Proverbs 27:17
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Be Washed
Be Washed
Knowing His time on earth was nearing a close, Jesus, the Word made flesh, set a compelling example for His followers.
“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” (John 13:8), Jesus responded to Peter, who couldn’t get over the thought that His Master would wash the dirt off his feet. But what Peter didn’t see then is that Jesus must serve us first before we can serve others. This order, which He modeled through His life, reminds us that we have to come and receive His love before we can ever go and give. After all, “even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45).
True service is impossible if we are not intrinsically motivated by love. To love is to serve and to put others above yourself, and to serve is to surrender pride and to place intentional yet genuine kindness on display. Jesus did that for us.
Unity in Christ is not possible without love. So let’s pause and allow Him to serve us, knowing that we can only give love after we have received His love and mercy.
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch TUESDAY NIGHT - LECTIO 365 by 24-7 Prayer:
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch TUESDAY NIGHT - LECTIO 365 by 24-7 Prayer:
A Prayer for When You Keep Making the Same Mistake
A Prayer for When You Keep Making the Same Mistake
We’re often comforted when we make a mistake: No worries! We all mess up. You’ll just do better next time.
People can be quick to forgive.
Except- you don’t always do better next time. Or the time after that. Or the time after that. Sometimes, we find ourselves in the cycle of making the same mistakes– promising we’re going to do better, praying for strength, yet still finding ourselves hurting the same people or ourselves the same way, over and over again.
If this sounds familiar, you aren’t alone.
Though we try, and often we fail, God’s love for us can and does prevail. His forgiveness even covers all the parts of ourselves we try to will away.
And, just like he did with Peter, we have opportunity after opportunity to go before him, not for condemnation, but to proclaim our love and receive his kind forgiveness.
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