47 Daily Bread
47 Daily Bread
How are the trials that we face both challenges and
opportunities for growth?
The Israelites had become accustomed to the Egyptian
government providing them with food and water (in exchange for their
servitude). It became necessary for the children of Israel to learn to rely on
the Lord.
What can we learn from that?
Do you look for evidence of the Lord’s power in your own
life? Are you petitioning the Lord for help in your life? Are you listening to
the influence and guidance of the Holy Ghost? Will you take time in your
personal and family prayers to thank Heavenly Father for His help?
What are some daily habits that you have developed to take
care of your body?
(food, drink, cleanliness, exercise, relaxation, sleep,
etc.) We need to regularly feed our bodies.
What are some daily habits we can develop that will help us
to care for our spirits, and in so doing will help us become stronger and more
capable to meet the demands on our time and the challenges of life?
Journal Activity:
Do we regularly allow the Lord to feed out Spirits?
- Why do
you think the need to feed our spirits is as important as caring for our
bodies?
- Why
can it be easy to overlook our spiritual needs?
- Do you
feel the same desire to care for your spirit every day as you do for your
body? Why or why not?
- What
do you feel Heavenly Father would have you do each day to care for your
spirit?
Seek inspiration to know what you can continue to do, or
what you can change, to provide your spirit with the daily strength from the
Lord that it needs.
The Israelites needed to learn to daily Rely on the Lord:
The Israelites needed to develop faith in Jesus Christ. They
went back and forth between praising Him for freeing them from the Egyptians to
complaining and murmuring against, Moses, Aaron, and the Lord. How can taking
time to develop faith in Jesus Christ help us endure unpleasant things so that
we can ask for the Lord’s help instead of murmur and complain? Are we trusting
that the Lord loves us and that He is merciful to us?
Before crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites complained that
Moses should have left them in Egypt, instead of bringing them into the desert
to be destroyed by Pharaoh’s army.
After they saw the Red Sea parted and walked through it on
dry ground, their song and dance changed for a little bit. But we need to
remember that miracles themselves do not convert. Rather, it is the Spirit of
the Lord being with us in good times and bad.
After crossing the Red Sea:
Exodus
14:31And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the
Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord,
and his servant Moses.
31 And Israel saw that great work which
the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord,
and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.
Exodus
15:1–21 The praised the Lord in song and with dancing. They sang a song to
the Lord expressing that He triumphed gloriously.
1 Then sang Moses and the
children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I
will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the
horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The Lord is my strength and
song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I
will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a
man of war: the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his
host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned
in the Red sea.
5 The depths have covered them: they
sank into the bottom as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O Lord,
is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces
the enemy.
7 And in the greatness of thine
excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest
forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils
the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as
an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of
the sea.
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I
will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied
upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea
covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like unto
thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious
in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand,
the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth
the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in
thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
14 The people shall hear, and be
afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shall
be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the
inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
16 Fear and dread shall
fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still
as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass
over, which thou hast purchased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant
them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place,
O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary,
O Lord, which thy hands have established.
18 The Lord shall reign for
ever and ever.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with
his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought
again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on
dry land in the midst of the sea.
20 ¶ And Miriam the prophetess,
the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all
the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye
to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider
hath he thrown into the sea.
It did not last long. They complained and rebelled because
of trials they face when Moses led them to Mt. Sinai.
Are we, as covenant members of the Church and therefore
modern Israel, any different than ancient Israel? How can I personally do
better?
How did the Lord take care of the children of Israel and
provide for their needs while in the wilderness?
Exodus
16:2–4, 11–15
2 And the whole congregation of the
children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto
them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of
Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat
bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill
this whole assembly with hunger.
4 ¶ Then said the Lord unto
Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people
shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them,
whether they will walk in my law, or no.
11 ¶ And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of
the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh,
and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that
I am the Lord your God.
13 And it came to pass, that at even
the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew
lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up,
behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a
small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the
ground.
15 And when the children of Israel
saw it, they said one to another, It is manna:
for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which the Lord hath
given you to eat.
What did Jesus teach about manna?
John
6:31–35, 47–51
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my
Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord,
evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am
the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in
the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which
cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which
came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever:
and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for
the life of the world.
How did the Lord providing manna for the Israelites in the
wilderness give them life?
How does the Lord, as the true Manna sent from Heavenly
Father, the Bread of Life, give us infinitely more?
Oral Quiz T/F
Bread from Heaven
Complete the following quiz to better understand the details
of manna. As you study, consider ways manna can symbolize
Jesus Christ.
Read Exodus 16:14–31, 35. Identify which of the following
statements are true about manna.
______ 1.
Manna was small (see verse 14).
______ 2.
Some days there was not enough manna for everyone (see verses 16–18).
______ 3. The
Israelites could store all the manna they wanted (see verses 19–20).
______ 4. If
the manna was not gathered early enough in the day, the sun would melt it (see
verse 21).
______ 5. If
the Israelites collected double the manna on the sixth day, it would not spoil
on the Sabbath day (see verses 22–24).
______ 6.
Manna came every day of the week (see verses 25–27).
______ 7.
Manna tasted like wafers made with honey (see verse 31).
______ 8. The
Lord fed the Israelites manna for 50 years (see verse 35)
1. True; 2. False; 3. False; 4. True; 5. True; 6. False; 7.
True; 8. False.
- How
might these details about manna apply to our need for spiritual
nourishment?
- What
can these details about manna teach you about receiving the spiritual
nourishment from Jesus Christ?
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