Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.He took the five loaves and the two fish; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
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… Then he said, Bring them here to me. And he ordered the crowds to sit down in the grass, taking the five loaves and the two fish. and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples who in turn gave them to the crowd. They all ate and were satisfied and they picked up the fragments left over, 12 wicker baskets full. Those who ate were about 5,000 men, not counting women and children. The gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Wait, you'd have a seat. So there's a question that comes up, and I think it's a question worth asking. And the question is about money. And the question is, can money buy happiness? Can money buy happiness? I think the obvious answer, we'd say, well, of course not. We know that money doesn't buy happiness. You've never seen, I mean, people will say things like, you've never seen a U-Haul behind a hearse. Like, we know that at some point, money just cannot make us happy. …
So the Bible says, verse 41, and now I'm ready to preach, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided two fish among them, and they all ate and were satisfied. The disciples picked up 12 basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was 5,000. 5,000 men fed and broken pieces to carry away. Now we go to the storm and we see it with different eyes because we realize that even though Jesus is not physically in the boat with them in this storm, they carried a basket into the boat that was full of the pieces of leftovers that came from the touch of the master just a few minutes ago. In other words, Jesus sent them into the sea knowing that there would be a storm, but he did not send you into this storm empty-handed. …
… sit down in groups on the green grass. And they sat down in ranks in hundreds and in fifties. And when he had taken, he being Jesus, the five loaves and two fish, he looked up into heaven, blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to set before the people, and the two fish he divided among them all. And so they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish. Now those who had eaten the loaves were about 5,000 men. While we have our time tonight, we're going to talk about letting it all play out. Letting it play out. You may be seated. Let it play out. This is the first day of Black History Month, as we said, and we're talking about deep roots. And we've heard all the stories, just as the Bible told us, to pass it down to generations. I like that I'm in the tech generation, though, if I'm honest, because now we get to see videos and photos of what happened. …
So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, Jesus looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to set before the people. And he divided the two fish among them all. And all ate. And all were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. And those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand. The word of the Lord is blessed. Please be seated. Shall we pray? Monday, we held it together. Wednesday we had stormy weather. Friday we prayed it all better. And Sunday, Lord Sunday, we heard the good news. Hide now your servant, O God, behind the cross, that in this preaching moment the people of God might not see her, but they might see Jesus and decide to follow him. This is your servant's prayer in Jesus' name and the people of God said, amen. I'd like to speak with you very briefly this morning on the subject. …