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March 27 - John 6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Thursday, it's the 27th of
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  March. So good, so good to have your
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  company friend. I hope you are going really well
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  and I hope you as much as I am, are enjoying reading through the
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  Gospel of John, hearing Jesus words, being exposed to that
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  enormous capacity to challenge and teach and engage and
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  reassure. I hope it's landing for you
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  friends like it is for me. And today we are going to hear
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  another one of these amazing miracles that leads to Jesus.
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  First, I am statement. John is famous for having these
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  pivotal I am statements. And today we're going to see the
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  lengths that Jesus goes to to make a point.
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  You know, he feeds these 5000 people and yes, that's a
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  miraculous sign in itself, but that is simply a segue for him
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  to begin the conversation about the fact that it's not the bread
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  that we eat, but it's him. He is the bread of life that's
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  going to sustain us. So that all happens in today's
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  reading as we see Jesus feeding, teaching, challenging and
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  opening the eyes of these people and us too.
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  Here we are 2000 years later, but still just as blown away,
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  enamoured and transformed by Jesus.
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  So let us read this together. Let's read together John chapter
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  6. After this, Jesus crossed over
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  to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea
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  of Tiberius. A huge crowd kept following him
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  wherever he went because they saw his miraculous signs as he
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  healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and
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  sat down with his disciples around him.
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  It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.
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  Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him.
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  Turning to Philip, he asked, where can we buy bread to feed
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  all these people? He was testing Philip for.
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  He already knew what he was going to do.
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  Philip replied. Even if we worked for months, we
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  wouldn't have enough money to feed them.
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  And Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.
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  There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish,
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  but what good is that with this huge crowd?
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  Tell everyone to sit down, Jesus said.
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  So they all sat down on the grassy slopes.
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  The men alone numbered about 5000.
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  Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed
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  them to the people. Afterward, he did the same with
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  the fish, and they all ate as much as they wanted.
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  After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, Now gather
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  the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.
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  So they picked up the pieces and filled 12 baskets with scraps
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  left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.
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  When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed,
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  Surely he is the prophet we've been expecting.
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  When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their
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  king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.
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  That evening Jesus disciples went down to the shore to wait
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  for him. But as darkness fell and Jesus
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  still hadn't come back, they got into the boat and headed across
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  the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a Gale swept down upon them
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  and the sea grew very rough. They had rowed 3 or 4 miles when
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  suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat.
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  They were terrified, but He called out to them.
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  Don't be afraid, I am here. Then they were eager to let him
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  into the boat, and immediately they arrived at their
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  destination. The next day the crowd that had
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  stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only
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  boat and they realised Jesus had not gone with them.
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  Several boats from Tiberius landed near the place where the
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  Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.
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  So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples
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  were there, they got into the boats and went across to
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  Capernaum to look for him. They found him on the other side
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  of the lake and asked Rabbi, when did you get here?
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  Jesus replied. I tell you the truth.
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  You want to be with me because I fed you, not because you
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  understood the miraculous signs. But don't be so concerned about
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  perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the
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  eternal life that the Son of Man can give you.
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  For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval, They
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  replied. We want to perform God's works
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  too. What should we do?
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  Jesus told them. This is the only work God wants
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  from you. Believe in the one He has sent,
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  they answered. Show us a miraculous sign.
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  If you want us to believe in you, what can you do?
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  After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed
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  through the wilderness, the scripture says.
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  Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat, Jesus said.
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  I tell you the truth. Moses didn't give you bread from
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  heaven, My Father did, and now he offers you the true bread
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  from heaven. The true bread of God is the one
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  who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
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  Sir, they said, give us that bread every day.
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  Jesus replied, I am the bread of life.
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  Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again.
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  Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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  But you haven't believed in me, even though you have seen me.
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  However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I
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  will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven
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  to do the will of God, who sent me not to do my own will.
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  And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one
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  of all those He has given me, but that I should raise them up
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  at the last day. For it is my Father's will that
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  all who see the Son and believe in Him should have eternal life.
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  I will raise them up at the last day.
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  Then the people began to murmur in disagreement.
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  Because he had said, I am the bread that comes down from
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  heaven. They said, Isn't this Jesus, the
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  son of Joseph? We know his father and mother.
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  How can you say I came down from heaven?
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  But Jesus replied, stop complaining about what I said,
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  for no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws
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  them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.
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  As it is written in the scriptures, they will all be
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  taught by God. Everyone who listens to the
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  Father and learns from Him comes to me.
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  Not that anyone has ever seen the Father.
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  Only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.
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  I tell you the truth. Anyone who believes has eternal
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  life. Yes, I am the bread of life.
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  Your ancestors ate manner in the wilderness, but they all died.
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  Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.
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  I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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  Anyone who eats this bread will live forever, and this bread
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  which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.
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  Then the people began arguing with each other about what he
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  meant. How can this man give us his
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  flesh to eat? They asked.
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  So Jesus said again. I tell you the truth.
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  Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood,
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  you cannot have eternal life within you.
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  But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal
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  life, and I will raise that person at the last day.
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  For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
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  Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me,
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  and I in Him. I live because of the living
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  Father who sent me, in the same way anyone who feeds on me will
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  live because of me. I am the true bread that came
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  down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will
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  not die as your ancestors did, even though they ate the Manor,
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  but will live forever. He said these things while he
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  was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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  Many of his disciples said this is very hard to understand, how
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  can anyone accept it? Jesus was aware that his
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  disciples were complaining so he said to them, Does this offend
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  you? Then What will you think if you
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  see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?
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  The Spirit alone gives eternal life.
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  Human effort accomplishes nothing, and the very words I
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  have spoken to you are Spirit and life.
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  But some of you do not believe me.
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  For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn't
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  believe, and he knew who would betray him.
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  Then he said, That is why I said that people can't come to me
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  unless the Father gives them to me.
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  At that point many of his disciples turned away and
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  deserted him. Then Jesus turned to the 12 and
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  asked, Are you also going to leave?
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  Simon Peter replied, Lord, to whom would we go?
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  You have the words that give eternal life.
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  We believe and we know you are the holy one of God.
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  Then Jesus said, I chose the 12 of you, but one is a devil.
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  He was Speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the 12
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  who would later betray him. A lot as we hear your words,
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  with the benefit of hindsight, we understand what you mean
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  speaking about eating your flesh and drinking your blood as we
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  come to you in communion. But we can understand how
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  confusing it would have been for those early disciples.
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  And Lord, what a wonderful lesson this is for us, that even
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  when we don't understand your teaching, even when we don't
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  understand what we're doing, we just need to cling to You just
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  as Simon Peter did in that moment, knowing that, Lord, it
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  is your words that bring us eternal life.
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  It is you who is the bread of life that will bring us
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  nourished eternally home to you and the Father through the
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  Spirit. So Jesus, Bread of Life, I pray
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  that you nourish us and sustain us as you've promised you will
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  all the days of this life, until we stand with you face to face
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  on that glorious day. Now we love you, Jesus, and we
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  thank you that you accept us as your disciples.
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  And we thank you, Father, for giving us to Jesus.
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  What a wonderful gift this faith is that you've given us.
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  So in that faith, we pray all of these things in your name,
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  Jesus, Amen.