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Gilbert & Stephanas talk about
Feeding The 5000
Steph:
Good morning boys and girls. Are you
hungry? I sure am. Sometimes I get really hungry during
worship.
Gil:
Good morning Stephanas, good morning boys and girls.
Steph:
Good morning Gilbert. Are you hungry?
Gil:
Well now that you mention it, I suppose I could eat something.
Steph:
Good. Instead of our usual puppet
play, let's have a little snack. I
brought a bag with my snack in it.
Let's see what's here.
Gil:
What have you got in there Stephanas?
Steph:
Just a few tiny fish crackers. That's
it.
Gil: Hummm.
That reminds me of something that happened to Jesus and his disciples one
day.
Steph:
Well, since we don't have a snack we might as well have a story.
Gil:
Jesus was very tired and went away to a quiet place to rest. He got into a boat and went to what his
disciples thought was a deserted place, but when they got there a crowd of
people had already gathered. There
were 5000 men PLUS women and children.
Steph:
That's a lot of people.
Gil: It
sure is. And this large crowd wanted
Jesus to teach them about the Kingdom
of God and to heal
their sick. Jesus needed to rest, but
when he saw the people, he loved them so much, he forgot about himself and
taught them all about God's Kingdom and healed their sick.
Steph: Jesus
really does love us, doesn't he Gilbert?
Gil: Yes
he does. Well returning to our
story. After a long day of teaching
and healing it was time to eat. The
disciples wanted Jesus to send the people away so that they could get
something to eat. But Jesus said, they
don't need to go away. You give them
something to eat.
Steph:
Woo. No way are they going to be able
to feed that many hungry people.
Gil:
That's what the disciples thought.
They told Jesus all they could come up with was what one small boy had
brought along as his snack - 5 small loaves of bread and a couple fish.
Steph:
So what did they do?
Gil:
Jesus told them to bring him the small boy's little snack and to ask everyone
to sit down on the grass and he took the loaves and fish and looked up to
heaven and gave thanks. He then gave
the food to the disciples to give to the people.
Steph:
And they had to feed 5000? That would
be even harder than trying to use my two tiny fish crackers to give the boys
and girls a snack.
Gil: I
suppose it was, Stephanas, but the Bible says that that everyone ate until
they were full, and they even had left overs, enough to fill 12 baskets.
Steph:
That's awesome!
Gil:
What do you think we can learn from this story, Stephanas?
Steph:
When we give what we have to God He can do more than we ever imagined
possible.
Gil: We
may not have much, yet little becomes more than enough when we turn it over
to God.
Steph:
Jesus used a small boy's lunch to feed more than 5000 people. I'd like to ask God to use the people here
today, including the boys and girls, to bless everyone they meet.
Gil:
Very good Stephanas. And do you still
want to share your snack?
Steph: I
guess so. Wooah !!! Where did all these fish crackers come
from?
Gil: The
Lord provides, Stephanas, the Lord always provides.
From: August 3, 2008
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