Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics from Laura Story singing her song … Grace … poignantly singing of how anyone can partake of God’s saving or sanctifying grace by humbling seeking and receiving it from the Savior as our Lord.
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 13:11 [NLT] … 11 For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
… In His divinity, Jesus knew that Judas would betray Him; but He washed the betraying one’s feet anyway.
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 13:1-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus, demonstrating the servant leadership of a loving master washes the feet of His inner 12 Disciples in the upper the night of His betrayal.
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Reference Passage : … Ephesians 2:8-9 [NLT] … 8 God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
… God’s gift his His gift to us - anytime/everyday - but we must be willing to receive it humbly in surrender to His Lordship.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Amy Boucher Pye, uses a personal story to illustrate how we can miss significant details in God’s word if we’re not careful and complete. … The ODB author wrote: One day in physics class many years ago, our teacher asked us to tell him—without turning around—what color the back wall of the classroom was. None of us could answer, for we hadn’t noticed.
Sometimes we miss or overlook the “stuff” of life simply because we can’t take it all in. And sometimes we don’t see what’s been there all along.
The story of Jesus washing the feet of His disciples in the upper room [see highlight passage] is often related during Holy Week; but like missing the color on the wall for these students in the ODB devotional [see photo], we can often miss one small detail in this story; … and that is the fact that Jesus, knowing full well that Judas was going to betray Him, washed His feet along with all the other disciples [see John 13:11].
Well, the importance of this is significant, for sure. Jesus’ divinity and His gift of saving grace is open to ANYONE [Eph. 2:8-9], even one who has (or will) betray or reject Him. By washing Judas’ feet, Jesus was giving His betrayer one last opportunity to repent and be saved; but Judas went out and turned The Lord over to the mob anyway.
This beautiful story illustrates that Jesus’ saving grace is available to anyone who recognizes Him as Lord and Savior; and it shows us how we must be willing to share His grace with anyone who needs Christ’s saving or sanctifying grace.
Personally, I, for one, can use any/all of the sanctifying grace that my Lord is willing to dole out to me today. How about you?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for Your enriching, enlightening, enabling, empowering grace.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Humbly I come to receive all the grace You can give me today to serve You for Your glory. … Amen
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