Maundy Thursday
Text: John 13:1–17, 31b–35
Topic(s): Example, New Commandment, Servant, Service, Maundy Thursday
Big Idea of the Message: Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, demonstrating in his self-lowering the glory of service in the kingdom of God.
Application Point: Serve your neighbor and strengthen that service by relying on the promises of God.
The church calendar invites us into a different sort of spirituality, one in which we sync our lives up with the rhythm of Jesus’s life. This is most true of Holy Week. From Palm Sunday on, we walk with Jesus into Jerusalem, to Golgotha, and finally to see his empty tomb.