Well, Gide Church. Hope you're doing well. Pastor John Tyson here. Wanted to let you know this summer,

we are going to be looking at the life of Jesus and why, as it says in John's gospel, we should

believe in him because of the signs he did and how in believing we can have life in his name.

We're going to be looking at Jesus' claims about himself, the I Am statements,

and in the miracles of Jesus, why we can trust him to have power over sin, Satan, death, and hell.

I hope this series stirs your faith and passion to follow Jesus with all of your heart

and in so doing experience the life that he truly offers.

Let's get back to the podcast.

Tonight's teaching text comes out of John chapter 6, verses 1 through 15 and 25 through 35.

Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore

of the Sea of Galilee, that is the Sea of Tiberius.

And a great crowd of people followed him

because they saw the signs that he had performed

by healing the sack.

When Jesus went up to the mountainside and sat down with his disciples, the Jewish Passover

festival was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming towards him, he said to Philip,

where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?

He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

Philip answered him, it would take more than half a year's wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite.

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.

Here's a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish. How far will they go among so many?

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