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• You Feed Them.
• Luke 910-17

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Luke 910

• 10 On their return the apostles told him all that
  they had done. And he took them and withdrew
  apart to a town called Bethsaida.
• Mark 63031 30The apostles returned to Jesus and
  told him all that they had done and taught. 31
  And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to
  a desolate place and rest a while. For many were
  coming and going, and they had no leisure even to
  eat.

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Luke 911

• 11 When the crowds learned it, they followed him,
  and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the
  kingdom of God and cured those who had need of
  healing.
• Mark 634 When he went ashore he saw a great
  crowd, and he had compassion on them, because
  they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he
  began to teach them many things.

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Luke 912-13a

• 12 Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve
  came and said to him, Send the crowd away to go
  into the surrounding villages and countryside to
  find lodging and get provisions, for we are here
  in a desolate place. 13 But he said to them,
  You give them something to eat.

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Luke 913-14

• 13 But he said to them, You give them something
  to eat. They said, We have no more than five
  loaves and two fishunless we are to go and buy
  food for all these people. 14 For there were
  about five thousand men. And he said to his
  disciples, Have them sit down in groups of about
  fifty each.

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Gaps are reality in ministry.

• 10,000 people need to eat
• Gaps in Biblical Community
• Gaps in Financial Resources
• Weekly Budget 25,618/Weekly Income 20,329
• Weekly Shortfall 5291
• Updated weekly on web

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Luke 915-17
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Gaps can lead to pessimism.

• Pass the buck Someone else will serve.
• When my ship comes in I will help when I have a
  surplus
• Mark 638 And he said to them, How many loaves
  do you have? Go and see. And when they had found
  out, they said, Five, and two fish.

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Luke 915-17

• 15 And they did so, and had them all sit down. 16
  And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he
  looked up to heaven and said a blessing over
  them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to
  the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 And
  they all ate and were satisfied. And what was
  left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken
  pieces.