{"id":39232,"date":"2026-02-13T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39232"},"modified":"2026-02-11T14:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:20:15","slug":"260214-loaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/260214-loaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Loaves, Fish, and Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260214_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260214_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260214_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Matthew 6:25 Jesus says, \u201cThat is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life\u2014whether you have enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On one occasion, Jesus had taken the disciples on a retreat.\u00a0 Then came the hungry crowd.\u00a0 Then the disciples issued a command to Jesus. \u201cSend the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.\u201d But Jesus issued an assignment, \u201cYou give them something to eat.<em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Do you suppose Jesus was hoping someone would count all the possibilities: \u201cwe have five loaves, two fish, and \u2026 Jesus!\u201d\u00a0<em>(<\/em>Matthew 14: 15-17 NLT)<\/p>\n<p>Standing next to the disciples was the solution to their problems \u2026 but the disciples stopped their counting and worried. What about you? Are you counting your problems or are you counting on Christ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39136 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=ed9d33b78d&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3Ded9d33b78d%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770856680744000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JJZWU9Zyf54k7XSWVRNHN\"><em>Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Matthew 6:25 Jesus says, \u201cThat is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life\u2014whether you have enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On one occasion, Jesus had taken the disciples on a retreat.  Then came the hungry crowd.  Then the disciples issued a command to Jesus. \u201cSend the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.\u201d But Jesus issued an assignment, \u201cYou give them something to eat.\u201d Do you suppose Jesus was hoping someone would count all the possibilities: \u201cwe have five loaves, two fish, and \u2026 Jesus!\u201d (Matthew 14: 15-17 NLT)<\/p>\n<p>Standing next to the disciples was the solution to their problems \u2026 but the disciples stopped their counting and worried. What about you? Are you counting your problems or are you counting on Christ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39235,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39232\/revisions\/39235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}