John 6:25-42
Jesus the Bread of Life
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
Luke 11:1-4
1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.”
John 1:10-13
The World was Made Through Jesus
10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
Jesus teaches us about the need for bread in our daily lives...Each day we need nourishment to sustain us...We need nourishment both for the spiritual and the physical...We are to pray for those things necessary to sustain us...
And Jesus teaches us that He is the Bread of Life...We need water and bread daily to sustain us...But we also need Jesus to sustain us...Jesus is the One and Only One, who has came down from heaven...The world was made through Him...Whoever comes to Him will never go hungry, and whoever believes in Him will never be thirsty...He has told us these things as facts...But when we read these things, we sometimes still find it difficult to believe, and/or hard to understand...All those things the Father has given His Son will truly come to Him...And whoever comes to Him, He will never drive away...For Jesus did come down from heaven not to do His own personal will, but to do the will of God...God is the One who sent Him...And this is the will of God who sent Him, that Jesus would not lose any of those He has given Him...And He will raise His followers up on the last day...For His Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and Jesus will raise them up at the last day...And those that are raised on the last day will be sustained by Him forever and ever...
When we pray the LORD's Prayer, we show we are followers of Jesus and what He teaches us about prayer...In the LORD's Prayer, He teaches us that when we pray to our Father, we should say and pray, "Give us each day our daily bread."...We need this spiritual nourishment each day...We need Jesus daily in our lives...It is something we need day in and day out...Jesus uses the words, "each day."...This Daily Bread is the Bread of Life itself, the Bread that has came down from heaven...In His Prayer, we are taught to ask for those daily necessities and provisions we need...When we prayer to our Father for our daily bread and our daily needs, we understand that He is the one who provides this care and provision...When the greatest pray for their needs to be satisfied from our Father, and when the least pray for their needs to be satisfied by our Father, we see that we are all together...We are neighbors praying...We are together by praying our LORD's Prayer...We are all united by His Prayer...We too are His disciples...We are all His disciples...For all those who believe in Him and the One who sent Him, He has given us all the right to be called children of God...