4/17/25 "Giving Up Receiving Only!"
April 17, 2025

John 13:12-20 “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? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 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. 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” “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. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

POINT: Jesus came to

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POINT: They have to do with our

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POINT: In order to receive the

Jesus has for your life, you will need to give up the blessings Jesus gives, but you will ALSO need to the “new ”!

POINT: Jesus commands and invites us into His

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POINT: Tonight we give up only receiving SO THAT we can offer

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Q: HOW do we demonstrate Jesus to one another and to others?

Principle One: Jesus served in

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POINT: Humility is all about

that manifests in taking a “ ”.

“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”

Principle Two: Jesus served with

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”it’s MORE blessed to give than receive.” - Acts 20:35

Principle Three: Serving IN

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“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these” - Mark 12:29-31

“…the greatest of these is Love” - 1 Corinthians 13:13


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More To Consider:
Q: What are some ways you can begin to follow Jesus in greater “humility”?
Q: What are some practical ways you can give “generously”?
Q: How can you manifest love for God and for others this week?