Hello friends, you have found the morning mindset. Welcome. I'm so glad that you're here.

My name is Carrie Green. I am a Bible teacher and pastor, and I'm here to help you get your

mind aligned with the truth of God's Word today. Because when we understand the truth

as God sees it, we're seeing reality. And we're able to align our lives with reality and

live in the best way possible for ourselves and for the benefit of those around us. Today

we're going to be looking at John chapter 13 verses 6 through 10. Now to set this up for

you, let me tell you a little bit about what's been going on. Jesus just had a meal with

his disciples, and it's the Passover meal. This is one of the Jewish celebrations where

they worship and they remember what God has done for their people in the past. Well,

Jesus got up in the middle of the meal and girded himself, wrapped himself in a towel and

began washing the feet of the disciples. Now in yesterday's episode, I talked about why

that was necessary. It was a custom in their day for very particular reasons. But as Jesus

is beginning to do that, we see here in John 13, beginning at verse 6, that one of his disciples

has a problem with it. Let's read, says he came to Simon Peter who said to him, Lord,

do you wash my feet? Jesus answered him, what I'm doing you do not understand now, but afterward

you will understand. Peter said to him, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him,

if I do not wash you, you have no share with me. Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my

feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus said to him, the one who is bathed does not need

to wash except for his feet, but is completely clean. Now friends, what's going on here? This

is a very interesting thing. Well, it sounds like the discomfort Peter was feeling at his master,

Jesus, washing his feet caused his pride to rise up and he was actually too proud to receive a

gift from his Savior. Now friends, stop for a moment and think about that statement. He was too

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