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's

life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, and the miracles. We'll read

three chapters a day and finish in 30 days. So each month we'll read all four books. So go ahead

and subscribe today and join us as we read the Gospels together. So this month we have started

in the book of John. For many of us this is our first time listening through the Gospels and I

think this book is a great place to begin our journey together. As January continues we'll read

Luke next and then Matthew and then Mark and each month will be a little bit different but we

wanted to start the year with a fresh lens to these stories. We'll use multiple translations

throughout the year but I wanted to start off reading from my Bible that I've had for years,

the one I read most mornings. It's a quest study Bible in IV 84 translation. I'll read three chapters

to you today and you can listen or read along in your own Bible and then I'll pray and that's it.

So today is January 5th, day 5 and I'll be reading John chapter 13 through 15 and the translation I'll

be reading from this month is in IV 84. John chapter 13 Jesus washes his disciples feet.

It was just before the Passover feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world

and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world he now showed them the full

extent of his love. The evening meal was being served and the devil had already prompted Judas

scarier son of Simon to portray 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 who said to him, Lord are you going to wash my feet? Jesus replied,

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