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For this reason, he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:17-18 (NIV)

Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.\\xa0Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it,\\xa0\\u201cMay you never bear fruit again!\\u201d\\xa0Immediately the tree withered. Matt 22:18-19 (NIV)

Jesus replied:\\xa0\\u201c\\u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\\xa0This is the first and greatest commandment.\\xa0And the second is like it: \\u2018Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\\u201d Matt 22:37-40 (NIV)

1. Wild Love Serves

It was just before the Passover Festival.\\xa0Jesus knew that the hour had come\\xa0for him to leave this world and go to the Father.\\xa0Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 13:1-15 (NIV)

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.\\xa0Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,\\xa0and that he had come from God\\xa0and was returning to God;\\xa0so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.\\xa0After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples\\u2019 feet,\\xa0drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:1-15 (NIV)

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, \\u201cLord, are you going to wash my feet?\\u201d Jesus replied,\\xa0\\u201cYou do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.\\u201d \\u201cNo,\\u201d said Peter, \\u201cyou shall never wash my feet.\\u201d Jesus answered,\\xa0\\u201cUnless I wash you, you have no part with me.\\u201d \\u201cThen, Lord,\\u201d Simon Peter replied, \\u201cnot just my feet but my hands and my head as well!\\u201d John 13:1-15 (NIV)

Jesus answered,\\xa0\\u201cThose who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean,\\xa0though not every one of you.\\u201d\\xa0For he knew who was going to betray him,\\xa0and that was why he said not everyone was clean. John 13:1-15 (NIV)

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place.\\xa0\\u201cDo you understand what I have done for you?\\u201d\\xa0he asked them.\\xa0\\u201cYou call me \\u2018Teacher\\u2019\\xa0and \\u2018Lord,\\u2019\\xa0and rightly so, for that is what I am.\\xa0Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another\\u2019s feet.\\xa0I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. John 13:1-15 (NIV)

2. Wild Love Seeks

if my people, who are called by my name,\\xa0will humble\\xa0themselves and pray and seek my face\\xa0and turn\\xa0from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive\\xa0their sin and will heal\\xa0their land.\\xa02 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV)

3. Wild love Sacrifices

The\\xa0Lord\\xa0said to me, \\u201cGo, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.\\xa0Love her as the\\xa0Lord\\xa0loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.\\u201d Hosea 3:1-3 (NIV)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels\\xa0of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.\\xa0Then I told her, \\u201cYou are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.\\u201d Hosea 3:1-3 (NIV)