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Good journals Abby.  Do you think the cracker and wine literally transform into flesh and blood or is it all symbolic?

You are so right about breathtaking moments in Scripture.  Giglio is definitely on to something there.  Read Isaiah 55:8-9.  Sometimes God's ways and mind are so vast we cannot comprehend.  He is infinite and we are finite.  But that is okay because we can trust Him.  We know  He is good and wants what is best for us.

Yes some people are very selfish.  Selfishness and pride are the main reasons many people never trust Christ. They want to rule their own lives and don't want to give it to Him.

Great point about fear.  Read also 2 Timothy 1:7

Don't assume without knowing the facts.  Great.

What do you think "the dead in Christ shall rise" means?

God point about children and parents.  We don't realize our parents are wise until we get older.  They seem so irrelevant when we are young then when we grow up and have kids of our own we get it.

Yes seeing is believing for many people.  This is why I try to present the best evidence I can for Christianity.  So that people will see the evidence and consider trusting Christ but at the end of the day it does require faith also.  If we don't come to Him by faith we don't ever truly come to Him.

Great question on the Sabbath. I'd say no. Most people no longer have a sabbath. I'm one of them. There isn't a single day a week that I don't work in some form. That's wrong and I need to change that.

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It says if you do not eat the flesh of the son and drink the blood, you have no life in you. And whoever drinks my blood and eats my flesh will forever live. This is the bread from heaven.

We eat the flesh of Jesus in a cracker form and we drink his blood in wine form. We do this in church called communion to symbolize our faith and baptism towards Jesus.

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The Jews were upset about Jesus saying he is the son of Mary and Joseph but he came down from heaven. He tells them that no one can come to Him if the Father has drawn them to him. It says in the prophets that everyone who is drawn to God or listened to him has been taught. He gives his body and life as bread for us to live for the world.

Jesus gave his body as a symbol of his love. He gives his flesh as life so that we may live eternally and be taken up to heaven with him.

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Giglio says that somewhere in the pages of his book we are to find the type of worshiper we are. God wants to find all of the "true worshipers" because everyone is worshiping something but everyone is worshiping something different. We pay our worship to Jesus spiritually and in a cooperate way.

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God loves us very much and we know this, but He also loves himself more. Being God he has the right to do this because if not would he really be God? God has never and will never require us to worship him at a certain place or certain time. We can praise and worship all day everyday as many do and many don't. Many of us are asleep to what we are being taught and what God teaches us. There are such breathtaking moments in scripture when we just don't know how to handle what Jesus is speaking. Jesus paid such a high price of dying on the cross for each and everyone of us to forgive us for all we have done and will do wrong in our lives but everything is fine because God forgives.

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They then asked what they had to do to do the works of God. Jesus told them the work of God is to believe in the one he sent. He tells them that truly it is not Moses who gives them the bread from heaven, but Him the Father of Jesus. They then asked if Jesus would always give them that bread and He told them, He is the bread of life and if you eat you will never be hungry, the blood is your wine and you will never go thirsty. And in Him we shall live eternal life.

Jesus gave us his bread and blood so we will never go thirsty. This is by far one of my favorite passages because we can truly learn what he has given to us and shown us how much He cares. Jesus is amazing and all powerful. He put the stars and the sky and knows them by name!

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They all landed on the shore and realized that there was only one boat and Jesus had left on his own. Boats then landed from Tiberais near them. They were looking for Jesus and his disciples and when they realized they weren't their they went to Capernaum in search of him. They found him on the other side of the lake and He know they were only looking for him because of the food he had provided. They were selfish.

We shouldn't be selfish for what we want. They realized that someone gives them something once or twice they will continue to give them more and more. People only care about themselves and no one else.

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Evening approached, the disciples were down at the lake where going to take a boat to Capernaum. It was then dark and Jesus still hadn't joined them as they had already rowed three to four miles across the rough water, Jesus approached them on the water, walking. They were afraid and Jesus told them "It is I; do not be afraid." They took Him in the boat and reached the shore.

We are afraid of many things, we have things that make our life hard and scary. Jesus teaches us to not be afraid of the unknown.

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Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up of a boy with five barley loaves and two fish. Jesus had everyone be seated and then gave a blessing over the food and began distributing it to everyone as much bread and fish as they wanted. They filled twelve baskets with the amount of left overs from those who had eaten; Jesus did not want to waste any. Jesus knew they wanted to force him as king, so he drew himself to a mountain by himself.

Jesus turned five loaves of bread and two fish to provide enough food for five hundred plus people. He was able to make everything a possibility and to show us how we can turn little into more.

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Later, Jesus crossed the Sea of Tiberias and a large crowd was following him knowing all the great healing He had done to the sick. The Jewish Passover was coming, as they were sitting on the mountainside, Phillip wanted to test Jesus' power asking how He would provide bread for everyone. Jesus already had it figured out.

Jesus makes miracles. He turns water into wine, he makes more from less. He knows how to make the world go around and show us how to make everything happen. We are blessed to have a Savior as him to watch out for us and to make lives better.

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Jesus explains to them how He knows they do not believe in the only God. They do believe in one another, but not in God. He doesn't understand how they could do this when their accuser is Moses. Jesus will not accuse them before the Father does.

Possibly being able to relate this to something such as something you did wrong but you don't admit. People will accuse you and assume you were the one or maybe they accuse someone else and it will hurt them. Assumptions shouldn't be made unless we know all the facts of the problem.

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Jesus tells them he can not do anything by himself. The one who sent him tells him his works. He has sent to John to testify about him, tho he does not accept human testify. These are what and testify and the scriptures I provide you do not chose to listen.

Teachers are a great example of how we are taught or given something and no one listens. We all are told what to do and how we keep being taught or told the same thing and we can't get it through our heads its time to listen.

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A time is coming when the dead will be able to hear the voice of God. Those who hear it will live eternally with him. Those in their graves will come and walk with Christ forever.

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Knowing Jesus was working on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. Jesus tells him his father is always at work so therefore He is always at work too. The leaders tried even harder to kill Jesus because he was saying God was his father making him equal to God. Jesus told them God sent him and he can only do what his Father does. And, those who do not trust the Son ultimately are not trusting the Father.

A life example can be us children and young adults not trusting or listening to our parents. Our parents tell us or show us what do to in our lives which they ultimately learn from Jesus. Many of us watch our parents and think they don't do anything fun, or we watch them and do the total opposite of what we should be doing.

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The officials told the man he was not allowed to carry his mat for it was the Sabbath. He told them the man who healed him told him to carry the mat and walk. Not knowing who the man was, Jesus later saw him at the temple and told him to stop sinning for he would get sick again.

Christians today know if they sin in certain ways they will become ill. Other ways just make their walk with Christ harder.

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Jesus attended to Jerusalem to a Jewish festival. He saw the fountain in which all the ill laid by waiting to go in. He noticed this man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. He asked the man if he would like to get well and then man replied with a yes but every time he tried to go in, someone went before. Jesus told the man to pick up his mat and walk, he did so. The day in which this happened was the Sabbath.

Today, the Sabbath is known as the day of rest. Was this the case? We do rest on this day and we also go to church on this day. But, many of us do not rest on this day we work hard and do things that must be done to satisfy we aren't wasting another day God gives us.

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Jesus returned to Galilee where he has once turned water into wine. A priest heard of Jesus and his son laid very sick. He then went and asked Jesus to help him. Jesus told the priest to go home to his son for he would live. The fever left him the day before in the afternoon, he then realized this was the exact time Jesus told him to go home and his son would be just fine.

People today don't ever believe what they are told. Most people have to "see it to believe it". That shouldn't be how this society works and sadly its almost the only way it works. It's sad to be in a society where we can't just believe what people tell us because so much sin is in our world.

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Jesus left for Galilee. When he arrived they all welcomed him they knew of all he had done and they were aware of what he did at the Passover Festival.

We all are told the works of what Jesus has done. But, this time, everyone could see what was happening.

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After the Samaritan women went back to her town, she told everyone about the wonderful things Jesus has been doing. They all said they believed he was the Savior and finally believed her.

People tell us things all the time things we don't believe. Sometimes we later learn we need to appreciate the information we are given. Jesus for example can be showing and telling us things all the time and we just don't want to believe it because of our lifestyle and how we are self centered.

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Good summaries Abby. Jesus was saying that His spiritual food was doing God's will and trying to teach the Disciples to be nourished the same way. We see from the story of the woman that word of mouth is powerful. If more Christians would be passionate about Christ more people would believe. You are right, everything worth having is worth working for. I think Adam and Eve hid from God because they were ashamed of their sin. But we have to realize that there is no hiding from Him. Like with Adam and Even He will ask "Where are you?" That's the questions. Where are we with God? Good illustration from racial segregation. Dr. King's vision of all people united regardless of race or skin color is straight from Scripture. God loves us all the same and we all have a chance if we will trust Christ. Yes it does not really matter who baptizes you, what is important is that we follow Jesus in obedience and be baptized to represent the change that has taken place inside. Yes His path is the right one When we apply the teachings of Scripture to life we find that is always true. Good job Abby

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God is worthy of all worship, all the time, He is the center of everything. God is almighty and all powerful. It isn't that God needs our worship, it's because he wants it because he deserves it he has always been worthy of it. Our worship always matter because day after day there is a battle for our worship.

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The disciples then told Jesus he needed to eat. Jesus told them he has plenty of food and they considered someone possibly bringing him food. Jesus told them, "I came to do the work of the creator, that is my food. You eat the food of those who sow and reap the crops and I eat the work of God."

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The disciples returned to Jesus. They saw him talking to then woman as she leaves, she leaves the water jar. She then returns to her town and there she tells everyone to come and see a man who told her, her entire life and could he possible be the Messiah. They made their way toward him.

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He wanted her to go get her husband, she doesn't have one. Jesus said she has five, and the one she is with now is not her husband so she was correct.

Jesus knows everything. He sees everything. There isn't anything we can hide from him just as Adam and Eve

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Jesus asked the women if she knew who asked for the water she would give it to him and if she asked he would give it to him. She asked if he had something to draw water with because the well is deep. The well was given to the Samaritan's by Jacob that he drank from as did his sons. Anyone who drinks from the well will be thirsty again, if you receive water from Jesus we will never be thirsty we will just be filled with eternal life. She then asks if she can drink water from him so she will no longer have to come a draw water because she thinks it literally means she will no longer be thirsty.

Today people think they don't need to work or anything to get something. We think everything will be handed to us and life will go on just as easy. We have to work and love to find God's love, no one will hand it to us and say everything works out.

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Paul went to Athens, discovering many idols and gods, he finds an altar designated to an "Unknown God". History can show we always wonder if there is a higher power, but doesn't mean everyone believes. Paul teaches addressing this topic to the Athenians. God wants us to know him. He isn't hiding from us he has been looking for us for a long, long time. Jesus has already come, he came and history proves he has come. We don't hide from him we make him known and we know him.

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Jesus found out he was baptizing more than John when really he wasn't baptizing the disciples were. He then went back to Galilee. He saw Jacob by a well and sat next to him being tired from his long journey. Disciples were gone and a Samaritan women came to get water, Jesus asked her for a drink. She didn't understand why Jesus, a Jew, asked for a drink of water. For their religious do not associate.

This could go back and relate to the controversies of blacks and whites. Rosa Parks sat in the front, there were different races at schools, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his "I have a dream". They believed they were equal as Jesus believed of him and the Samaritan.

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For we are born of the earth. He comes from heaven and is all knowing. Those who except that he is truthful are certified. And whoever rejects God with continue to receive the wrath from him.

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Jesus and the disciples went to the countryside where Jesus began to baptize them. John was baptizing at Aenon. Argument became about and this was all about the washing. They told him of the man baptizing in the Jordan.

I don't believe it matters who does what. It's the fact that they are strong in their faith and we follow Christ. Jesus can't baptize us now so someone who is strong in Christ can use the power God gives them to preform this task.

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The world was once dark, people loved the dark because they were sinners and doing evil. When light was shed upon the world and people were not fond of the light because they didn't want to be seen. Those who were comfortable with light knew they did their deeds in the hands of God.

We hide from many things. The most vivid things shown to me would be Adam and Eve. They were nude and did not know until they sinned. Once they sinned they wanted to be hidden from God. They realized they were naked and tried to hide from him. God knows and sees everything.

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We are worshippers, it's what we do. Worship is something we put first in our lives. On my way! people say they don't worship when they do. It's not always religious, but everyone has an altar of some kind. Everywhere around you people are worshiping what they value the most. We can connect this to ourselves, we are always worshiping something or someone all the time. It's what we do. Everyone has an amazing purpose.

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Jesus' mother told the disciples to do what ever Jesus said. there were six stone jars that Jesus told them to fill with water and they did. Jesus then turned water into wine.

We always read the stories of how Jesus does this and that. Jesus did change water to wine. Those who were there to see it did so much and they received first hand accounts when we cannot we can only read.

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Jesus left for Galilee and saw Phillip and told him "Follow me". Nathanael was then called by Phillip to come and see the man of Nazareth. He doesn't believe anything good comes of Nazareth. Jesus then says "Here is an Israelite with no deceit." "How do you know me?" says Nathanael. This is the display Jesus knows all and he is going to show much more.

All these four verses tie together in almost the same type of topic. We must listen and watch for what is going to show us in life.

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John then was with some disciples again saw Jesus and said "Look, the Lamb of God" once the disciples heard they followed Jesus. Jesus saw the disciples following them and asked what they needed. The disciples then replied with "Where are you staying?". They followed Jesus and stayed with him for hours. Later he changes Simon's name to Peter.

We follow Christ through the things we are told by other people. It's like when someone gets a new phone everyone wants THAT new phone because its the best thing. Everyone wants to be apart of something that is popular. We are followers of Christ and he keeps us on the right path of life if we just listen to him.

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John saw Jesus and then began to explain why he said he was "surpassed" and why he "baptized with water to be revealed to Israel". John then begins to give his testimony stating how he saw the light. He sees the figure come down as a dove land on his shoulder and this is when he knew this was Chosen one.

Today, we can apply this to the ways we see people come to "the light" when they are transformed by Christ. Many people speak the words of God and get baptized in water as John started in the beginning. Everything has stayed the same, there are the same ways and even new was to explain to Christ and make him known.

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John the Baptist states he is not the Messiah or Prophet. He just wants them to know he is preparing the way of Christ and making his path simple. He wants to let them know he baptizes with water in the name of the Lord because he brings them closer to God.

This could be related today when we are asked if we are Christians or not. The title Christians shouldn't define someone. We should be able to be known as the children of God or the followers of Jesus Christ and we believe all he tells and speaks through the Bible.

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John testifies. A law gets passed of how everyone born is given the grace of God. Although no one has seen God but Jesus Christ lives through him and makes him known.

Today I have learned you must make him known. The society today does not proclaim God's name in everyday life we only do it on designated days such as Wednesday and Sunday. We should be proclaiming it all day in everything we do and never be afraid of saying something because someone may get offended. We all have different opinions but we should stick with our individual beliefs.

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He attempts to come back and be let in by them, but they do not accept. He receives those who have received him. These are children not born to man but born to God.

Today and in my life, this can represent a girl not being popular. Certain girls will be excepted to the popularity and others maybe they aren't "born to scale" are turned away without retrieval. So they weren't of the same hobbies or likes or dislikes possibly.