Portraits of a Savior

Mar 16, 2025    Les Harvey

The Bread of Life


John 6:35 (NIV)

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.


Jesus is the only source of lasting fulfillment.


We are people who are spiritually nourished and sustained.


✔️Stop chasing temporary satisfaction. 


John 6:26–27 (NIV)

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”


John 6:49 (NIV)

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.


✔️Find your deepest needs met in Christ.


Met for More


John 6:60 (NIV)

On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”


John 6:66 (NIV)

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.


✔️Jesus meets us where we are. 


✔️He loves us too much to leave us where we are. 


Please Pass the Bread


John 6:11 (NLT)

11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.


Take the Bread. 


Mark 14:22 (NIV)

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

John 6:40 (NIV)

For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”


2. Give thanks. 


1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV)

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.


3. Distribute it to the people. 


✔️Identify 

✔️Invest 

✔️Invite 


Matthew 10:8 (NLT)

Give as freely as you have received!