Sunday January 29, 2012

Share The Bread

On one occasion 4,000 men, plus women and children, had been with Jesus in a remote place for three days. Their hunger was becoming a serious issue. Jesus would not send them away weaker than they were when they came to Him.

Jesus asked, "How many loaves do you have?" That day seven loaves of bread and a few fish fed all those people...AND there were 7 hamper-size baskets of leftovers.

God often operates outside our box. He can whip a giant with the sling and a stone of a shepherd boy. He can feed millions with manna for forty years. He can transform a terrorist named Saul into a teacher named Paul.

Sometimes when God asks "how many loaves do you have?" we fudge on Him cause we are afraid of losing. But, as is often the case, when given to God even a little becomes the source of some of the greatest blessings in our life.

Let's talk about it Sunday morning at 9:45 at East Unaka Christian Church, 1201 E. Unaka Avenue, Johnson City. The lesson from from Matthew 15:29-39 will be "Share The Bread".

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This Soldier Understood Authority

One of the things I admire about Jesus is his habit of talking to people whom religious people considered undesirable. Jesus frequently talked with the beaten up, the bedraggled, the broken. Jesus talked with Roman solders, small children, shady ladies, people of other religions and people of other colors.

To Jesus there was no color. To Jesus there was no race or culture. To Him there was no social class. To Him there was no down and out or up and out. To Him there was no age preference. To Him there was no gender bias. To Him there was so scar, stain or sin that conditioned or affected in anyway His desire and ability to give His undivided attention, his love, acceptance and forgiveness to those who came to Him.