What do you do when the need is massive and your resources feel tiny? Matt Edmundson explores the feeding of the 5,000 — not just as a miracle story, but as a challenge to how we think about giving. Discover why the disciples probably didn't look very hard for resources, what it means to share sacrificially, and why gratitude might be the key that unlocks multiplication. This is for anyone who's ever felt like they don't have enough to make a difference.
01What's in Your Hand to Give?
Have you ever looked at a massive need and thought, "I can't possibly make a difference with what I've got"? Maybe you've seen the scale of the problem and felt completely inadequate. Five loaves. Two fish. Thousands of hungry people. The maths just doesn't work.
Matt Edmundson explored one of the most famous miracles in the Bible — the feeding of the 5,000. But this isn't just a story about supernatural multiplication. It's about what happens when ordinary people bring their small, inadequate offerings to an extraordinary God. And it might just change how you think about what you have to give.
02When Rest Gets Interrupted
We're looking at Mark 6:30-44.
The story starts in an unexpected place — exhaustion. The disciples had just returned from intense ministry. They'd been going flat out, and Jesus recognised they needed a break. "Come, let's take a break and find a secluded place where we can rest for a while."
So they got in a boat and headed for somewhere quiet.
But by the time they arrived, a massive crowd was already waiting. Their plans for rest had been completely derailed.
Sound familiar? We've all had those moments when our carefully laid plans get interrupted by unexpected needs. The question is: how do we respond?
03Compassion, Not Frustration
Here's what's remarkable about Jesus's response. He wasn't annoyed. He wasn't frustrated that his rest had been ruined.
"His heart was filled with compassion because they seemed like wandering sheep who had no shepherd."
That phrase is striking. He saw people who were lost, directionless, in need of guidance. And instead of protecting his own time, he was moved to help.
Matt raised a challenging question: "When our plans get interrupted by people like this, what's our response?"
It's easy to see a need and want to push it away. To protect our time, our resources, our energy. But Jesus modelled something different.
04Send Them Away?
As the day wore on, the disciples spotted a problem. Thousands of people. Remote location. No food.
Their solution was practical: "Send them away. They can go into the surrounding villages and buy food for themselves."
In other words, this isn't our problem. Let someone else deal with it.
But Jesus flipped it back on them: "You give them something to eat."
Wait, what?
The disciples were incredulous. "Are you sure? It would cost a small fortune to feed all these thousands of hungry people." They didn't have the money, the logistics, or the supply chain.
As Matt pointed out, this is a common complaint: "This is the vision. This is what I feel God's told us to do. But these are the resources that I have. I just need God to give me more."
We've all been there. The need is obvious. The calling feels clear. But the resources? Completely inadequate.
05How Hard Did You Actually Look?
Jesus asked a simple question: "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see."
The disciples came back with their answer: "Five plus a couple of fish."
Now, when you read across all four gospels, you discover this was a boy's lunch. In a crowd of 5,000 families, the disciples found one kid with some bread and fish.
Matt's reaction was brilliantly honest: "I read this and I kind of go, you know what? Don't think you guys looked particularly hard. In a group of 5,000 families, you found one guy, a young boy with a lunch."
He went further: "Did the disciples actually look at what they had? Did they have any lunch with them?"
It's a fair question. Sometimes we're quick to say we have nothing to give, without actually doing a proper inventory. What are we holding back? What have we convinced ourselves is too small to matter?
06Sharing Sacrificially
Matt shared a conversation he'd had with a friend called Tim, a church pastor. Tim said something that stuck: he doesn't think this generation knows "what it is to give, or to share sacrificially."
The early church, as described in Acts, brought everything together so no one was in need. But how does that work today?
Matt was direct about what he'd observed: "Walking around supermarkets, seeing people just fill their trolleys with stuff just so that they're all right. It's not really the heart of the Christian message."
He imagined what Jesus would do: "Jesus would be the guy walking around the supermarket with this trolley going, 'Oh, here have — I've got, you know, I don't need 14 toilet rolls. You have some, you have some, you have some. Share. Share sacrificially.' Because that's what we do as Christians."
It's in the giving — not the hoarding — that miracles happen.
07Organisation Before Multiplication
Before Jesus performed the miracle, he did something that might seem mundane. He had everyone sit down in organised groups of fifties and hundreds.
With 5,000 people, that would have taken a while. And the disciples probably had no idea why they were doing it.
Matt reflected on those in-between moments: "Sometimes when God's moving on your behalf and doing stuff and shifting stuff around, do you ever get that feeling like, God, what are you doing? Things seem to be happening around you and you're just like, what is happening?"
We don't always see the bigger picture. But God does.
08Gratitude Before Miracle
Then came the moment. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked to heaven, and gave thanks.
Before the miracle, there was gratitude.
Matt saw this as the key: "This attitude of gratitude, as they say, I think is the root cause of this miracle... The miracle of Christ in multiplying the little that we have all starts with him looking to heaven, acknowledging God and giving thanks."
When we start from a place of thankfulness — grateful for even the small amount we have — something shifts. The panic subsides. The hoarding instinct fades. And we're able to give what's in our hands.
09Without Him, It's Just Lunch
Here's the bottom line: "Without Jesus, it's just five loaves and two fish. With him, it's everything."
The same lunch that couldn't feed a single family became enough to satisfy thousands. Everyone had plenty. Everyone was fully satisfied. And there were twelve baskets of leftovers.
Matt wondered about those baskets: "I just wonder if that boy who gave his lunch took it home. I just wonder if he was the one that got this sort of 12 baskets and went back — 'Mom, Dad, look! Look what Jesus has given me.'"
There's a principle here about sowing and reaping. When we give what we have, God multiplies it beyond what we could imagine.
10What This Means for Monday Morning
Matt left us with four questions worth sitting with:
What can you do with this time you have? If you're in a season of unexpected rest, don't waste it. Sabbath well.
Where do you see need around you? Where is your heart being moved with compassion? What would it look like to respond rather than send people away?
What do you have in your hand to give? Not what you wish you had. What do you actually have right now? And are you holding anything back?
What can you be grateful for? Gratitude isn't just a nice feeling. It's the starting point for seeing God multiply what little we have.
11A Picture of the Gospel
Matt closed with a bigger picture. This story isn't just about fish and bread. It's a picture of what happens when we bring our lives to Jesus.
"When we come to Jesus and give him our lives — the little that we have — and go, 'You know what, Jesus, you bought and paid for this. You died for my sin. You sacrificed yourself for me. Take my life, do with it whatever you can. I am yours.' When we do that and give him that, what we get back is unbelievable."
He returns more than we could imagine. He multiplies our small offering into something that affects thousands.
12A Question Worth Asking
What would change if you stopped waiting until you had enough, and simply offered what you have right now?
Maybe it feels like a boy's lunch — small, insignificant, nowhere near enough. But in the hands of Jesus, small things become more than sufficient.
The crowd was fed. Everyone was satisfied. And there was more left over than they started with.
That's what happens when ordinary people bring what they have to an extraordinary God.
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The Feeding of the 5,000 - Mark 6_30-44 Matt: [00:00:00] Hello. There we go. That's better. I can hear it now. Sorry about that. Technical issues right at the start. Hello and welcome to Frontline Citites First ever online gathering. Yes, the Coronavirus has put us online and I dunno about you, but I'm quite excited about this. I've never done an online sermon before. Never. Or an online church, uh, in any way, shape or form. So do bear with us as we go through this because, um, there's a lot going on which you can't see. Uh, I've got a, a mic here. I've got technical desks here, hopefully fading things in and out. I've got computers in front of me to hopefully get scriptures on screen when we go through stuff. There's all kinds of things happening, uh, here in this space, and I've even got my trusty notebook as well, so. We are gonna get into a few things, uh, today. Look, Sharon says hello. Yes, Sharon. She does say hello. Hey babes. Uh, my wife is actually in the house. I'm in the cave in the garden doing this, and we've also got Sarah on there. Hey Sarah, how are you doing? Hope the Langston household is, well, it's interesting when I say hello Sarah, um, Siri comes up on my phone. So, uh, lemme just close that down. Oh, dear. Funny, funny, funny. Anyway. Hello. Hello. Everybody do come in. Do say hello. Uh, you can write comments if you're watching on Facebook, if you're on the website. I don't actually know if you can write comments. I think it's just showing you the stream. I'm just checking it now. Yes, it is just showing you the stream. So if you want to do comments, you have to be on the Facebook page. If you're not on Facebook, that's fine. [00:02:00] Just go to the website, Frontline city and watch away. It's great to have you. This will be the first of many, uh, online broadcasts, I assume, because I can't imagine the coronavirus is gonna get sorted out in. In, you know, in any short time, uh, in any short space. But it will get sorted out that I have no doubt at all. But in the meantime, whilst ever, you know, we're following front lines, uh, general rules and while ever we're following, uh, what's going on with the government, uh, and just being good citizens of the country and looking out for the vulnerable, we are gonna be streaming. From somewhere. Uh, today, it just happens to be at my house. We're gonna be streaming, um, to you, uh, at least twice a week. We're hopefully gonna connect with you a couple of times a week. Um, I'll check this out. Uh, who is this incredibly handsome chap. Wait, dad, is that you? Thanks, Josh. Yes. You [00:03:00] see what I have to live with? I just wanna point that out. Okay. So, um, so welcome to Frontline City. If you are new and you've never been to Frontline City before, let me just explain to you what is going on. So, uh, Frontline City is a new church. It is a church plant. Um. I believe he is. Sarah. Yes. Look at this. Josh, are you trying to distract your dead? I believe the pair of you are, part of me thinks this is Martin writing this and not Sarah. I just wanna say right. Um, so lemme just get rid of that anyway, sorry. Uh, if you are new to Frontline City, we are a new church, a church plant, uh, which up until this week was meeting in the Tree of Life, uh, cafe in the city center of Liverpool. We've been going for a couple of months. Um, and we are trying to outreach and bring the good news of Jesus to the good folks of Liverpool. We believe we have some good news. We have a God who we adore and who we can be excited about. [00:04:00] Um, and we have a city which we can also be excited about. 'cause Liverpool is an amazing place and it's a real privilege to sort of be down there and to work in the city center of Liverpool with the church plant. Now I say it's a church plant. It is a new church. Um. What we're trying to do down there, but it is also part of a bigger family, which is the Frontline family. So Frontline city is the city, um, outreach, um, and Frontline is a church here in Liverpool and West. We have one sort of large church gathering and then a few sort of smaller ones popping up all around Liverpool. Like we have Frontline world, we've got Frontline City. I think we now have Frontline Toti. Um, we've got other places sort of starting up and uh, we have our main Frontline thing going on. So if I, with the power of technology, let me press this button here and hopefully you can see. The Facebook page for Frontline Church. Now, Frontline Church is [00:05:00] the main church, the main large church. And the reason I'm showing you this, um, is if you head over to Frontline uk, which you can see there, uh, on Facebook, um, you can follow along with all the stuff that Frontline as a church is putting out during this time. Okay? So there's a lot of good stuff going on here. For example, um, this post earlier on as well as Reflections Day on Moravian Scripture will be linking to a worship song each day at 12 noon and sharing a promise of God to meditate on at 4:00 PM each day. Be blessed by this amazing worship song. So they're gonna put this stuff out every day and you can, um, get involved with that and join along, which is great. Uh, we've also got here. Another handsome chapter to connect us together. We put it on the Frontline app each day, so you can read that along with, uh, the rest of the Frontline community. But actually, um, 1.5 million believers across the globe today use the Moravian Bible [00:06:00] Reading Plan in 50 different languages, and it's been in constant print since 1723. So what an incredible way to connect with other believers. Um, spiritually, um, through this reading plan. Um, we're gonna be putting this out each day. Monday to Saturday is the New Testament reading, but Sunday doesn't really follow the same pattern. Um, today's reading for Sunday the 22nd. Its P um, 23 and I just thought, what a powerful So stj there, I've senior pastor joining can watch the Rest Rhythm Together video that we're putting out daily videos, as you heard around the Moravian texts. Uh, so as we follow along with that, uh, with different portions of scripture, you can join in, you can comment, uh, with all the stuff that's going on. So just check out the Facebook page, everything that Frontline as a church is, uh. On that Facebook page so you can see everything that's going on. There's a lot of stuff [00:07:00] going on online 'cause we really wanna ensure that everybody stays like connected. Do you know what I mean? It's, I think it's just way too easy to become super isolated in the current climate and not talk to anybody, uh, and scary. Um, so make sure you stay connected and if that's gotta be digitally, let's do it digitally for now and let us stay, uh, connected. That is frontline's main page. Now let me head back to the web browser, uh, because I can also show you, uh oh. This is the Frontline City website. So this is the website for our church plant here in Liverpool. Um, just to let you know, uh, if you are not sure what's happening, um, and you are not on the WhatsApp group or you're not subscribed to the emails, um. I will make sure that everything, all the updates for the latest updates are on this website. So if you're ever not sure, just head over to Frontline City, which is the website for the church plant. This can get a little bit confusing with the different names. Um, [00:08:00] Frontline dot org UK is the main church website, but the one that we're interested in, uh, for city is this Frontline city and so on. Here you'll see there is a handsome chap wearing exactly the same hoodie I've just realized, uh, from the other day. I've only got, you know, this is my video close, what can I say? Um, so on there there's a video where I talk about, uh, let me bring this up so you can see it. So this is the video here where I talk about all the updates that are going on. Um, we've got the new Frontline City format, so just a little bit about what's going on there. And you can check that out. Like I say, if you are ever not sure, just head on over to that webpage and of course. We also have this going on, which is now our very own, uh, Facebook page, which has got stuff on there. There's Sarah there. Go Sarah, there's Shaw. Hey Shaw, there's Louis. Hey everybody. It owes all kind of people in the photo, which is great to see. Um. Oh, we've [00:09:00] even got comments there. Look what Josh has put. He, he always, yeah. Thanks Josh. Appreciate that. Love you too. But, um, there's very little on this Facebook page at the moment, to be honest with you. I had set it up to be able to do the Facebook Live. That was. That was the deal, right? I needed a Facebook page. We didn't really plan on having a Facebook page for Frontline City, but I needed to be able to stream live. Um, but if, like I say, if you don't have a Facebook account or don't wanna go onto Facebook, that's totally fine. You can see it just by clicking the Sunday live stream button on the website. I've just clicked that and you've not seen it. So, um, lemme show you that again. So, Sunday livestream, click on that and hopefully it will come out. Oh, it says currently offline. I dunno why that is. Technical issues, obviously. Um, we'll have to look into that. Just not right now. So hopefully this is still going live. Yes, it is. Uh, good. Okay. So lemme just have a quick look at that actually while I,[00:10:00] oh, now it seems to, yes. I dunno whether it's, 'cause it's on my computer, but hopefully, um. Look, I can show you prove that actually it's a little bit behind, a little bit delayed, but it is there. So, um, we will be sharing the live streams from Sundays at four o'clock, every four o'clock, 4:00 PM on the website and on Facebook Live. So you can, you know, uh, connect with our Facebook live account. The other place you can connect with us, uh, if you haven't done so already is on Instagram, uh, just. Go to Instagram on your, uh, on your device and search for Frontline City, and you'll see our little Instagram feed. It's just not gonna come into focus. If I do it there like that, it's in focus. Um, and you can follow along there and we'll keep that upstate as well. So, whew, with me so far. So I think that's all the latest news. [00:11:00] We have a lot going, a lot of information going on. So just to give you a quick reminder, if you've not seen the update video, how we are gonna be doing Frontline City over the next few weeks. As I've mentioned already, 4:00 PM every Sunday we are gonna be doing a live stream where we're gonna be working through Mark's gospel, right? That's the plan. That's the hope, uh, and that's what we're gonna be doing. And we're gonna carry on with that and that will be broadcast out over Facebook Live. And the website, as I talked about, the reason we are moving to every Sunday is because again, we really want to avoid this sort of being isolated stuff, um, as I don't think it's great and we just want to connect. As much as we can with people. Okay, so that's gonna be every Sunday, 4:00 PM for now. Uh, we have changed the midweek community meetings. Originally we met on Thursday nights at chemo's restaurants. The restaurants have obviously been closed down, and our thoughts and prayers are with the guys. Abraham and everybody at Chemos, [00:12:00] um, because this is tricky times for, for local businesses. And so it's a shame 'cause we like Abraham. He's such a cool dude, isn't he? But we're gonna, uh, not obviously be meeting there, but we are gonna change the night. We're gonna move from Thursday night to Wednesday night and Wednesday nights at seven 30. We are gonna be, uh, having. Digital hookup and we're gonna be doing that via Zoom. If you are in the community, uh, you should, uh, either today or tomorrow, you will get an invite from me inviting you to that community meeting. If you've not had it, uh, if you've not got the community, uh, reminder, then let me know and we will make sure you are part of it. 'cause it'd be great again to stay connected. The main difference between Wednesday nights and today. This kind of thing is, this is very much me chatting in the camera, and you can write in the comments and stuff. Uh, on Wednesdays we're gonna, you know, if you've got a webcam, you can join in and we'll have everybody's face on screen. There'll be a conversation, and so on and so forth. So that'd be kind of cool. So make sure you [00:13:00] come along to that. It'd be great to see you there. Um, and then we're gonna be putting out, Sharon's gonna be putting out questions on Instagram, a couple of questions. And then of course, like I said, there's all the Frontline stuff on Facebook to follow. I hope that all makes sense. I think, um, I've covered all the notes. Uh, babe, if you are still watching and I've missed anything, just, just write it in the Facebook comments. 'cause I think. That was all in my notebook there. There's a lot to be going on with. So with all of that said, um, let's carry on our conversations around Mark. Shall we? Now how do I, uh, let's bring this up. Here we are reading from Mark's Gospel, so let's, um, do that. Before we do that, let's, oh, Sharon has said, okay, wonderful. Thank you. Um, let's just pray and then we're gonna get into God's word. Okay? So, Lord, I want to thank you for, uh, this technology [00:14:00] which allows us still to meet in the midst of just craziness. Uh, and Lord, would you, would you help us, uh, understand your word? Would you be with us? Guide us in our thinking and our understanding. Open up your word to us, Lord, I pray. Amen. That's actually one of the things I forgot to say. If you have any specific Prayer requests, uh, we would obviously as a leadership and as a group still like to pray for for you. Let's put 'em in the Facebook comments. We're good. Or if you're in the community gathering on the Wednesday nights, we're gonna be praying there as well, so it's always good to pray. Right? Let's get into the Bible. So we are in Mark's gospel. Uh, mark chapter six, verses 30 through 44. And I am reading this from the passion translation 'cause that's the one we've been using. So continuity. You may be reading a different translation, that's fine, but the verses will appear also on the screen if you wanna follow along. The apostles returned from their mission and gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and [00:15:00] taught. Sounds like it was a riot, right? Just, they'd obviously been busy, uh, and there was such a swirl of activity around Jesus with so many people coming and going that they were unable to even eat a meal. Man, it does sound busy. So Jesus said to the disciples, come, let's take a break and find a secluded place where we can rest for a while. They slipped away and left by sailboat for a deserted spot, but many of the people saw them leaving and realized where they were headed. So they took off running along the shore, and these people really wanted to be there, didn't they? Then people from the surrounding towns joined them in the chase, and a large Crowd got there ahead of them. Wouldn't you have liked to have seen that? That just sounds amazing. Uh, by the time Jesus came ashore, a massive Crowd was waiting at the side of them. His heart was filled with compassion because they seemed like wandering sheep who had no shepherds. So he taught them many, many things. [00:16:00] Late that afternoon, his disciples said, it's getting really late, and we're in, we're here in this remote place with nothing to eat. You should send the crowds away so they can go into the surrounding villages and buy food for themselves. But he answered them well. You give something, uh, you give them something to eat. Are you sure? They replied, you really want us to go and buy them supper? It would cost a small fortune to feed all these thousands of hungry people. How many lives of bread do you have? Uh, Jesus asked, go and see. And after they had looked around, they came back and said, five plus a couple of fish. Then he instructed them to organize the Crowd and have them sit down in groups on the grass. So they had, uh, them sit down in groups of hundreds and fifties, and then Jesus took the five loaves and two fishes gazed into heaven and gave thanks to God. He broke the bread and the two fish and distributed them to his disciples to serve the people, and the food was [00:17:00] multiplied in front of their eyes. Everyone had plenty to eat and was fully satisfied. Doesn't that sound absolutely fantastic? Uh, and then the 12 disciples picked up what remained, and each of them ended up with a basket full of leftovers. Altogether, 5,000 families were fed that day. Now. Whew. There is a lot to get through in this particular portion of scripture and, uh, in true city style. Um, I've got some questions that I'm gonna an ask as we go through, uh, and it would be great if you feel free to put in the comments, your answers, your ideas, your thoughts, um, and we will hopefully all have the ability to join in, uh, as we go along. But let's get into this because it is a great, great portion of scripture. So. The apostles returned from their mission and gathered around. Jesus told 'em everything that they had done and taught. There was such a swell of activity around Jesus. So many people were coming and going. They were [00:18:00] unable to even eat a meal. Now, this was a very, very busy time for the disciples and for Jesus, and they'd just been working flat out right. They had just been going full steam ahead and, um. That was great and that was wonderful. But there comes a point whenever you go flat out, there comes a point where you just need to rest and recuperate. And Jesus understood this and he said, come, let's take a break and find a secluded place where we can rest for a while. And this is interesting, isn't it? At the moment when we think about what is going on in the world and the, the, the situation we find ourselves, actually many people are being forced into rest. Um. Uh, rightly or wrongly, you know, you are, um, you are self isolating. People are isolated, they're self isolated, they're house bound. They can't really get out. They can't really do a whole great deal. Um, it sounds to me like this is, this could be a, a really interesting period of [00:19:00] rest for people. And when I read this scripture, one of the things that I sort of think about here is this sort of conversation that is going on between Jesus and his disciples, and it just, it just kind of feels like Jesus is taking responsibility here for. For the rest, you know, it's taking responses. It's, it's, it is like going, yeah, we, we need to rest and I think we need to be responsible to ourselves to rest, especially in times of just busyness, right? To find those secluded places and to rest up and do what we need to do to gather that rest. So one of the things that I just wanted to say to you guys right at the start here is. Don't waste this time. If you are finding yourself in a place where you are being forced to rest. Um, I mean, for some of us, you know, for some people I totally appreciate this is not a forced rest. This is a lot more work, you know, for our NHS, for the medical teams, uh, for a whole bunch of people. This is a lot of extra work. I mean, at my own companies, [00:20:00] we've, um. We've separated the guys up into two teams, uh, just to make sure that, you know, at least, at least half the team is, is well. Um, but it means that each team has to do a bit more work to try and get the parcels out the door, right? And so for some of you, you might be laughing out again. Rest. Rest. Are you mad? This is not, this is a busy time. And it may be a season of rest, it may be a season of busyness, but if it is a season of resting, you are. Isolated and you are cut off, um, and you or you are self isolating or Do you know what I mean? There's all these things. Uh, make sure you use this time well. Do not waste it. It's my plea to you. You, you rarely get these kind of opportunities just to, uh, think about your. Life, your walk with God where he's taking you visions, plans and all that sort of stuff. So Sabbath well would be my advice if you are in this situation. So my first question of the day for you guys is what can you do [00:21:00] with this time that you have? What can you do with this time with your family? What can you do with this time for you personally? Um, what is God saying to you about it? How can you use this time well, okay. Let's moved on. So they slipped away and left by sailboat for a deserted spot. Okay. So they were, they were gonna travel, they were gonna get away. Uh, but many people saw them realize where they were going and followed along. And by the time they'd. Got to where they thought this deserted spot was gonna be. There was a whole bunch of people there. Um, and so the second thing to say here is, uh, your plans can get interrupted very, very quickly. And uh, this has definitely been proven in the last few weeks. All the plans that we had, all the plans that you had, all the plans that I have have been massively interrupted and turned on their heads. And so we have to think very carefully about. About that and be mindful and prayerful about it. But one of the interesting things is Jesus's response to [00:22:00] having this interruption. So by the time Jesus comes ashore, a massive crab was waiting at the sight of them. He wasn't angry, he wasn't annoyed. He didn't go to them and go, Hey guys, come on. Listen, I need my space. He, he was moved. It says here, or he was filled with compassion. And that is such a fantastic phrase, isn't it? He was filled with compassion. What does that actually mean? How. How did that actually work? And the reason it says that he was filled with compassion is because they seemed like wandering sheep who had no shepherd. In other words, they just seemed a bit lost, like they were people in need. These guys had a need. And so Jesus would, uh, it says here he taught them many things and I would've loved to have heard those sermons, let me tell you. But he's got thousands of people in front of him and they all seem a bit lost. And I can't help but use the analogy, uh, for. For where we're at now. There are some people, uh, in this world who are just. Lost who, [00:23:00] who feel like, or seem like they're wandering sheep who have no shepherd. They have no, they're sort of restless. They have no purpose or they have no sense of, uh, direction or Do you know what I mean? I may be talking to you right now and you may feel like this. You may go, I know how that sheep feels. Or let me tell you, Jesus has compassion. You, he is filled with compassion for you. He is filled with compassion for me, and that is great, and we can interrupt his plans all day long and he's filled with compassion. But I, I also wanna bring the challenge here that when our plans get interrupted by people like this, what's our response? How do we respond to that? Um, how, how do you, how do you, what do you think about that? I was talking with a friend of mine the other day, uh, a chap called Tim, who is also a church pastor. He's such a cool guy, and we're having a great conversation about, uh, all things coronavirus and what it meant for the church. And, um, one of the things that he said, which really struck a chord with me is he, he [00:24:00] said he doesn't think that this, the generation that we're in, the sort of the generation of people know what it is to give, um. Or to share sacrificially, right. To, uh, if you ever read through the book of Acts, you'll see stories of, um, the early church, how they brought everything together and they shared everything they had so no one was with need. And we don't, it's an interesting question, like how does that work in the modern day church? How does that work in the modern day society? Uh, and this is not the time nor the place to get into it, but it is a question and a challenge. Do we know what it is to share sacrificially when someone else is in need? And maybe someone who, who could have known better or should have known better. They come along, they interrupt our plans, they interrupt what's going on, what do we do? Can we, um, share sacrificially because there's a great moral in this story when we do, and we can [00:25:00] learn from that. So, um, it moves us from being in this place of being totally obsessed with ourself. Right? And it, I have to be honest with you, uh. Walking around supermarkets, seeing people just fill their trolleys with stuff just so that they're all right. It's not really the heart of the Christian message or the Christian story. Uh, and it's not really what Jesus is all about. I think, you know, Jesus would be the guy walking around the supermarket with this trolley going, oh, here have, I've got, you know, I don't need 14. Toilet rose. You have some, you have some, you have some share. Share sacrificially, right? 'cause that's what we do as Christians. That's what we do as believers. I think that's what God calls us to do. It doesn't call us to hoard and just to, you know, make sure that I'm all right, Jack. Uh, it's in that place of giving and sharing that actually the miracles of God actually really do take place. And so what's your story has been recently? We had, um, we've currently got a house with eight people living in it. That's right. Eight people. [00:26:00] Uh, her girl, uh, Kat from London has come home because, you know, London was gonna get shut down. She's gotta work at home. Why would you not? We've got our, you know, the, the, the five edmo, we've got the two Bramleys, we've got Mona all staying at our house, lodge's, big family. And it's great. But having that many people in your house. I have to say it's been an absolute joy. I can't really say it's been sacrificial, uh, sharing yet, but we're only on like day two. So, you know, as me in three weeks, I just don't know. But at a time like this, whatever we've got, you know, we had enough rooms in our house, uh, we can, we can definitely share those out. Um, oh, Mims on. Hey Mim. Hi ya. That I, I think I pronounced that right. Let me, um. Hi ya. Hey Mi. How are we doing? So, um, so yeah, so he was moved with compassion, taught them many, many things. So the question for you here is what do [00:27:00] you see is the need around you? Uh, and where is your heart being moved with compassion towards people? Great question. Okay. Moving on. Late that afternoon, so they've been teaching all day. They've been going all day. His disciples said it's getting really late, and we're here in this remote place with nothing to eat. No McDonald's, no drive-through, no takeaway, no orders. Everyone's getting a bit, you know, that restless kind of hunger that's going on. So send them away. Let's call it a day. They can go into the surrounding towns and villages and they can go and buy themselves food. In other words, there's a problem coming. We see the problem that's coming. It'll be good to dismiss everybody and get rid of them and help them go away. So, uh, he answered them. You give them something to, he said, Jesus saying, well, hang on a minute. There's a need here. Why can't you fill it? Why can't you give them something to eat? And the answer was, are you sure? Uh, you really want us to buy them supper? It would cost a small fortune to feed all of [00:28:00] these thousands of hungry people, not to say the logistics of it. Uh, how would they bring all of that food in? Uh, um, what's been put here? Oh, thanks for, let me add this here. I do like the interaction. Whoops. Uh, so do comment. Oh, thanks for the shout out. Uh, I know you're missing my top quality banter. You have no idea. Mi we totally miss your top quality banter. So, um, so yeah, so, you know, Jesus, what's the question? Is like, you know what? There's a need going on. Uh, how can you help these folks yourself? How can you meet that need? Right? Um, it's easy to look at a problem and go, right, well, let's get rid of the problem. Let's send the people away. And so they can go and fix it themselves. But Jesus is going, hang on a minute. What, what are you gonna do here? And the, the disciples look at it and they go, Jesus, listen, we haven't got the money. We haven't got the logistics. We haven't got the supply. We've not got everything that we need. I'm not gonna lie to be able to do this. What do you mean? I haven't got the resource. And in [00:29:00] fact, if you are a, uh, or have been around Christian ministry for any length of time or if indeed you run or work in a charity, one of the most common complaints I hear all the time is this is the vision. This is what I feel God's told us to do. But these are the resources that I have. I just need God to gimme more money. Um, will you as a business sponsor what's going on so I can fulfill the vision? In other words, it's this sort of response. Jesus has gone, you go do this. But the response is, I don't have the resource to do it. How many of you know what that feels like? And it's not just charities or ministries, um, you know, that has this problem. We all have this problem, especially. Today, in this time, you know, if God's telling us to share what we have with people, you're like, well, how, hang on a minute. Am I gonna have enough for tomorrow? Have I got enough resource to do that? Um, I don't really have the, I dunno if I've got a job, I dunno if I've got this. I can't afford to buy food for them and me. What is going on? And I'm, I don't have all the answers by the way. These are just the [00:30:00] questions filtering, uh, flowing around, not filtering, but flowing around in the back of my head. Uh, as I think this stuff through, what is God saying? Um, and where, where's he calling me to be? Where am I going? Well, I can't do that, God, because I don't have the resource to do it. 'cause this is where the story gets really interesting, right? So he says, um, how many of loaves of bread do you actually have? Go and see. Um, after they'd looked, they'd come back and said, five plus a couple of fish. In other words, um. What resources do we have? 'cause it's easy to say, isn't it, I don't have the ability to do this. I don't have the resource, the logistics, the time, the energy, the skillset, the mindset, the people, whatever it is, we're just, we can't get this done. Right? That's an easy thing to say. Um, but what has God put in the, in your group, in your community already? Because you know, how many loaves of bread do you have? Let's go and see. And after they'd looked around, they came back and [00:31:00] said, five plus a couple of fish. This story, right? This miracle is apart from the resurrection, um, is the only miracle recorded in all four gospels. Okay? So it's a pretty big deal and. When you read the story across all four gospels, you get these little snippets and it sort of builds a sort of a complete bigger picture. And we've all heard, uh, or say always an assumption there. Sorry about that. But you know, we may have heard this story where it's like a boy's lunch, okay? To give you some idea. Small loaves of bread, uh, and fish, which was equivalent to a boy's lunch. In other words, in the Crowd somewhere, was a boy with a lunch. Now I read this and I kind of go, you know what? Don't think you guys look particularly hard. I mean, if I was Jesus, this would be my response. It's probably a reason why I'm not Jesus. Uh, I just know if this was at work and I said, well, hang on a minute, what have we got? Go and have a look. And they came back and said, five plus a couple of fish. I'd be like, [00:32:00] really? How hard did you actually look? Because I'm not convinced you actually looked that hard. Let's just face facts, right? Let's just. Put it out there. That was rubbish. In a group of 5,000 families, you found one guy, a young boy with a lunch. And, uh, what we, I, I read this and I also go, well, hang on a minute. Did the disciples actually look at what they had? Did they have any lunch with him? Did they have any food? Because all we know is they've just gone and found one small boy with some stuff, uh, and gone. There you go. This is all we, this is all, we've got this sort of token gesture. And so this thing where God calls us to do something, to share sacrificially and to give and we're like, you know what, God, all I've got is this small amount of stuff almost. Just not taking it seriously enough, really. Um, and the story kind of has this really [00:33:00] cool sort of way of dealing with that because, uh, he intricts them, uh, to get everybody organized. The first thing God says to do is get everybody organized and have 'em sit in groups on a grass and they have them sit down in groups of hundreds and fifties. And this I find fascinating because it's like, um, the first step is, is, is organize. I don't, I don't like this step. Hang on a minute. There's 5,000 families. You want me to put them in groups? In other words, break down what God's telling you to do into smaller groups. Can we start with a group of five, then move on to a group of 50, then move on to a group of a hundred as God gives us the multiplication and the increase we can move on to bigger and bigger things, right? And so he has them break down into these smaller groups and organized, uh, into fifties and a hundred. So I dunno how long that takes. 5,000 people. I can't imagine it is a quick event. Um, but it's all going on and I can't imagine what's going through their heads all of this time. It's like, why are they, why is Jesus having me or having his [00:34:00] break out into all these, what is going on? What is he doing? And sometimes, and sometimes, most of the time when God's moving on your behalf and doing stuff and he is moving stuff around and shifting stuff around, do you ever get that feeling like, God, what are you doing? You kind of, you're between the God's told me to do this and the, you know, God's gonna pull through and do some kind of thing and you're, you're, you're kind of in between these two zones and, and, and God seems to be moving stuff around, but you dunno why you dunno what's going on and things seem to be happening around you and you're just like, what, what is happening? Uh, and you know what? We just don't see the bigger picture sometimes, do we yet? But God does. And he has them all sit around. In these groups, uh, and like I say, it's gonna take, gonna have taken a little bit of time, so. And then Jesus took the loaves and the two fish. In other words, what we have to give, no matter how big, no matter how small, what is in our hands, what we have to give, [00:35:00] he takes it. When we give it to him, he looks to heaven and he gives thanks to God and he breaks the bread and the two fish and distributes them to his disciples, and the food was multiplied in front of their eyes. Can you imagine seeing such a thing? Uh, it. It just boggles my mind what is going on where all of this, as Jesus keeps breaking, it keeps multiplying. It keeps multiplying. And um, and that I find fascinating because without Jesus, it's just a small boy's lunch. It's just small and it's insignificant. It's, you know, um, just a little bit of food. But when we get Jesus involved. More, actually, let me rephrase that. When we get involved with what Jesus is doing is probably a better way to say it. Um, he takes whatever's small and makes it enough for 5,000 people, uh, or 5,000 families. I mean, that's more than 5,000 people, but Do you know what I mean? And. Any number over 50 is massive [00:36:00] in this situation. So thousands of people, Jesus is doing something amazing with something tiny and small, and we need to remember that during this time, during this period, whatever we have, whatever we can do, whatever we can give, whatever we can bring with God, that can be broken into enough to help a lot of people without him, if we just keep him out and hold things to ourselves. It's just a single lunch. And, um, so I've just put here in my notes, uh, you know, it's without Jesus, it's just five loaves and two fish with him. It's everything. We have Jesus. And with Jesus, he can do miracles with the, with the little that we have when we are willing to give. Share what we have. And uh, the key here for me in this verse is when he broke it, um, and distributed it, he gave thanks. And there's this, there's this [00:37:00] real sort of hidden gem here that when we bring stuff to Jesus, we need to bring it with a sort of gratitude. This spirit of gratitude, this spirit of gratefulness, and just saying, I am so grateful for what you have given me. It might be. Five loaves and two fish. It might just be one lunch. Um, and, and this is where I think you stop the panic buying in the shops when people go, you know what? I am so grateful I have enough for the meal that's in front of me. That's awesome, but Jesus, do with it what you will rather than not having that gratitude causes you just to hoard and hoard and hoard and hoard and hor and horde, and this attitude of gratitude, as they say, I think is the root cause of this miracle and the the, um. The miracle of Christ in sort of multiplying the little that we have all starts with him looking to heaven, acknowledging God and giving thanks, blessing what he has and just starting from a place of thankfulness. And I find that a real [00:38:00] challenge, um, because when it comes to what God's wanting to do in me and through me during this time, it has to come from a place of, you know what? I don't know. I don't get it. The world is crazy at the moment. Things are going on, which I don't get, I don't understand. Um, the shelves are empty at the supermarket, but I know I don't have to fear. I know I don't have to panic. And actually, what I have to do as a Christian in this place is not only, uh, think about me, but be moved with compassion on the hundreds of people I see around me and just go, God, what is it you want me to do? How can I help and serve the people around me to a place where we just see you miraculously. Multiply whatever is set with front of, in front of us. Because there's this, look at what it says right there at the bottom. Everyone had plenty to eat and was fully satisfied. I mean, geez, that's just, that's amazing, isn't it? One small lunch satisfies 5,000 people and so with Jesus, it's incredible what he [00:39:00] can do with the little that we have. I just wanna keep emphasizing that point. And then the 12 disciples picked up what remained, and each of them ended up with a basket full of leftovers. Altogether, 5,000 families were fed that day. Just wanna finish off actually looking at this, going one, this, this, to me symbolizes Jesus's, um, attitude to waste. Um, in other words, we've. We have all this food and there's plenty left over. They could have left it, they didn't. Do you know what I mean? But he had them gather it up. In other words, let's, let's try not waste anything. Uh, let's not be wasteful. Um, and again, this is a real challenge in this world at the moment where everything is so disposable. Um, but let's not waste it. Let's not waste it. And this maybe is another message in another talk. I just wanted to share my thoughts with you on this. Um. I just wanna close with this other thought. It says here that, uh, the 12 disciples picked up what remained and each of them ended up with a basket full of leftovers. You kind of go away with the impression that actually the, each of the 12 disciples maybe went home with a basket full of leftovers. I [00:40:00] don't know if the disciples got it. Um, and it may just be the way this is written in this particular, particular translation, I kind of like to think, I wonder, I just wonder if that boy who gave his lunch took it home. I just wonder if he, if he was the one that got this sort of 12 baskets and went back, mom, dad, look. Look what Jesus has given me because there's a biblical principle here which says, when you sow, you reap. When you give, God blesses. You we're blessed to be a blessing. We're, you know, God's given us a stuffed. To share, to give supernatural, sacrificially whatever words you like. And when we do, God multiplies it to the point where we have way more than whatever we gave, right? That's the story of the gospel. That's the story. You take it like, you know, uh, to do with life generally, when we come to Jesus and give him our lives the little that we have, and go, you know what, Jesus, you bought and paid for this. Died for my sin. You sacrificed yourself for me. You died on a cross that I could have life and have [00:41:00] in all abundance. Take my life, do with it. Whatever you can. I am yours. Let's go for it. When we do that and give him that, what we get back is unbelievable. I mean, it's just unbelievable. He, he returns and rewards to us in ways that we never, ever dreamed and thought possible because that's, that's our Jesus. That's the gospel. And so, uh, and you never know that God, what God's gonna do through you to affect thousands and thousands of people. So there we go. There are the scriptures. Mark chapter six, verses 30 through 44. The story of feeding the 5,000. There's a lot to be thinking about there, fortunately. This is on video and you can watch it back time and time again to get it outta there. But let's think about the four questions now. If I'd have planned this a little bit better, I'm learning as we go along. So next time we do it live, I'll definitely plan this better. I would put the four questions on the screen, um, but as it is, I haven't been able to do that. So let me read the questions [00:42:00] out to you, um, and you can decide, uh, let me get rid of that so it's not distracting. There we go. So you can, uh, think about these questions and like I say, get involved in the comments. If you, if you would, like, if you're not watching this live, you can still get involved in the comments on Facebook. Um, and maybe we'll talk about this a little bit on Wednesday to see what God's doing, what God's saying to you. Question number one, what can you do with this time that you. Possibly in have, right? So if you find yourself, um, uh, you know, isolated or, uh, at home, more not at work, and you find yourself, you've got more time on your hands walking, you do with this time, uh, so you don't waste it. Um, but that you rest and Sabbath correctly. So that's question number one. Question number two, where do you see, uh, need around you? Okay, I just got a notification. Oh, Sharon, typing up the question as well. [00:43:00] So question number two, where do you see need around you? So where are you moved with compassion? You know these, where do you see, I mean, and let's be real you. It's everywhere, right? It is everywhere. So where do you see the need around you? Where is God moving your heart? You know, where's he giving you that compassion for people? And question number three, what do you have in your hand to give? What do you have in your hand to give, uh, what's your equivalent of the loaves and the fishes? What can you give to people? Uh, what can you just give away and share sacrificially? Where do you feel like God's calling you do? And the other question here is, I suppose. Off the back of that, if I think about the disciples, what are you hiding? What are you not actually given to Jesus? Um, just a thought. Uh, and question number four, what can [00:44:00] you be grateful for? How is your attitude, uh, of gratitude going for you? What can you be grateful for? So those are the four questions. Uh, Sharon is putting them up on here. Sarah Langston. Children's. Oh, Langston Children's. Oh, hang on. You can see this. Let me put this on here. Langston Children say we can spend more time praying. Spot the super parents. Yeah. Yeah. Well, doing kids, that's amazing. Of course we can spend more time praying. What are we gonna pray for? That's a good question, isn't it? What can you pray for? Uh, so we can spend some more time praying and actually that, I just love it when it comes out of a mouth of chil children because it's so true, isn't it? At this time we have no excuse to not spend time with God. We have no real excuse not to get into reading our Bibles and not to pray. Let's do that. Right. Let's do that. Very good. Well done. Langston Kids. Top banana. [00:45:00] Uh oh. What we've got here, it's a broadcast, it's all coming from the langstons. There is need when we see homeless people outside shops and coffee shops, et cetera. That is so true. That is so true. 'cause it's a big deal, right? I mean, these guys have nowhere to go to isolate. So let's not, because I don't know about you, but it's, it's easy. When it's convenient, isn't it? When you're going into the supermarket, you can go, oh, actually I can, I can take some extra and I can put it into feedback, or I can take some extra and give it to this guy outside the shop. But if you're now getting home deliveries, um, I wonder if, you know, we, how do we, how do we still help the homeless? It's a really great question. Um, so let's definitely think about that. Josiah says he has kindness and love to give. You have it in spades. Josiah, you are an absolute legend, no doubt about it. You've got lots of that to give. Awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. [00:46:00] Okay. Sharon says, are they taking requests? Oh's? Who taking requests? Sorry, I dunno what you're talking about there, babe. Uh, man. Grateful. Dear Lord, have mercy. So if you don't know mim, if you've not met Mim, or if you've met Mim and have no idea what she's talking about, Mim has a slight addiction issues when it comes to baby bells. And so, um, if, you know, if you want to bless MIM in any way, shape or form, baby Bells seems to be the currency, uh, in which she, uh, receives, uh, love and support, you know, the five Languages of Love. Um. Number one would be baby bells for mim. So just wanna put that out there. Uh, next comment. What have we got here? Praying. Oops. Praying for people to get, oh, this is what, and, and to what we can pray for. So praying for people to get [00:47:00] better, for coronavirus, for people working in hospitals. Absolutely. And, and for people to sleep well. You know what, uh, they are such good requests. Um, pray for people to get better. Coronavirus, I think today is today the National Day of Prayer for all of this. Um, I think it might be, uh, babe, did you say something about that? Maybe you wanna put something in the comments about this being a National Day of Prayer. Um, whack that on there. Um, but yeah, definitely be praying for people working in hospitals and for our NHS because I know those guys are gonna be rammed hard and work very, very hard. And it's cool to see so many of the businesses and shops and supermarkets and all that sort of stuff, really giving to support our NHS staff at the moment. That is great to see. Keep it up. But Lord, we do pray for people who are sick with the coronavirus. That you would bring healing. We pray, Lord, that you would be with our nation at this time. Uh, [00:48:00] and help us through the coronavirus situations that are going on, help our leaders, help us make right decisions. Um, Lord, we do pray for people working in hospitals for our NHS staff, for all the key workers, for all the Frontline staff. Keep them safe. Keep their families safe, we pray, and would you bless them and give rest to people that are working super, super hard at the moment. We're so grateful for them. Uh, amen. Next comment here. I just love going down the comments. Uh, are the shelves still stuck with baby or it's there shortage? Okay, we're gonna follow this conversation on, I've bought, bought them unprepared, obviously. You're gonna have to give those away following today's message, Mim. So if you need baby bells, Mims got plenty, she'll give them away and share sacrificially. Um, she's got enough here for the end of the world, apparently. Okay. National Day of Prayer is today at seven o'clock. So at 7:00 PM [00:49:00] It is the National Day of Prayer. Make sure you, uh, join with the rest of the Christian, uh, Christians around the nation to pray for. Nation, that would be amazing. What's this one here, Mona says in response to, what can you do during isolation? FaceTime anyone who lives by themselves or away from family. Absolutely. Or you can write their comments on Facebook. If they don't seem to have Facebook. Uh, but no, that's cool. Actually. Uh, I dunno about you 'cause it's Mother's Day and that leads me to say Happy Mother's Day. Um, Sarah, happy Mother's Day, Sharon, all you mums out there. Happy Mother's Day. We FaceTimed, uh, my mum this morning, uh, which was very, very funny. I won't explain why, but it was very, very funny. Uh, and we had a great time talking with her. We FaceTimed Sharon's parents as well this morning, which was great. So, um, it's like I say, we can't be with them physically, which is a real shame on Mother's Day, but. We can be with them digitally, which is just, [00:50:00] you know, it's what we can do. Let's do it. So, uh, FaceTime someone who lives by themselves or is away from family tomorrow night, in fact, uh, we have my, uh, daughter's 13th birthday. She turns 13 tomorrow. Can you believe it? Zoe becomes 13. Uh, we will have nothing but teenagers as kids in the house, which, you know, pray for me and, um. No, they're amazing kids. I'm fine. Uh, and Zoe turns 13, of course. This really screws up the birthday party, right? They're just, they, it just does. And so we're having, uh, people who can't be with us physically join us by FaceTime. So we are gonna have, uh, actually Zoom. We're gonna have Zoom, uh, birthday party's going on, so people are gonna join us by Zoom. I think Nicola, who is gonna join us, she's even cooking the same meal that we are gonna eat. So she feels like she's. Part of it, which is cool. Uh, so yeah, we can do all kinds of stuff like that. Um, little Langstons [00:51:00] are all waving at you. Matt, can you wave back please? Love you guys. You're amazing. Uh, love the little langstons. They are three of the coolest people in the world. Big shout out to you. I hope you're being good to you, man. Because it is Mother's Day. Uh, give her a hug from me and say, happy Mother's Day. That would be amazing. Zoe's party will be fab. Oh, Zoe's party will be fab Pass parcel musical statues. You know, I can get how we can do musical statues using, uh, zoom and FaceTime. I can get that. I think that's brilliant. I'm not sure how pass parcel is gonna work. I'm not gonna lie that, that's beyond me unless we have teleportation. Uh, but you we'll, we'll do it anyway. We'll, we'll have some fun. And maybe, I suppose someone could. If the music stops on one of the FaceTime people, someone, I suppose, yeah. Okay. I get it. Someone could unwrap it for them and if they actually win the prize, we'll just mail it to them because why not part of it. Right. So that's cool. Awesome. So I [00:52:00] am aware of time. The comments are fab guys. Well done. Keep it coming. Uh, it has been great going through this with you. Like I say, work through those questions. Just to remind you what they are, they are on the comments. Uh, what can you do with this time that you possibly have? Where do you see need around you? What do you have in your hand to give and what can you be grateful for? Uh, I think I can remove that from the broadcast. There we go. Um. Four great questions to work through if you haven't done so. Or, or like, let me start that sentence again. I will send round the zoom link for the community gathering on Wednesday night. Um, that, like I say, is gonna be on Zoom. If you don't have Zoom already installed, uh, you are gonna want to go to, um, I think it's Zoom us. If you wanna go to this site here, um, sign up. It is [00:53:00] totally free. Um, and you may be asked to download a little. A widget of some kind. As long as you're on this zoom us, it'll be totally fine. And also when I send the uh, link through for the Zoom, there'll also be links on there, which will link to the site and you can download stuff. But get the Zoom thing. You can do it on your phones, smartphones, you can do it on your tablets, uh, and you can do it on your laptop. As long as you've got an internet connection, you can join in. You'll need a microphone on whatever device it is you are going to dial in from. If you want us to hear you, you'll need a camera of some kind if you want people to see you. Um, and if you've got a, a microphone and a camera, please use them because the more we can see you, the better the more interaction we have. This is great where I can throw comments on the screen and, but it's still just me. On the, on the screen. So, uh, definitely, uh, get involved with us on Wednesday night in the mid, uh, week communities. Like I said, right at the start. Check out our Instagram page as [00:54:00] Sharon is gonna be putting some questions out on Instagram. Get involved with that. Let's share the good news of Jesus out to the world. It has been great chatting to you. We will be back in this cave doing another one of these carrying on our, uh, topic. Uh, a topic, a study in Mark, uh, next week, not in two weeks. Next week we've got it more coming, so, uh, uh, read ahead of time. You know what it's gonna be. It's gonna be, uh, what is the next one? I think actually it's where Jesus walks on water. Calms a storm. That seems pretty apt for this modern day, don't you think? Uh, so we are gonna be getting into that. Make sure you marketing your diaries. Come join us. Thanks for getting involved this week, guys. God bless you. Let's, um, let's pray for one another and, uh, let's, let's just keep bringing the good news of Jesus. Let's, you know, perfect love casts out all fear. I, I dunno about you, but for me, at this point of my life, it's, it's very odd. It's very crazy. But I. I have never [00:55:00] felt the peace of God like it. I just, I just know God's in this somehow. So, uh, let's share that with the world. If you are new to us, uh, please do get in touch. Please come along and keep watching. It'll be great to connect with you and see what is going on. Um, finally. Let's just have a look at the final comments. 'cause I feel like Josh, time to get yourself and your siblings into the Kitchen to finish making my Mother's Day dinner. Yep. Josh, go get Zack and Zoe because we need to do some roast vegetables to go with the lamb. So that is definitely going on. Uh, Sarah says, thanks Matt. Any worship recommendations this week? Oh, that's a great question Now. I've not actually checked out what Facebook put on the, uh, what Facebook put, what Frontline put on their Facebook page, but I know they're putting out worship recommendations. Um, what would my worship recommendation be? I tell you what my favorite song is at the moment and I dunno who sang it or what it's by, but I'm gonna get it, [00:56:00] uh, here on my phone. I don't think I'm gonna be able to play it to you. 'cause Facebook Live and copyright and all that kind of stuff just goes nuts, but iTunes. Music playlists. So my song of the moment is this song, um, I really, really like it. I dunno if you can see this. It's, it's just gonna still focus on me. There we go. He. Have you got that? He lives, um, featuring Chris. Oh wait, stop, scroll on my screen. Featuring Chris, somebody rather, uh, church of the City. I just love that song. Check out that song. He lives, uh, by Church of the City. It may actually, should we check it now? Let's check it now. YouTube.[00:57:00] Oh yes. Let me share with this. Oh yeah, this is a song I'll play like two seconds before Facebook, but definitely of the moment. So Sarah, hope that answers your questions. Uh, thanks Matt. No problem. Great to see you guys. God bless you. We will see you again very soon. Langston kids, be good to you, mom. Happy Mother's Day. God bless you. See you soon. Bye.
