Hi friends. I am Annie F Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. If you're loving being in the Gospels with us, me too, I'm loving this rhythm this year.

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the Gospels right? So here is how this works today. I'm going to read one

chapter to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible and then I'll

mention the verse or idea that stood out to me and

then I'll pray and that is it. Today is January 13th and I'll be reading John 13

from the NIV. I. V. John 13. It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour

had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world he loved

them to the end. The evening meal was in progress and the devil had already

prompted Judas, the son of Simon Escariat, to betray Jesus.

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.

He came to Simon Peter Peter who said to him,

Lord are you going to wash my feet? Jesus replied, you do not realize now what I'm doing

but later you will understand. No, said Peter, you shall never wash my feet.

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