So they (Jesus disciples) gather them (loaves and fishes) up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten. John 6:13 Lord You started with 5 loaves and 2 fish and after feeding well over 5,000 You ended up with 12 baskets. These people that were gathered […]
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And when they (the crowd) had eaten their fill, He (Jesus) told His disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.” John 6:12 Lord the people that had gathered to hear You were fed and full. Now You asked Your disciples to gather up what was left over. We must remember […]
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Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. John 6:11 Lord what must it have been like to have been there that day. Everyone was gathered to hear You. All of a sudden You give […]
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Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand. John 6:10 Lord what a crowd gathered to hear You. It is rather amazing to me how many where there. This was a time in history when there was no […]
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One of His (Jesus) disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are they among so many?” John 6:8, 9 Lord, Andrew was making conversation never dreaming what was going to take place. I have always loved this story. I […]
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Philip answered Him, (Jesus) “Two hundred denari would not buy enough bread for each of them (crowd) to get a little.” John 6:7 Lord our faith is so small when we see things with our natural eyes. Philip was looking at the great crowd that had gathered to listen to You and knew there was […]
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Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up His (Jesus) eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to Him, Jesus said to Philip, “How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” This He said to test him for He Himself knew what He would […]
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Jesus went up into the hills, and there sat down with His disciples. John 6:3 Thank You Lord for showing us the closeness You had with Your disciples. Thank You for teaching us how to have friends. Thank You for the time You took with Your disciples. Lord it is when we spend time with […]
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After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a multitude followed Him because they saw the signs which He did on those who were diseased. John 6:1, 2 Lord thank You for the multitudes that were curious. For it is often curiosity that […]
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(Jesus continued) “But if you do not believe his (Moses) writings, how will you believe My words?” John 5:47 Believe….Lord that seems to be the catch word today. We see it in all kinds of advertisements. We see it in plaques that hang on the wall. Believe…. Oh how blessed we are that today we […]
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