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Day 300, or October the 27th. I am the bread

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of life. Our thoughts today come from John chapter

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6, verse 35. Then Jesus declared, I am the bread

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of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry,

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and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse. these

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two chapters of john include the first of Jesus

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seven signs not to be confused with the first

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miracle of changing water into wine which john

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records earlier in his gospel john relates the

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feeding of the five thousand with fish and bread

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and then reminds his readers that Jesus had said

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he was the bread of life so linking this first

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visual sign with some of the important spiritual

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teaching Jesus. And now our action step for today.

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Belief in Jesus does not mean all our wants will

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be met. Superficial reading of today's text can

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lead you to suspect this until you consider it

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more deeply. True belief in Jesus enables you

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to discern what is best and most beneficial for

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you, so that you can truly live your life to

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the full. The Holy Spirit is our guide on this

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quest. our twenty -first century world is full

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of empty promises that are obviously erroneous

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a particular type of chocolate fizzy drink or

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motor -car will bring happiness of a sort but

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if we are to live a life where we can truly say

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i am truly satisfied we have to think of other

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than daily necessities or luxuries having sufficient

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food and drink is not enough They are essential,

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but do not bring true quality of life. When Jesus

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says that he is the bread of life, he is surely

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saying that when you have him, you have all you

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need to live your life to the full. Of course,

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if you say this to a starving man, it would appear

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to be particularly crass. But you would soon

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see that if you gave him all the food and drink

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he needed, you would not necessarily give him

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a life worth living. Don't confuse having your

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wants fulfilled, the world will try to do that,

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with having your needs fulfilled, only Jesus

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can do that. Day 21 in this audiobook will help

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you get started on the road to living your life

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to the full.