Jean Ann Williams | Author

“‘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’” (John 13:15-17 English […]

“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 […]

“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’” (John 13:10, 11 English Standard Version).  Because, Lord, we […]

“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’” (John 13:8, 9 English Standard Version)! Father, help us to see more clearly how to have […]

“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’” (John 13:6, 7 English Standard Version). This is so like our own lives, Lord. We do not understand now why situations are as they are, but afterward […]

“Then he [Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him” (John 13:5 English Standard Version). Such a humble act from our Lord and Savior! Thank You, God, for giving us Christ with His examples. In Jesus’ name. AmenBlessed day […]

“‘No one takes it [life] from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father’” (John 10:18 English Standard Version).   Jesus is God. God, thank You for coming down in the form of […]

“‘And I have other sheep that are not of this fold [Gentiles, which means anyone not a Jew]. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it […]

“‘I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep’” (John 10:14, 15 English Standard Version).  Thank You, Lord, for giving us the perfect Savior! In Jesus’ holy name. Amen

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” (John 13:2-4 English Standard Version). Lord, was Jesus grateful that […]