21 Days of Prayer - Day 4: Trust in the One who said, “I am the bread of life.”

Mar 19

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Opening Prayer

Christ Alone (from The Valley of Vision prayer book)

John 6:35-40

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Notice

Hunger and thirst are cravings common to all people. Jesus acknowledges here that each of us has a spiritual craving as well as a physical one. Deep inside us we have a gnawing need for something more. People try many things to quell that inner spiritual gnawing hunger and thirst, from food to sex to success to money to power and on and on the list goes. But nothing satisfies. Jesus came to offer what alone will satisfy our hunger — himself. “Believe in me. Trust in me. I am the bread of life that you need to sate your inner thirst.” To trust in Jesus is to receive the gift of eternal life. Jesus not only satisfies for the here and now, but for all eternity.

Think about it

What do you believe in to meet your inner craving? Has your ravenous inner hunger been satisfied? Have you learned to chew on the Jesus bread? If you are reading this, you likely have trusted in Jesus Christ and are walking with him. What a gift you have received. Is anything currently diverting you from your walk with Jesus? Is anything tempting you to turn aside from the path of Christ-centered faithfulness to the world’s carnival? Beware of that constant temptation. That bread will not satisfy.

A prayer for eating the Jesus bread

“My Father, what an extraordinary gift you have given — your Son. Thank you for sending us the Bread of Life. By your grace and the Holy Spirit, help me to keep walking with Jesus. Keep me from straying off the path of faithfulness and wandering after distractions that will never satisfy. I want to keep trusting in Jesus no matter what. And I pray for my family, my friends, our church — God, keep us trusting, keep us believing, keep us hoping in the One True Source of Life, Jesus. Keep us following the Leader you have given us, the Bread of Life, King Jesus. Help me today to point others to him. Amen.”

Pray the Psalms

Psalm 78:1-8: Tell the Coming Generation

Group Prayer