Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 What traditions do you hold close to your family? Read John 7:1-36. What is going on in this passage? What phrases or key words stuck out to you? Do you feel any tension in this passage? The feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of booths is what going on in this passage. The two aspects of the feast are water and light. The Feast of Tabernacles was the most joyous and longest festival of all the holidays. It lasted…
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Jesus Walks On Water
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty. John 6:35 What difficulties have you had in your life? Do you find life hard or easy? Can this be a mixture of both? Read John 6: 16-21. Many of the disciples were fishermen. They have experience of navigating in a boat from one side to the other. In this section of scripture, the men find themselves in a terrible storm. The winds were rocking the boat and they started to worry. Where is Jesus? Well, He became their answer. He showed by walking…
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Bread
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty. John 6:35 Read Genesis 3:8-24. Take notice and look closely at the word bread (some translation may use the word food). Did you notice how the word bread/food was a part of sin’s consequence? When Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden, they gathered their food from the trees. When they sinned, the ground was cursed. Now Adam and Eve had to work at growing their food. This was not easy work, but very hard work. Awe! Bread!! IT is good. Bread…
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Feeding Of The Five Thousand: Part Two
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty. John 6:35 Read Mark 6: 49-52 below. 49 And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out; 50 for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, u “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” 51 Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ceased. And they were greatly amazed in themselves beyond measure and marveled. 52 For they had not understood…
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Feeding The Five Thousand: Part One
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty. John 6:35 Today read John chapter 6 verses 1-9. Why were the crowds following Jesus? Can you imagine hearing about a man like Jesus in today’s world? What request would you make of Him? Reread verse 4. What time of year did this occur? This miracle happens during the Passover festival in the springtime. The Passover was celebrated in remembrance of God delivering the Hebrew people (the Israelites) from Egypt where they were slaves. The Passover celebrates God as their deliverer. This was a…
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I Am The Bread Of Life
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 Have you ever been desperate? Have you found yourself in this place doing desperate degrading things to ease your pain? Are you desperate for God? This is different than worldly desperation. True desperation for God God will lead to revelation. God allows us to go through hard, painful things in life. He doesn’t like it. He doesn’t cause it. It is a way that He uses to teach us to fully trust Him and Him alone. IF we don’t fully trust Him, it will…
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What Love Is
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful but rejoices with the truth. Love hears all things, endure all things. Love never ends. I Corinthians 13:4-7 These verses are about the action of love; a behavior. Most of all it shows the character of who the Triune God is. We all have to grow in this area of love. In every situation we get into, we should use verses as a guide of how we are responding, we should respond in a patient, loving, kind way.…
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Quiets Me With His Love
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. Zephaniah 3:17 To me, this is a comforting verse. When I was going through a hard time, this verse was a go too. For one God is in our midst. He is with us. He will save us. God supports, supplies, aid, strengthens, protects, and defends us. God gives us unspeakable joy. God will rejoice over you with gladness. When we are anxious, scared, or nervous, he will quiet our hearts with his love. God’s love…
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Child Of God
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1 When we accept Christ as our savior; we become children of God. We are chosen and adopted through Christ as his very own. Being adopted in God’s family is the highest honor and privilege of our salvation. God loves us so much that he calls us his children. God bestows lavishly His love to us. What is sad is the world does not know of this great love…
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God Strengthens Me
I can do all things, through Him who strengths me. Philippians 4:13 The phrase “God only gives me what I can handle” is not correct. I believe that God will call us to do hard things. It can be physically, spiritually, or emotionally something that is hard for us to do or go through. I can give you two scripture references that show this. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are put into a fiery furnace. The served God wholeheartedly. They obeyed God. Depending on the version you use, the soldiers died before they even got the men into the furnace. These three men kept walking into the…