JESUS as BREAD of LIFE: 2022

Friday, November 25, 2022

A REASON to GIVE thanks

VERSES for THANKSGIVING:

Psalm 107:1-9

King James Version

107 O give thanks unto the Lord,

for he is good:

for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

3 And gathered them out of the lands,

from the east, and from the west,

from the north, and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;

they found no city to dwell in.

5 Hungry and thirsty,

their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble,

and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 And he led them forth by the right way,

that they might go to a city of habitation.

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,

and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul,

and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

What is "Thanksgiving"?

Why do Americans celebrate it?

I'm not an American, so I researched:

"The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621.[5] This feast lasted three days and was attended by 90 Wampanoag Native American people[6] and 53 Pilgrims (survivors of the Mayflower).[7] Less widely known is an earlier Thanksgiving celebration in Virginia in 1619 by English settlers who had just landed at Berkeley Hundred aboard the ship Margaret."

-- Source: Wikipedia

I also learned American Thanksgiving is a federal holiday celebrated on the FOURTH Thursday of November.

Why on a Thursday?

Britannica's got the answer.

How do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

"It originated as a day of thanksgiving and harvest festival, with the theme of the holiday revolving around giving thanks and the centerpiece of Thanksgiving celebrations remaining a Thanksgiving dinner."

-- Source: Wikipedia

"Other Thanksgiving customs include charitable organizations offering Thanksgiving dinner for the poor, attending religious services, and watching television events such as Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and NFL on Thanksgiving Day."

-- Source: Wikipedia

What food is served?

"The dinner traditionally consists of foods and dishes indigenous to the Americas, namely turkey, potatoes (usually mashed or sweet), stuffing, squash, corn (maize), green beans, cranberries (typically in sauce form), and pumpkin pie."

-- Source: Wikipedia

Other facts:

"Thanksgiving is regarded as the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season, with the day following it, Black Friday, being the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States."

-- Source: Wikipedia

Friday, October 7, 2022

The LIVING BREAD

JESUS declared:

John 6:51

King James Version

51 I am the living bread

which came down from heaven:

if any man eat of this bread,

he shall live for ever:

and the bread that I will give is my flesh,

which I will give for the life of the world.

There is a promise of eternal life.

And we can only have that, by believing in JESUS.

For He is the BREAD of LIFE, giving us TRUE sustenance.

John 6:35

King James Version

35 And Jesus said unto them,

I am the bread of life:

he that cometh to me shall never hunger;

and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6:48-50

King James Version

48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness,

and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven,

that a man may eat thereof,

and not die.

John 6:58

King James Version

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven:

not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead:

he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

JESUS is the "true bread from heaven":

John 6:32-33

King James Version

32 Then Jesus said unto them,

Verily, verily, I say unto you,

Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;

but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God

is he which cometh down from heaven,

and giveth life unto the world.

He is also the LIVING WATER.

John 4:10

King James Version

10 Jesus answered and said unto her,

If thou knewest the gift of God,

and who it is that saith to thee,

Give me to drink;

thou wouldest have asked of him,

and he would have given thee living water.

JESUS is the LIVING BREAD.

The LIVING WATER.

And SON of the LIVING GOD.

John 6:69

King James Version

69 And we believe and are sure

that thou art that Christ,

the Son of the living God.

Believers come alive, for the WORDS of JESUS are SPIRIT, and LIFE.

John 6:63

King James Version

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth;

the flesh profiteth nothing:

the words that I speak unto you,

they are spirit,

and they are life.

1 John 1:1-2

King James Version

1 That which was from the beginning,

which we have heard,

which we have seen with our eyes,

which we have looked upon,

and our hands have handled,

of the Word of life;

2 (For the life was manifested,

and we have seen it,

and bear witness,

and shew unto you that eternal life,

which was with the Father,

and was manifested unto us;)

In JESUS, believers have ETERNAL LIFE.

John 3:16

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world,

that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,

but have everlasting life.

John 6:47

King James Version

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,

He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

Who influences man?

Deuteronomy 8:3

King James Version

3 And he humbled thee,

and suffered thee to hunger,

and fed thee with manna,

which thou knewest not,

neither did thy fathers know;

that he might make thee know

that man doth not live by bread only,

but by every word that proceedeth

out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

Who influences us in this world?

Who makes us do things against GOD?

Who makes us doubt GOD's WORD?

Who makes us defy GOD's commandments?

Who confuses us?

Satan does.

Through our bodies.

Through our minds.

Through our needs.

Through our desires.

Through our greed.

Through our vanity.

With the objective of destroying us.

That unbelievers may not know the WORD of GOD.

2 Corinthians 4:4

King James Version

4 In whom the god of this world

hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,

lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ,

who is the image of God,

should shine unto them.

The enemy of CHRIST plucks the WORD planted in our hearts.

Depending where the seed falls.

Matthew 13:3-4

King James Version

3 And he spake many things unto them

in parables, saying,

Behold,

a sower went forth to sow;

4 And when he sowed,

some seeds fell by the way side,

and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Matthew 13:18-19

King James Version

18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom,

and understandeth it not,

then cometh the wicked one,

and catcheth away

that which was sown in his heart.

This is he which received seed by the way side.

How to protect ourselves from his snare?

We must be born again.

That we may be guided by SPIRIT.

That we may know Scripture.

And not be tricked, or trapped, by the enemy.

Believers must obey GOD at all times.

We must focus on JESUS alone.

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ,

seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above,

not on things on the earth.

James 4:7

King James Version

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.

Resist the devil,

and he will flee from you.

1 John 4:4

King James Version

4 Ye are of God,

little children,

and have overcome them:

because greater is he that is in you,

than he that is in the world.

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Why there's hunger

Deuteronomy 15:11

King James Version

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land:

therefore I command thee, saying,

Thou shalt open thine hand wide

unto thy brother,

to thy poor, and to thy needy,

in thy land.

In a world of plenty, why is there hunger?

As born again, I can only think of ONE clear reason:

People have forgotten GOD.

Everything has become for personal gain.

Help is often for tax exemption.

Or for personal prestige.

Not to mention, for political reasons.

Or perhaps, people try to buy their way into heaven.

JESUS commanded:

Matthew 6:3-4

King James Version

3 But when thou doest alms,

let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4 That thine alms may be in secret:

and thy Father which seeth in secret

himself shall reward thee openly.

Sure, there are many people in the world who sincerely want to help others.

But their help gets hijacked along the way.

There's a problem with distribution.

Through wars, corruption, and red tape.

The food gets spoiled, the money's pocketed, and the goods sold.

It never gets to those who really need it.

In place of food, the elite give them vaccines.

For there to be RADICAL transformation in the world, we must be born again.

That our actions may conform to GOD's will.

Only by being born again can SPIRIT teach us.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered,

Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,

Ye must be born again.

We must focus on JESUS:

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine,

ye are the branches:

He that abideth in me,

and I in him,

the same bringeth forth much fruit:

for without me ye can do nothing.

We must BELIEVE the gospel.

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying,

The time is fulfilled,

and the kingdom of God is at hand:

repent ye,

and believe the gospel.

We must LOVE.

Mark 12:29-30

King James Version

29 And Jesus answered him,

The first of all the commandments is,

Hear, O Israel;

The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God

with all thy heart,

and with all thy soul,

and with all thy mind,

and with all thy strength:

this is the first commandment.

Mark 12:31

King James Version

31 And the second is like, namely this,

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

There is none other commandment greater than these.

John 13:34-35

King James Version

34 A new commandment I give unto you,

That ye love one another; as I have loved you,

that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,

if ye have love one to another.

Matthew 22:40

King James Version

40 On these two commandments

hang all the law and the prophets.

World hunger, and corruption, will end, the moment people call upon the LORD.

2 Chronicles 7:14

King James Version

14 If my people,

which are called by my name,

shall humble themselves,

and pray,

and seek my face,

and turn from their wicked ways;

then will I hear from heaven,

and will forgive their sin,

and will heal their land.

For there to be a world transformation, there must be an INNER transformation.

We must become new, in CHRIST.

2 Corinthians 5:17

King James Version

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,

he is a new creature:

old things are passed away;

behold,

all things are become new.

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Why vaccines and not FOOD?

Psalm 107:9

King James Version

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul,

and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Many years ago, I wanted to join an essay contest.

It was being sponsored by a well-known foundation.

Reviewing the guidelines, I was alerted to something.

Which soured the idea for me.

The foundation was promoting vaccines in Africa.

To my mind, that felt incongruous to the plight of Africa.

Didn't the people needed food, clean water, homes?

Wasn't there famine everywhere?

Why was the foundation promoting vaccines?

The nagging thought was set aside for a time.

Until GOD made me born again in September 2019.

From which, He led me to Bible prophecy right away.

The blogs started creating themselves, through SPIRIT.

Then, something alerted me in January 2020.

JESUS put in my heart the imminence of the RAPTURE.

People had to be made aware.

The LORD could gather His faithful ANYTIME.

Then, the covid crisis hit in the same month.

Vaccines were in "vogue".

I was beginning to see the picture.

What good can one born again workman do for the world?

We turn you to Scripture.

For, if you know the laws of GOD, you will not want to harm others.

If you know the TRUE BREAD of LIFE, you will never hunger again.

If you know the imminence of the RAPTURE, you will want to get right with GOD.

If you know the sacrifice of JESUS, you will be shamefaced.

Only the WORD can save us now.

John 3:16

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world,

that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,

but have everlasting life.

Only the WORD remains.

Luke 21:33

King James Version

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away:

but my words shall not pass away.

Only the WORD can correct us.

2 Timothy 3:16

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God,

and is profitable for doctrine,

for reproof,

for correction,

for instruction in righteousness:

We must be worthy of GOD.

1 Thessalonians 5:23

King James Version

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;

and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body

be preserved blameless

unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The next post tells us why there's hunger in the world.

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How this 44th blog came about

Genesis 3:18

King James Version

18 Thorns also and thistles

shall it bring forth to thee;

and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Yesterday, I saw some news about famine in Somalia.

Then I remembered the famine in Ethiopia.

I never believed there wasn't enough food in the world.

There are too many food channels that boast about food.

True enough, the problem was distribution.

Failed policies, and many other distractions.

Food doesn't reach the hungry.

Where food could be given, something else is.

Wars rage everywhere.

Governments are corrupt.

All the while, families are starving.

The light dying out from their eyes.

And I prayed to GOD:

"What can I do?"

"How can I be of help?"

"What was His will?"

So, I sleep over it.

This morning, SPIRIT led me back to this blog.

Something we created nearly three months ago.

Initially, we called it "FRESH from GOD's oven".

With the idea it would explore Christian creativity.

Today, we change it to the more precise "JESUS as BREAD of LIFE".

This blog practically created itself.

Obviously, the LORD wanted this done.

That He may reach you with His WORD.

Now, the articles flow freely.

We look to SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE for guidance.

They lead us to JESUS, for our sustenance.

But first, I'll tell you a most timely story.

Starting with the next post.

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JESUS as BREAD of LIFE

The LORD JESUS said:

John 6:33

King James Version

33 For the bread of God

is he which cometh down from heaven,

and giveth life unto the world.

Welcome to this 44th blog!

We focus on JESUS as SOURCE of ALL nourishment.

Whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual.

His being BREAD of LIFE makes sure of that.

Focusing on the LORD, keeps us all spiritually hale, and healthy.

A born again notices:

We look at world poverty, and wonder why it is so.

We look at world hunger, and grieve at our heart.

We look at the world's ways, and could only shake our heads.

We look at Scripture, and now, we know.

Everything here is SPIRIT-guided.

That our souls may be nourished.

Our anxieties calmed.

Our confusion cleared.

Putting things through Bible perspective.

Only THROUGH Jesus can we all live, and thrive.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine,

ye are the branches:

He that abideth in me, and I in him,

the same bringeth forth much fruit:

for without me ye can do nothing.

There are many forms of nourishment.

But SPIRITUAL must be first, after which, all else follows.

Matthew 6:33

King James Version

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness;

and all these things shall be added unto you.

Only through JESUS-fed hearts can we manage to feed all.

And that's what we'll show you on the next posts.

THANK you for being here!

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Friday, November 25, 2022

A REASON to GIVE thanks

Friday, October 7, 2022

The LIVING BREAD

Who influences man?

Why there's hunger

Why vaccines and not FOOD?

How this 44th blog came about

JESUS as BREAD of LIFE

On FOOD fixation