God walks on water. 5/18/15

Day 138 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/John.6

John 6:1-21

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Water
16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

May 18th Remembrance and God’s voice  

“I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” 2 TIMOTHY 1:3-5 Paul illustrates in these verses that the Lord’s voice speaking to him is in and through his thoughts. It is in the normal avenues and channels of his being. The Lord’s speaking to Paul came in the form of his remembrance. The remembrance of Timothy was a call to pray for Timothy. This example out of Paul’s life corresponds to God’s new covenant way of imparting His laws into our mind and inscribing them upon our heart (Heb. 8:10). When we understand this new covenant way of God’s speaking, we must confess that we all have heard more of His voice in our daily life than we realized. For example, God’s speaking has come to us many times in the form of desires within us. We may have a desire to go to the church meeting. That very desire within us is God’s speaking in the form of an inclination inscribed on our heart.
Also, the Lord’s voice often comes in the way of His bringing something to mind. For example, in Matthew 5:23 the Lord says, “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you . . .” In other words, while you are fellowshipping with the Lord, something comes to mind. You remember your brother. When it comes to mind, that is the Lord speaking to you. Thus, we can see how simple and intimate is the Lord’s voice to us and in us under the new covenant. His speaking is imparted into our mind. 

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

Ariana,Ariel, Rene, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Anna is out of the hospital.

National
Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of slain Kenyans.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
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