My Flesh

Jesus said to the crowds: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him up on the last day. it is written in the prophets: they shall all be taught by God. Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

Consideration: Jesus makes it clear that he is the living bread; eat this bread and you will live forever. The bread that he gives is his flesh for the life of the world. Amen.

Peace!

It's hard to listen to the news anymore

I'm tired of hearing about conflict and war

When will the hatred and the misery cease

Will we ever find a way to live in peace

We are the people caught up in this mess

How we ended up here is anyone's guess

The powerful tell us there is no other way

I beg to differ, prayer brings about change

People ask why a loving God allows this

From every nation more become statistics

People cry and scream out how many more

Flag covered coffins and the reality of war

One day this madness will come to an end

We will stand face to face in his presence

No more missiles will need to light the sky

No more war; the earth will exist no more. Peace!

On the Last Day

Jesus said to the crowds, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything the Father gives to me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone that comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I shall raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day."

Consideration: Jesus gives us hope, promising not to lose anything that the Father gave to him. He is telling us, no matter how great our sinfulness is, and we repent and seek his mercy, that he will not abandon us. Promising to raise us on the last day. Amen!

True Bread from Heaven

The crowd said to Jesus: "What sign can you do, that we see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat." So Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses that gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

So they said to Jesus, "Sir, give us this bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

Consideration: The bread Of God comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Jesus says, "I am the bread of life. Those who come and believes in me will never hunger and will never thirst." Amen.

The Works of God

After Jesus fed five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea. The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there was only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples on the boat, but only his disciples left. Other boats came from Tiberias near the place that they had eaten bread when the Lord gave thanks. When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. And when they found him across the sea they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" Jesus answered them and said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him the Father, God, has set his seal." So they said to him, "What can we do to accomplish the works of God?" Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent."

Consideration: Jesus explains to the crowd that got into boats to look for him, not to work for perishable things. He tells them to work for things that endure for eternal life. When they asked how to accomplish the works of God, Jesus says to them, "Believe in the one God has sent to them." Amen.

With Our King

It's coming soon, almost here, very near

Never before, never again, have no fear

Talked about forever, now it's at the door

Fall upon your knees, it's time to adore

We shall see him as he is in all his glory 

We shall reign forever in his majesty 

No crying, no tears, with joy everlasting 

We shall see, and reign with the King

When you hear that it's all a wild story

We evolved from strange, foolish things

Look at the faces of the people you love

Created in the image of our Lord and King

We shall see him as he is in all his glory 

We shall reign forever in his majesty 

Everlasting joy singing praises of peace

Reigning forever, in eternity, with our King!

The Precious Blood of Christ

Beloved: If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one's works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning, realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct, handed on by your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb.

He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you, who through him believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Consideration: Yes, we were ransomed for our sins. The Precious Blood of Christ was poured out for mankind through Love. Love, not defined by man, but by the Precious Lamb. Before the foundation of the world was the Lamb. Son of the Father, the Great...I AM!