Jesus Feeds the 5,000

Central Truth: Jesus cares about the needs of his people.

"I will never leave you or forsake you." Hebrews 13:5

Scriptures: Matthew 14; Mark 6:30-44; John 5

After our opening prayer we read Mark 6:30-44 and discussed how Jesus taught the people and, when it became late in the day, he was concerned about their needs. He knew that the people would be hungry, but the only food they had was two fishes and five loaves of bread a small boy had for his lunch. After Jesus prayed over the food, it was passed out to the people and everyone ate and was fed. When the scraps were collected, five baskets were taken up. It was an incredible miracle and demonstrates the Lord's love for his people.

While we watched the power point called "Jesus Feeds 5000 People," the children each had baskets with crackers to represent the loaves and fish puffs to represent the fish (of course!).