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I love bread, it's one of my favorite foods. Bread has been a staple food for centuries. Bread is a pretty basic food that can be prepared with just a few ingredients. It's a pretty simple way to provide nourishment to hungry bellies throughout the world. Jesus explains in John 6:32-35, that he is the "Bread of Life." What does that really mean?

In Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus spent some time talking about Good Fruit vs. Bad Fruit. Similar to the Fruits of the Spirit we talked about yesterday, Jesus taught that people will know His followers based on the fruit that they produce:

Take a moment to rest your palm on your heart and feel your heartbeat! Did you know that your heart pumps blood 100,000 times every day throughout your body?

In our fallen human state, we are incapable of the perfect love that our hearts desire. Christ, however, has set the example for us and described how we should love others in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.

Did you know that God created you on purpose and for a purpose?

It is easy to give thanks and praise God in the good times, but what about is the hard times? The verse we looked at yesterday, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, calls us to “give thanks in all circumstances.” Let’s look at how some of our heroes of the faith praised and thanked God even in difficult times.

There is no escape! God has plans and a calling for each one of us, sometimes that calling or nudge to do something is…

Today let’s reflect on some of God’s promises:

God wants your whole heart.  Not just a part of it or a heart that is divided, but all of it. It can be a challenge to be "all in" on something. Seems like such a commitment, and typically it is.

14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body

John chapter 1:9 shares how Jesus, "The one true light, who gives light to everyone,

A few years ago I read a book called the Christmas Jar and it was a powerful message of giving to others. They took…