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โข What is your comfort food after a long day?
โข Share about a time you were so hungry that you ate something you do not normally eat.
โข Share about a time that you had a hard time getting something to eat. What happened? What did you do?
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๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. . . . ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ; ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต.โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ญ,๐ฏ๐ฑ
(Read also ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฒ:๐ฑ-๐ญ๐ฐ.)
In the middle of His ministry, great crowds followed Jesus because He was healing the sick. When Jesus saw that the crowd had gone long without food, He responded to their need and miraculously fed 5,000 men, along with the women and children with them. How does this miracle point to who Jesus is? Letโs look at how Jesus meets both our physical and deepest needs.
๐ญ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐.
๐๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต?โ ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฒ:๐ฑ
Jesus identified the need of the crowd for food before anyone spoke or complained. He took initiative and asked His disciple, Philip, where they could buy bread for the multitude of people there. Then the disciple Andrew found a boy who had only five loaves of bread and two fish, but knew that wouldnโt be enough to feed everyone. Jesus took the food that could have fed some and used it to feed all. What do these actions say about Jesus?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, โ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต.โ ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ.ย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฏ
Jesus seated the crowd, gave thanks to God, and miraculously multiplied the five loaves of bread and two fish until each person in the crowd had eaten their fill, as much as they wanted. More than that, there were so many leftover fragments that twelve baskets were filled with pieces of bread. What does this abundance of provision say about how Jesus provides?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐.ย
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ!โย ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฒ:๐ญ๐ฐ
God promised His people from the start that He would raise a prophet like Moses for them that they would listen to (Deuteronomy 18:15). Jesusโ miraculous feeding of the crowd convinced them that He is someone extraordinary, perhaps the prophet God had promised to send. What part of the miracle do you think convinced the crowd? (See Exodus 16:15.)
The fourth sign clearly shows that Jesus is someone who anticipates our needs before we speak them, cares for us, and meets our needs in abundance. He cares about us and provides for us. Like Moses, Jesus fulfilled the role of a prophet sent by God and provided bread from heavenโwhich we discover in the rest of John 6 is His own body. All who partake of Him will receive and experience eternal life.
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โข After reading about this miracle, what do you think this says about who Jesus is and who He is in your life?
โข Do you see Jesus as someone who cares and provides for your daily needs? What is something you can do this week to deepen your understanding of who Jesus is?
โข Is there anyone who needs to hear about this miracle and how Jesus cares for our daily needs? How can you share it with this person this week?
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โข Thank Jesus for taking the initiative to see our needs and providing for us even before we ask.
โข Pray that you will always be sensitive to how Jesus moves in your life to provide for your daily needs.
โข Ask God for the grace to share about Jesusโ love, care, and provision with your family members and friends this week.