The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:35 (NIV) Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of

life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Hunger is far from us in that moment. But after a few

hours, the hunger returns. (Receive the Blessing, p. 8).

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”• Jesus was born in the house of bread to satisfy our

spiritual hunger.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”• Jesus was born in the house of bread to satisfy our

spiritual hunger.• John 6:35 (NIV) 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of

life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our

spiritual lives.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our

spiritual lives.• You are what you eat.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our

spiritual lives.• You are what you eat.• That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our

spiritual diet as well.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our

spiritual lives.• You are what you eat.• That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our

spiritual diet as well. • Many people are full but not satisfied.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our

spiritual lives.• You are what you eat.• That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our

spiritual diet as well. • Many people are full but not satisfied.• Many people are eating at the wrong table.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Isaiah 55:2 (NIV)• Why spend money on what is not bread,

    and your labor on what does not satisfy?Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,    and you will delight in the richest of fare.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:41-42 (NIV) 41 At this the Jews there began to

grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:53-55 (NIV) 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell

you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:60 (NIV) 60 On hearing it, many of his

disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:60 (NIV) 60 On hearing it, many of his

disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”• John 6:66 (NIV) 66 From this time many of his

disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• It’s not enough to admire Jesus.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• It’s not enough to admire Jesus. • It’s not enough to come and listen.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• It’s not enough to admire Jesus. • It’s not enough to come and listen. • It’s not enough to agree that He is the bread that came

down from heaven.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• It’s not enough to admire Jesus. • It’s not enough to come and listen. • It’s not enough to agree that He is the bread that came

down from heaven.• You have to eat.

The Blessing of the Bread of Life• John 6:33 (NIV) 33 For the bread of God is the bread that

comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”