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“ Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization ─ Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism ─ Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet. ”

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We need faith and the mind of the Lord Jesus to recognize something of lasting value in even our most ordinary tasks.

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Prayer is not a means of removing the unknown and predictable elements in life, but rather a way of including the unknown and unpredictable in the outworking of the grace of God in our lives.

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God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

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Change came from below, as it usually does, rather than being imposed from above.

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