometimes Is more than the distance between the stars By the fragile bridge of the Servant's bow We take up the basin and the towel And the call is to community The impoverished power that sets the soul free In humility, to take the vow That day after day we must take up the basin and the towel Any new impressions, thoughts or feelings?______________________________ _________________________________________________________________ John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” A new command? Really?____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________