3. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:35 (NIV) Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

4. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Hunger is far from us in that moment. But after a few hours, the hunger returns. (Receive the Blessing, p. 8).

5. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”

6. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”
Jesus was born in the house of bread to satisfy our spiritual hunger.

7. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Jesus was born in the “House of Bread.”
Jesus was born in the house of bread to satisfy our spiritual hunger.
John 6:35 (NIV) 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

8. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our spiritual lives.

9. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our spiritual lives.
You are what you eat.

10. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our spiritual lives.
You are what you eat.
That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our spiritual diet as well.

11. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our spiritual lives.
You are what you eat.
That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our spiritual diet as well.
Many people are full but not satisfied.

12. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
What bread is to our physical lives, Jesus is to our spiritual lives.
You are what you eat.
That’s true not only of our physical diet, but our spiritual diet as well.
Many people are full but not satisfied.
Many people are eating at the wrong table.

13. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Isaiah 55:2 (NIV)
Why spend money on what is not bread,     and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,     and you will delight in the richest of fare.

14. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven.

15. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:41-42 (NIV) 41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

16. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:53-55 (NIV) 53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 

17. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:60 (NIV) 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

18. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:60 (NIV) 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
John 6:66 (NIV) 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

19. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
It’s not enough to admire Jesus.

20. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
It’s not enough to admire Jesus.
It’s not enough to come and listen.

21. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
It’s not enough to admire Jesus.
It’s not enough to come and listen.
It’s not enough to agree that He is the bread that came down from heaven.

22. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
It’s not enough to admire Jesus.
It’s not enough to come and listen.
It’s not enough to agree that He is the bread that came down from heaven.
You have to eat.

23. The Blessing of the Bread of Life
John 6:33 (NIV) 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”