In John chapter 13, we are given one of the most profound and challenging images in all of Scripture. Just hours before His arrest, betrayal, and crucifixion, Jesus did something no one expected: He knelt down, took a towel and a basin of water, and began to wash His disciples’ feet. This wasn’t a symbolic act or a spiritual metaphor. It was real, physical, and deeply humbling. And the more you…

 Luke 9:23-24 “And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” Self-denial.  We do it to lose weight. We do it to detoxify our bodies, find an answer to prayer, or gain a spiritual closeness. Most often, it…