The message in the text

Sermon illustrations come from the funniest places.  Recently, my little brother was texting me pictures of these amazing meals he was preparing:

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So I sent him a picture of my fridge with the text, “Clearly I need a paycheck and to go shopping.”

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 I had recently  returned back from a Youth Mission trip, and hadn’t gone shopping yet.  He responded quickly: “You need Jesus.”

Later, as I was preparing to preach on the “Bread of Life” discourse in John 6, I couldn’t get that text conversation out of my mind.  So I went with it.  Here’s the sermon that resulted.

 

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