"I Don't Believe in Hopeless"

John 6:1-13
"Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, "Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!"
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up, "Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted." 13So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten."

Notes taken from sermon given by Tim Harmon...

*"Even in the darkest circumstances, there is hope. No matter how hopeless a situation, God's presence brings hope."
*"God is not asking about a solution but He does invite us into the process. Where God is present, hope abounds. Bring people to Jesus, the rest is up to Him."
*"God does not ask us to give what we do not have."
*"God can take the flawed, the broken, and sinful and do something extraordinary."
*"We are made perfect by what God has done. When we minister, God ministers to us."