Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
August 04, 2023: SOAP #4992: 2Kings 22; 2Chronicles 34; John 6

SCRIPTURE:  John (NIV) 6:33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”… 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty…48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” …
57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.”

OBSERVATION:  As daily bread (food) is important to our physical life, so spiritual bread is important to our spiritual life.  Jesus is not claiming to be the bread we eat with dinner. He claimed to be the living bread of God’s eternal life.   

APPLICATION:  This wonderful thing that God has provided is simply received by receiving Jesus into our life.  We receive Him as simply as we eat bread. 

We see the bread on the table.  We believe it will satisfy our hunger.  We believe that it will be good for our physical body.  We reach out and bring it near, placing it in our mouth.  We chew it and swallow it.  As it is digested in our stomach, it becomes a part of our physical body.  It gives us strength. 

I hear about Jesus.  I hear He will satisfy the longings of my heart.  I believe that it will be good for me to enter this relationship with Him.  I reach out by faith and bring Him near, allowing Him into my thoughts.  I think about His love for me, about His death on the cross.  I ask Him to forgive my sins and be the Lord of my life.  As He does, He becomes a part of my whole being!  I learn to walk in His strength!  

PRAYER:  Lord I receive you as the bread of God who brings eternal life.  Forgive my sins.  I join you in an abundant life.  Amen

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