Holy Thursday

Passion week continues...

Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday...the day before Jesus' death when He shared Passover, the Last Supper, with His disciples, washed their feet as an act of humility and service, and gave them this command....

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 (NIV)

He knew His time had come to do the will of His Father and yet He took this beautiful moment to share what love and service is with His disciples. He took time to share hope and meaning. May we follow the example of service and humility of our Savior and obey his command to love God and others.

"Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 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."

John 13:3-5 (NIV)

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6 (NIV)

His time had come. So much wisdom and love in these last moments with His disciples. This important time needs our attention. Let's read and pray over all that Jesus shared with them as we continue to prepare our hearts for Easter. Such blessed hope! Hallelujah!

“I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

“Do you now believe?” Jesus replied. “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:28, 31-33 (NIV)