{"id":8539,"date":"2018-01-18T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2018-01-13T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T00:37:08","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-1-18-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-1-18-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 1-18-18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John 13:5 (NKJV) 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Foot washing is something that we don’t see much of or hear much about these days. It seems to have been all but forgotten. But, despite being forgotten, it’s still relevant today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jesus took the time to wash the feet of His disciples after eating dinner with them for the last time. He did this to demonstrate servanthood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Having your feet washed is a very humbling experience. It’s not something that you will soon forget if someone does it for you. There’s something about having someone wash your feet that can’t even be accurately put into words.<\/p>\n

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And washing the feet of someone else will cause us to lay ourselves aside and do something kind and soothing for someone else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why is foot washing so uncommon today? Why is it that the vast majority of us have never experienced this?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Could it be that the body of Christ has largely lost the servant’s heart that God wants us to have? Have we become more focused on ourselves than on others?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jesus taught clearly that even He <\/em>was sent to serve, not to be served!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mark 10:45 (NKJV) 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It would benefit all of us to ask God to give us a servant’s heart and show us how to be humble and reach out to others, to help them and to serve them when they are in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes serving others helps us <\/em>more than it helps them<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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