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Going Deeper for Life Change

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude ~ Colossians. 2.6.7

Lessons From Five Loaves And Two Fish


1. In our passage we find that Jesus provides for the large crowd Lessons to Consider for a Christ Centered Life
that were with Him that day, through a miracle. Do you believe
that Jesus can do miracles today? When you pray do you have the As we come to the Scriptures we must come prepared to apply the
same kind of expectation, faith, and trust in the power of Jesus? text into our own lives. The following are some applications
drawn out from the Scripture that we must prayerfully consider
this week.

 We find that in Jesus’ earthly ministry, that He often withdrew


from the crowds with His disciples. It is a reminder that we too
need to do this with other believers for fellowship, and mutual
support.

 There are times, despite our need to get away - or just to do


2. What does the ‘feeding of five thousand’ reveal about Jesus’ our own thing, that we need to sacrifice our own needs for the
character? What does it point to about His mission? needs of others in ministry. Jesus was burned out, yet He
showed compassion and ministered to those who mostly would
reject Him. Everything that we have as believers from our
possessions, our needs, our freedom, our rights, etc. are really not
ours, but they belong to Christ because He is our Lord…He is our
Master. Everything in light of our salvation should be subject to
Christ and God’s glory in serving others. (v.2, 10-13; cf 1 Cor. 9)

 Jesus teaches us to do things in an orderly way, and to trust His


wisdom. Jesus commanded the disciples to get the people into
order and the disciples obeyed. They didn’t know what Jesus was
up to but in the end they saw His wisdom and power. The miracle
3. What was the response of the people to Jesus’ fourth sign of took place after the disciples followed their Master’s instruction.
this Gospel? (v.10)

 We can praise and trust God that He is our Great Provider, that
the Lord gave enough food for everyone, and even more. We too
as God’s servants should follow His example of providing for
others generously, in obedience to Christ. (v.11-13)

 From Jesus we learn that there is the necessity to be with the


Lord alone in prayer. Jesus sets the pattern of communion which
we are called to emulate. (v. 15; cf Mk. 6:46)

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