Morning — December 16 — John 13:1

It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. — John 13:1Christ's love is not conditional on human response; it flows from the eternal love between Father and Son. Because Jesus loved his own to the end, their security rests entirely on his finished work, not their performance. This love guarantees that God will complete the good work he began in every believer.