1. I AM the Bread of Life John 6
What is more essential than bread?
Oxygen? 3-5 minutes
Water? 3-5 days
Bread? 40 days

2. We are made to be hungry Our bodies need physical food.
Hunger for him is built in.
From the Tower of Babel to the Aztecs men have hungered for God.
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Psm 42

3. The Hunger for God Continues Matthew 5:6
One can be full-fed yet hungry.
Jesus is the only lasting bread.
Facing life alone is frightening.
Bread – used 13 times in this chapter
It starts with five loaves and two fish.

4. What is that for so many? Philip sees the problem
Andrew sees the solution
Jesus is the solution

5. Necessary Facts Bread must be available Jesus is!
Jesus’ love is readily available
Life, energy, and wholeness are in Him.
He is the only constant in this old world.

6. Just What I Need 35 I am the bread of life.
41 "I am the bread that came down from heaven.“
51 If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever
51 This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."

7. Manna from Heaven Manna in the wilderness Only enough for the day
It was what they needed at the time
Jesus is what we need at the time
He gave them manna then
He is the “Manna” now
Examine the state of your eating habits

8. Bread that doesn’t grow stale
It is new every morning
You must eat it!
51 If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

9. So What?
All of Christ and nothing less!