The Bread of Life • John 6

"Where can we buy bread to feed these people?"

John 6:5

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Then Jesus took the bread and, 

having given thanks,

gave it to those who were seated.

He did the same with the fish.

All ate as much as they wanted. 

John 6:11

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Jesus answered, "You've come looking for me

not because you saw God in my actions

but because I fed you,

filled your stomachs—and for free. 

John 6:26

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Don't waste your energy striving

for perishable food like that.

Work for the food that sticks with you,

  food that nourishes your lasting life,

food the Son of Man provides.

He and what he does are

guaranteed by God the Father to last." 

To that they said, "Well, what do we do then

to get in on God's works?"

 Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with

the One that God has sent.

That kind of a commitment

gets you in on God's works." 

John 6:27-29

"The Bread of God came down out of heaven

and is giving life to the world." 

John 6:33

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Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life.

The person who aligns with me

hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. 

John 6:35

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Every person the Father gives me

eventually comes running to me.

And once that person is with me,

I hold on and don't let go.

John 6:37

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This is what my Father wants:

that anyone who sees the Son

and trusts who he is and what he doe

s and then aligns with him

will enter real life, eternal life. 

My part is to put them on their feet

alive and whole at the completion of time."

John 6:39-40

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The Father who sent me is in charge.

He draws people to me—that's the only way you'll ever come.

Only then do I do my work, putting people together,

setting them on their feet, ready for the End. 

John 6:44

 Anyone eating this Bread will not die, ever.

I am the Bread—living Bread!—

who came down out of heaven. 

Anyone who eats this Bread will live

—and forever! 

John 6:51

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"Whoever eats this Bread

will live always."

  John 6:58

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The Spirit can make life.

Sheer muscle and willpower

don't make anything happen.

John 6:63

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"This is why I told you earlier

that no one is capable of coming

to me on his own. You get to me only

as a gift from the Father."

John 6:65

In the same way that the little boy

took what little lunch he had

and gave it to Jesus

– and Jesus took that little lunch

and fed 5,000 people more than enough – 

when I take what little I have

and give it to Jesus,

when I "throw my lot in

with the One that God has sent",

I get in on God's works.  

Jesus, You are the Bread of Life.

Life – Real Life – comes only from You.

Do Your work in me,

put me together,

set me on my feet,

get me ready for the End. 

Take my little "lunch" and give it out.

Do Your work in me and through me.

Thank you for holding on to me

and never letting go.