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​ Devotional: The God of Abundance Scripture: “When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, ‘Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.’” — John 6:12 The Only Source of True Satisfaction In this miracle, the phrase "when they were filled" carries a deep spiritual weight. It reminds us that Jesus alone can satisfy the true hunger of the human heart. While the crowd’s physical hunger was met, many remained spiritually empty. They sought physical sustenance, yet missed the message of the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6). Seek First the Kingdom Jesus challenges our priorities. Are we seeking temporary, physical things or eternal, spiritual ones?  * The Promise: When you seek the Kingdom of God first, everything else you need will be provided (Matthew 6:33).  * The Provision: When Jesus feeds you, it is never "just enough"—it is more than enough. As...

​ Praise the Lord today's verse is from John 6:11 “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.” ‭
We have to give thanks to God for our food, for it is the mercies of God that we have this food in our hand. We have it from the hand of God and must receive it with thanksgiving. We have to thank God for everything we receive in our life. 
May be our clothes, maybe our shoes, or any other things. What have you said thanks to God lately?  We have a beautiful picture here of the perishing world or the people, the powerless disciples, and the perfect Saviour Jesus Christ, the miracle be involved a true act of creation. 
John mentioned the fact that Jesus gave thanks, but the other gospel states that Jesus looked up to heaven when he gave thanks by that act he reminded the hungry people that God is the source of all good and needful gifts. This is a good lesson for us instead of complaini...

  Praise the Lord today's verse is from John 6 verse 10  Jesus said have the people sit down now there was much grass in the place, so the man sat down about 5000 in number.  The three solution the disciples gave did not solve the problem. They could not feed the hungry people, but Jesus comes with the fourth solution. 
As the first step through the solution, Jesus asked the people to sit down, as the good shepherd, Jesus made the sheep to sit down in green pastures. We read in Psalms 23:1, 2 The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. 
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters, according to Mark 6:40, the people were seated in groups of 50 and 100.. This made the crowd easy to count, and food easy to distribute. 
This arrangement prevented confusion, and made things orderly in such a big crowd, if this is very important. There were more than 5,000 men. Besides there were women and children. 
Jesus was in no panic or hurry. He had a large cat...

  John 6, 8 and 9, one of his disciples, Andrew Simon peters's brother, said to him, there is a boy who has five barley loves and two fish, but what are they for so many?  Here we see Andrew, who found a boy having five loaves of bread and two fishes. The boy would have brought it for himself to eat, but he was prepared to give his lunch to Jesus. 
The problem they faced was how to meet the needs of such a vast crowd of people four solutions were proposed.  First, the disciples suggested that Jesus sent the people away get rid of the problem, but Jesus knew that the hungry people would faint on the way if somebody did not feed them.  Second solution came from Philip in response to our Lord's test question, where do we buy bread so that these people may eat?  His answer was raise enough money to buy food for the people. Philip counted the cost and decided they would need the equivalent of 200 days of wages of one person, and even that would not provide food enoug...

Praise the lord today's Bible  verse is from John 6 verse 7 Philip answered him 200 denari worth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one of them may have a little. Denaris denoted a Roman silver coin equivalent to a labor's average daily wage. So Philip answered Jesus eight months wages would not buy enough food for each each one to have a bite. Notice that Jesus asked where shall we buy food? and Philip really does not answer Jesus that question. 
Philip responded with what he perceived was a greater, far greater problem than they were and that was, with what were is the money going to come from for the large crowd? Philip looked at the problem in terms of meeting the minimum requirement, even a little from each man is impossible, but Jesus wanted to give them in appendance with 12 baskets left over. Philip thought that the answer was money. 
Philip sees only the situation, not the possible solution who was Jesus.  The apostle's concern once again exhibited the ...

Today's verse is from John 6:5,6 lifting up his eyes then and seeing that a large crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat he said this to test him, for himself knew what he would do.  John recorded that Jesus approached Philip about the need of food. The other gospel does't say this. 
John does not mention several details found in the other gospels. Matthew and Mark say that Jesus had compassion on them. Luke says he spoke to them about the kingdom of God and cured those who are in need of healing. 
While John did not use the word "compassion, clearly Jesus question to Philip reflected his compassion for the large crowd.  He asked Philip because he was from Bethesda, which was near the place where they were. And if Jesus asked a question to someone, it is not for information. He knew everything. This was for them to think. He already knew what he was about to do. 
This was Philip to understand the magnitude ...