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READ: EXODUS 16:4; MATTHEW 6:9-11, 31-34; JOHN 6:25-51\n\n\n\nFather, we come, we kneel, we pray.As You have commandedwe ask bread for today.Bread for today and today alone\u2014Your grace we needfor tomorrow\u2019s unknown.Tomorrow\u2019s unknown looms ahead\u2014We fear it, Lord!We confess our dread.Ah, dark dread\u2014may you forever beforbidden and crushedby His wounds on the Tree.His wounds run deepwith healing strength,His sinless bloodmakes darkness shrink\u2014\u2018Till darkness fades and fear gives wayto glorious hope\u2014Resurrection Day!Father, we come, we stand,we sing!You are the Bread,Everlasting King,To You aloneAll praise we bring.\n\n\n\nI love the metaphors Jesus uses in Scripture\u2014like calling Himself the \u201cbread of God,\u201d \u201cbread of life,\u201d and the \u201cliving bread\u201d (John 6:33, 35, 51). By using a metaphor about something we can touch, taste, and smell\u2014something as life-giving as bread\u2014Jesus communicates crucial things about Himself that ordinary descriptions simply fail to do. \u2022 G. Kam Congleton\n\n\n\n\u2022 Consider taking some time to reread today\u2019s Scripture passages. Why do you think Jesus tells us to ask for \u201cdaily bread\u201d (Matthew 6:11)?\n\n\n\n\u2022 And in John 6, why would Jesus compare Himself to bread? What point is Jesus making to His listeners that is hard for some of them to swallow? (Okay, pun intended!)\n\n\n\n\u201cFor the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d John 6:33 (NIV)