Gifts and Talents

         From the beginning of time, man has made bread. Bread is a staple in our diet. Bread is made from flour but has also been made from other grains such as rye, barley, corn, sorghum, millet and rice. Bread is eaten with many of our meals. Bread is nourishment for our bodies.

      There is another bread that is a nourishment for our souls, and that is the Word of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jesus is the Word of God. Jesus said "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." He also said "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." The bread is what Jesus gives, and is life and nourishment for our souls.

      Without that bread from heaven there is no life in us. We were dead because of our sins. Jesus came to give us life, everlasting. We need the bread of heaven more than the bread for our bodies. We need to eat every day at Jesus feet, for His bread gives us nourishment for our souls. We also need to read the Word of God everyday, for that is where we find the bread of life.

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Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

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Deuteronomy 8:3 "So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

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Psalms 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation!

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Job 23:12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

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Joshua 1:8 "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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John 6:31 "Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, `He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
32 Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 "For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
34 Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always."
35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

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John 6:48 "I am the bread of life.
49 "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 "This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
51 "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

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John 1:1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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John 6:54 "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 "For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
58 "This is the bread which came down from heaven--not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever."