Notes

Verses

{Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 NLT}{But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another. Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more. 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 NLT}{Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. John 13:34 NLT}{No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 1 John 4:12 NLT}{God is love. 1 John 4:8 NLT}{For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. Romans 5:5 NLT}{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. It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.

When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.”

“No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!”

Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.”

Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!”

Jesus replied, “A person who has bathed all over does not need to wash, except for the feet, to be entirely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not all of you.” For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 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. I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. John 13:1-17 NLT}{Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:7 NLT}{It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus… “I’m ready to die for you.” Jesus answered, “Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter—before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.” John 13:2, 37-38 NLT}{Remain in my love… This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. John 15:9, 12 NLT}

Quotes

Jeff Vanderstelt : What God has done to you, He now wants to do through you. God has perfectly loved you so that, through you, He might love others. He pours His perfect love into your heart through His Spirit in order that you might love others with the love He gives you. (Saturate); Tullian Tchividjian : As we live together in a way that’s consistent with who we’ve been remade to be, we become a blessing to the world by showing how sweet life can be in a community of individuals who love one another, care for one another, defer to one another, are patient with one another, and serve one another. The world will take notice of a community of men and women who refreshingly and joyfully bear one another’s burdens and actively look to lay down their lives for others in need because Jesus laid down His life for them. (Unfashionable); Matt Chandler : God doesn’t love some future version of you but loves you now. (); Jonathan Dodson : Love is inefficient. Love recognizes people are complex, and meets them in their need: suffering, despair, indifference, cynicism, confusion. Slow down and practice listening and love. (The Unbelievable Gospel); Carl Lentz : Love those who don’t want it and walk with those that do. (); Oswald Chambers : We are not meant to be seen as God’s perfect, bright shining examples, but to be seen as the everyday essence of ordinary life exhibiting the miracle of His grace. (My Utmost For His Highest); Milton Vincent : For I am always willing to show love to others when I am freshly mindful of the love that God has shown me. (The Gospel Primer);