Sermon Text: John 6:1-21
That we may be more fully conscious of our dependence upon the Bread of Life
God, most of us here, today, have seldom had to wonder where our next meal was going to come from. Most of us have a supply of food that will last us for many days. So, it is not uncommon for us to take your provision for granted, or to assume that we have supplied adequately for ourselves and do not need to seek sustenance from your daily presence and provision.
We pray, “Give us this day our daily bread,” but few of us are desperate enough to chase Jesus across the countryside in order to receive healing, or find liberation from the spirits that bind us, or enjoy new bread that creates wonder among us and makes us long for more.
We are as dependent on “bread from heaven” as those who wandered in wilderness places, after the exodus, and those who trailed Jesus from place to place, but most of the time we are unaware of the depth of our dependence upon the Bread of Life that You have given to us.
Focus our longing for that Bread as the relationship and resource that energizes our lives for courageous faithfulness in your enduring Presence. We rejoice in You daily. Amen!
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