Song Lyrics
Holy Spirit
[Verse] There's nothing worth more that will ever come close. No thing can compare. You're our living hope. Your Presence.
[Verse] I’ve tasted and seen of the sweetest of loves. Where my heart becomes free and my shame is undone. In Your Presence Lord.
[Chorus] Holy Spirit You are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere. Your glory God is what our hearts long for. To be overcome by Your Presence Lord.
The Jesus Way
If you curse me, then I will bless you. If you hurt me, I will forgive. And if you hate me, then I will love you. I choose the Jesus way.
If you're helpless, I will defend you. And if you're burdened, I'll share the weight. And if you're hopeless, then let me show you. There’s hope in the Jesus way.
I follow Jesus. I follow Jesus. He wore my sin, I'll gladly wear His name. He is the treasure. He is the answer. Oh, I choose the Jesus way.
If you strike me, I will embrace you. And if you chain me, I'll sing His praise. And if you kill me, my home is heaven. For I choose the Jesus way.
And I choose surrender. I choose to love. Oh, God my Saviour, You'll always be enough. I choose forgiveness. I choose grace. I choose to worship, no matter what I face.
I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way. I choose the Jesus way.
Your Serve: Towel
John 13:1-5 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. 2 It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. 4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.
Internal Qualities
Service is not a list of things that we do, though in it we discover things to do. It is not a code of ethics, but a way of living. To do specific acts of service is not the same thing as living in the Discipline [lifestyle] of service. Richard J. Foster, The Celebration of Discipline
1. Love
John 13:1 … He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.
John 13:2,5 …the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.… 5 He began to wash the disciples’ feet.
2. Strength
John 13:3,5 Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.… 5 He began to wash the disciples’ feet…
Punch Line
John 13:14-15 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.
Discussion Questions
Is there a word or phrase that stands out to you in John 13?
As you reflect on your life, how has Jesus helped you? What difference has Jesus made in your life?
How might you pay that forward to another person today?
In first century Palestine, serving meant ‘washing a person’s feet’. What do you think serving looks like today?
Closing Prayer
Loving Father, help me to live this day to the full, being true to you in every way.
Help me to give myself to others, being kind and generous to everyone I meet.
Help me to love those who don’t know you, proclaiming Christ in all I do and say.
Amen.
(adapted from Lectio 365)