The Bread of Life | Samuel Husband

Scripture Reference: John 6:1-14, 25-51

What is our natural response when we don’t have enough patience, kindness, faith, resources, wisdom, or humility? How might our response change if we follow Jesus’ pattern?

Henri Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved: “To identify the movements of the Spirit in our lives, I have found it helpful to use four words: “taken,” “blessed,” “broken,” and “given…” These words also summarize my life as a Christian because, as a Christian, I am called to become bread for the world: bread that is taken, blessed, broken, and given… these four words have become the most important words of my life… they speak about the most divine as well as the most human behavior. They reach high as well as low, embrace God as well as all people.”

Sermon Points:

  • Bread & the Bible
  • Living Bread
  • Leftovers

Secure with the Shepherd | Les Newsom

Scripture Reference: Psalm 23

Is there a more appropriately famous Psalm than the 23rd? For good reason God’s people have clung to it in times of distress. But when was the last time we camped out on those images and studied them in hopes of finding new joys of the Christian’s security in Christ?

Sermon Points:

  • The Sheep and the Shepherd (vv. 1–3)
  • The Traveler and the Companion (v. 4)
  • The Guest and the Host (vv. 5–6)