Biblical examples
of Relationships:

Part I - "Be Present"

by Pastor Kathleen O'Connell

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PCUSA Peacemaking Offering

Text  matthew 14:13-21

Feeding the Five Thousand

¹³ Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. ¹⁴When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. ¹⁵When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.’ ¹⁶Jesus said to them, ‘They need not go away; you give them something to eat.’ ¹⁷They replied, ‘We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.’ ¹⁸And he said, ‘Bring them here to me.’ ¹⁹Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. ²⁰And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. ²¹And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

God's love and attention for us is without end, without bound, without limits.  Why should our personal worship encompass only 1 hour on Sunday?  God invites us to a 24/7 relationship.  Here's your opportunity to continue to explore the way God's word connects with this week's worship theme.  We invite you to spend some time each day discovering God's word...

24/7 readings         

Matthew 5:9, Micah 4:1-5, Isaiah 11:1-8, Psalm 37:1-18, Ephesians 2:14-18, Colossians 3:15-17