March 17, 2024
Story Focus: Jesus is a good friend. Jesus does something unexpected to show His friends, the disciples, what it looks like to be a good friend. He didn’t show them how to defend someone in battle or how to convince a person to stop doing wrong. Instead, Jesus got a bowl of water and a cloth. Jesus got on His knees and washed. His disciples’ dirty, smelly feet. Jesus did this to teach them—and us—how to be a good friend. Every time we think of others and put them first, we are being a good friend like Jesus.
Key Question: Who wants to be your friend forever?
Bottom Line: Jesus wants to be my friend forever.
Memory Verse: “I have called you friends.” John 15:15, NIV