Opening Prayer: Almighty God, please come and encounter me in this time I spend in Your Word, that I may leave with a deeper understanding of the gospel. Amen.

Read: John 21:15-17

Reflect: How does Jesus tell John to respond because of his love for Jesus? What does it mean to feed Jesus’ sheep? How can you care for other believers out of love for Jesus?

Prayer: for the church, for others, and for myself

Hymn: “O for a Heart to Praise My God”

O for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free,
A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.

A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer’s throne,
Where only Christ is heart to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

O for a lowly contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean,
Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.

A heart in every though renewed
And full of love divine,
Perfect and right and pure and good
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

Closing Prayer: May the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, be with you to day and always. Amen.