Welcome back...
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before the break,
we were taking a look
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at the Table of Shewbread...
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the bread of the
Presence found in the Holy Place
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of the sanctuary
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and we looked in the Bible
for other references of bread
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and Jesus said, "Man
shall not live by bread alone
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God. "
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That's a direct quote
from Deuteronomy chapter 8
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where God said,
"I provided you manna
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that you may know that man
shall not live by bread alone
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God.
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In other words,
manna was a lesson
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of not only our
physical provision
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but also the spiritual provision
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that God has made
for each one of us
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and I want to take a few moments
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to take a look at
"Lessons from Manna. "
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Lesson number 1,
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"God provides for my
spiritual nourishment
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by making it accessible. "
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Now, when the manna fell,
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it was right
outside of their tent.
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They didn't have
to go hunting for it,
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they didn't have to forage it,
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they didn't have to go out
there and... and fight for it,
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it was made in abundance
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and it was very
accessible to them.
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Take a look at the screen here
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in Exodus chapter
16 verses 14 and 15,
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God is very merciful
when He provided the manna,
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"When the dew was gone,
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thin flakes like
frost on the ground
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appeared on the desert floor. "
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What a miracle
when you think about it,
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every day there was a...
there was a divine miracle
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that took place
every single morning
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because every day, God
rained down manna with the dew,
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it was like... it was
with the dew like frost,
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they would gather
it every single day
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like we said... they
didn't have to hunt for it,
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they didn't have
to forage for it,
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it was accessible
and available to them...
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it was right
outside of their tent,
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all they had to
do was go and get it.
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Now the Bible says in
Romans chapter 10 verse 8,
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"But what does it
say? 'The word is near you
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in your mouth and
in your heart... '
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that is, the word of
faith which we are preaching. "
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You know, we live in this age
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of phenomenal,
mind-blowing accessibility
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to he Word of God.
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We can get the Word of God
literally at our fingers...
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fingertips on our phones.
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There are wonderful Bible
programs that you can go to
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like Bible Gateway and Bible Hub
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where with just a few clicks,
you can look up references
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and commentaries...
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we live in an unprecedented age
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where the Word of
God is easily accessible.
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All we have to do is
go out there and get it
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just like the heavenly manna
was just outside of their tent,
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all they had to do was
gather it every single day
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and that manna
provided all the nutrition
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to get them
from Egypt to Canaan.
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I pray that each
one of us every day
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get the heavenly manna, amen.
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Get the Word of God and open it
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because it is accessible,
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it is near you and in your
mouth and in your heart... "
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Now the lesson from "Manna"
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"God provides for my
spiritual nourishment
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by making it
everything I need. "
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The Israelites ate that manna
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and the Bible says
that it sustained them
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during the duration of 40 years
of wandering in the wilderness,
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the Lord was very merciful,
He provided for their needs
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and it provided
all the nutrition,
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all the
minerals... all the vitamins...
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all the protein that was needed,
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it was the food of angels
that was provided for them
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and they were not coming
down with diseases and scurvy
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and lack of nutrition...
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their hair wasn't falling out,
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the manna provided
everything that they needed
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for their physical sustenance.
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Exodus chapter 16 verse 35,
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"The Israelites
ate manna forty years,
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until they came to
the land that was settled;
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they ate manna until they
reached the border of Canaan. "
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Every single day it
fell on the Israelites
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and they were able to gather it.
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In comparison, John
chapter 6 verse 63 says,
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"The words I
have spoken to you...
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they are full of
Spirit... they are life. "
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That is the heavenly manna...
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the Word of God is
everything that we need
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for our spiritual
sustenance to keep us alive
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and to thrive and
grow in Jesus Christ.
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It is available...
it is accessible...
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it is made there for us to
provide for our spiritual needs
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and our spiritual growth.
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Here's another
lesson from "Manna"
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"I take advantage of
God's spiritual nourishment
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by gathering it early. "
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Now, this is an
important lesson from "Manna"
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because when the manna
fell, the Bible indicates
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that it did not
stay there the whole day.
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It fell with the dew
but when the sun got hot
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the manna began to melt.
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Now, look at
this text in Scripture
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in Exodus chapter 16 verse
21, "When the sun grew hot,
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it... the manna melted away. "
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Now, there's an
important lesson in this
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because the Bible and
our devotional life...
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I find in my own experience
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that if I do not get
my heavenly manna from God
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early in the morning,
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there is this tendency
where the cares of this life
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and all of the appointments
and the stresses thereof
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seem to just come in
and crowd out that time.
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If I don't get my
heavenly manna early,
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my phone starts
going off and buzzing...
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I start getting e-mails
and texts and all these things
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and then, the
child starts crying
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and all of these
things start to come in
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and crowd out the
devotional time...
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an important lesson
to get the manna early...
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to get it first
thing in the morning
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because before the day
starts to crowd out your life
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we need to get our
morning manna first...
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important lesson from Scripture,
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Dr. Leslie Hardinge
makes this commentary,
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"Manna melted with
the rising of the sun,
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and it was then gone forever.
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We, too, must make
gathering the heavenly Fare
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the first task.
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The dawn is best, for
noon is opportunity lost.
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The day's hectic activities
will overwhelm the life
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unnourished by
this celestial Bread. "
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I want to encourage you
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to get your manna
early in the morning,
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set your alarm clock...
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I have one
individual that I know of...
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what she does is say,
before she goes to bed she says,
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"Lord, get me up
in the morning... "
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and every single time,
the Lord gets her up...
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it's as though the heavenly
angel, I believe, comes and...
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and rustles her and
gets her up in the morning,
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God wants to spend time with you
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and she's able to
spend time in God's Word
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when she prays this prayer,
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why don't you try and say,
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"Lord, I want to spend
time with You in the morning,
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get me up when You desire
to spend time with me... "
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to get that
heavenly manna from God.
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Psalm 5 verse 3 says,
"In the morning, O Lord,
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You will hear my voice;
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in the morning I will
order my prayer to You. "
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First thing in the morning,
spend your time with God,
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get that heavenly
manna... that nourishment
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because as the sun
rises, that manna will melt
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and that's an
opportunity that is lost.
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Moving on, another
lesson from "Manna"
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"I take advantage of
God's spiritual nourishment
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by gathering it daily. "
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There's a prayer...
the Lord's Prayer...
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and it says, "Give us
this day our daily bread. "
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Now, this is not only a
reference to physical bread,
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but I believe that
it's also a reference
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to spiritual bread as well.
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In other words, God wants us
to get our spiritual bread daily
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and in the same way,
in our physical experience
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you cannot eat
for the entire year,
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now, sometimes I wish
for the sake of efficiency
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that I could just eat
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and not have to eat
for the rest of the day,
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but according to the way
that our bodies are made,
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you can't eat for the
whole week or the whole month
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or the whole year,
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you have to eat daily.
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Daily nutrition
physically is... is necessary
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and I'm afraid that
there are some Christians
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that are spiritually
eating only once a week.
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They're eating just
when they come to church,
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spiritually and they're hoping
that that spiritual nourishment,
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that bread will
last them the whole time,
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but we're told that
we need daily sustenance.
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Now, I began a
practice about year ago,
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where I started to fast.
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Now, I tell my congregation,
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this is
"descriptive not prescriptive"
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fasting is
something between you and God
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and I participated in this
fast just for personal benefit
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and for health reasons...
intermittent fasting...
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you can look it
up, there are benefits
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and disclaimer please,
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consult with
your medical provider
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before doing
any sort of fasting,
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but, fasting, I found
is... is a fascinating thing
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because as I fast,
there is this keen awareness
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of dependency upon food.
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There are times
all I can think about
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during that
24-hour fast... is food
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and it shows me my
dependency and my need
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upon physical
food for sustenance,
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How much more in
our spiritual life
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are we dependent
upon the Word of God?
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I want to read this
quotation from D.L. Moody,
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"A man can no more take any
supply of grace for the future
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than he can eat
enough today to last him
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for the next six months.
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Nor can he inhale
sufficient air into his lungs
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with one breath to
sustain life for a week to come,
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we are permitted to draw
upon God's store of grace
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from day to day as we need it. "
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We need daily manna, we
can't eat for the whole year,
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we can't eat
for the whole month,
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we are daily
dependent upon the Word of God
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and this is where
our daily devotions
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come into our
Christian experience.
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Notice the second
compartment of the sanctuary,
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there is bread that is there,
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in other words, you
come into the courtyard,
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you accept Jesus as your Savior,
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you are baptized...
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and then God brings you to the
Table for spiritual sustenance.
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In other words,
in the Courtyard,
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you become alive
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and then God says, "I want you
to thrive while you are alive"
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and this is our daily bread.
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I pray that you get up in the
morning, by the grace of God,
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and spend time in His Word,
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we can actually
pray to God and say,
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"Lord, create in me a
deeper desire for you,
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give me a distaste for
the things of this world,
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give me a distaste for
the things that are in media,
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in secular society
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and give me a taste
for the heavenly manna,
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we don't have to fabricate it,
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it's not something
that we need to conjure up,
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but we can ask God to
give us a desire for His Word
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to receive spiritual sustenance
and spiritual nourishment.
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Man does not
live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
out of the mouth of God.
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Jesus is our heavenly manna.
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Jesus said, "Your fathers
ate manna in the wilderness
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and they died,
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I am the living bread
that came out of heaven:
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if anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever:
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and the bread also which I
give for the life of the world
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is my flesh. "
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Now, the disciples and
the people around Him assumed
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that he was
talking about cannibalism
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but later on in John chapter
6, we're told that Jesus said,
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"The words that
I speak unto you,
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they are
Spirit... they are life. "
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In other words, Jesus
compares the heavenly manna
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to the Word of God.
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Won't you feed on
the Word of God today?
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You've been born again...
you've been walking with Jesus
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but you need strength which is
Jesus who is the bread of life,
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ask God to create in you
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a deeper desire
for Him and His Word
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and He will get
you up in the morning
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to get that heavenly manna...
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to live by every
word that proceeds
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out of the mouth of God...
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to be sustained spiritually...
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to grow up in Christ
after you have been born again.
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Join us again next time
as we continue in our study
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of the sanctuary,
salvation and our Savior.
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