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A Miracle Happened by the Offering of a Little Child

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(John 6:9-11)

"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.

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One day Jesus Christ and his disciples went to another place by a boat.

Many people from different places followed Jesus.

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There were many sick people among those who followed Jesus. The sick people had heard that Jesus Christ could cure any sickness. They followed Jesus with faith that Jesus could cure their ailments too.

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As time passed by, more and more people came to meet Jesus.

Without resting, Jesus preached the gospel and cured many people.

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One evening Jesus said to his disciple, Philip.

"Where can I find enough bread to feed all these people?"

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Philip answered, "Two hundred denarius could not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!" Two hundred denarius was a huge amount of money which is equal to 6 months salary.

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The number of adult men gathered there were about 5,000 and if the adult women and children were counted, it would have been more than 25,000 people. So Philip's answer was not wrong.

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Just then, Andrew brought a boy and said to Jesus, " Jesus, all we have are 5 small loaves of bread and 2 small fish from this boy`s lunchbox. However, we cannot feed all these people with only this."

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Hearing that, Jesus said, "Tell the people to sit down." The disciples told the people to sit down. All of the people obeyed and sat down expecting to be fed.

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Jesus brought the 5 loaves of bread and the 2 small fish from the boy and prayed to God.

Then he gave the loaves of bread and the fish to the disciples.

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Then a wonderful miracle happened. As they gave the loaves of bread and the fish, it kept on multiplying. The disciples kept on giving out the fish and the loaves of bread until all of the people gathered there got some.

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The people ate and were satisfied and the collected leftover bread and fish filled twelve baskets.

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Jesus did not ignore the five loaves of bread and the two small fish offered by the little kid. Furthermore, with the food from that little boy, Jesus performed a miracle of feeding over five thousand people with more than enough leftover.

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God raised a little shepherd, David, to be king of Israel because God saw the good heart he had towards God. God also raised little Samuel to be a great priest of Israel because God saw his good faith.

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Faith is not something you achieve when you grow up. Even when you are young and even when you have little, if you do what you can for Jesus, God will accept your heart and will make an amazing miracle through you.

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Just like the child that offered his five small loaves of bread and the two small fish, let us think about what we can do for Jesus right now. I hope you can put that into action.

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