• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Harvest Church

Harvest Church RDU

Worship Jesus. Love the Church. Reach the World.

  • About
    • Beliefs
    • Leadership
    • Ministry Plan
    • Our Story
    • Contact
  • I’m New
    • Church Center App
    • What to Expect
    • Find a Community Group
    • Become a Member
  • Get Involved
    • Men
    • Women
    • Youth
    • Kids
    • Find a Community Group
    • Counseling
    • Outreach
  • Messages
  • Pray
  • Resources
    • Dwell Bible App
    • Right Now Media
    • Books/Media
  • Give

Holy Week Daily Devotional | April 9th, 2020

Prayer

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, did institute the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may thankfully receive the same in remembrance of him who in these holy mysteries giveth us a pledge of life eternal, the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.


John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am 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 has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”


Happy Maundy Thursday,

Jesus Christ’s life and ministry can be summarized in one word: love. Aside from the total sacrificial love on display on Good Friday, one of the moments where this love is most evident is Maundy Thursday.

Perhaps not as well-known as some of the other days of Holy Week, this day gets its name from the Latin word mandatum, meaning “commandment.” According to the Gospels, this day commemorates Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and the Last Supper before he is betrayed and eventually put to death. It is at the Last Supper that Jesus gives a “new commandment” to his disciples, which serves as the namesake for this day.

Let’s focus on the love of Christ on full display. That’s the purpose of this day. Jesus spent some of his last moments before his horrific death modeling love to his disciples. The King of the whole universe got down on his knees and washed the feet of his disciples. When explaining to his disciples, Jesus said that if their Teacher and Lord did this for them, how should they be serving each other? He goes on to say that he has given them an example to serve one another in love. Finally, he concludes this time of teaching with a final command for his followers.

John 13:34-35
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Tomorrow we’ll reflect on how Jesus gave us the perfect example of this love. Today, let’s pray that we will be a community (whether we’re together or not) that is characterized by our love. The year 2020 may seem like it is off to a rough start, but let’s not look at it so negatively. Let’s see this time for what it truly is, an excellent opportunity to show the love of Christ to each other and to our local communities.

Primary Sidebar

Sign Up For The Harvest Weekly

Footer

Service Time

Sunday @ 10:30 am

Contact

  • info@harvestrdu.com
  • 505 Reedy Creek Rd
  • Cary, NC 27513
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Copyright © 2025 · Harvest Church in Cary, NC · Log in

Notifications