And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
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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. …
… Matthew chapter 14 is a familiar passage of scripture, but I hope to expose something different about it. Matthew chapter 14, verse 19 and 19 only. Matthew chapter 14, verse 19. Once you have found it or you can see it, say I got it. Amen. Let's read together with uplifted voices. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Amen. Let's read it again with a little bit more Vim, Vig, and Vitality. Come on, everybody. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Take the five foes and the two fish, and they'll come to heaven. He gave thanks to four foes, and he gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. I want to preach today using as a subject, bust a move. Bust a move. Look at the person beside you. Tell them it's time for you to bust a move. My dear comrades, this is probably the first generation in a hundred years that doesn't know how to play Simon Says. …
… we only have five loaves and two fish. And he said, bring them here to me. Then he commanded the multitudes to sit down in the grass. And this is the part I want to focus on this morning. And he took, everybody say he took the five loaves and two fish and looking up to heaven, he blessed. Everybody say he blessed. He blessed it. And then he broke it. Everybody say broke it. and then gave the loaves, plural, he multiplied it to the disciples. And the disciples gave it to the multitudes, say, they all ate and were filled and they took up 12 baskets full of fragments that remain leftovers. Now those who had eaten were about 5,000 men besides women and children. How many of you have heard of this Bible story? Good. And if you haven't, don't worry about it. but it's an important story in the Bible. In fact, it's the only story in the Bible that is in all four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, that beside the resurrection. …
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. …