Text: Matthew 14:13-21

Topic: How God supplies your needs

Introduction:

• Matthew 14:13-21

• Matthew 14:14

• Jesus felt for the needs of his followers.

• Today, when Jesus sees your hurts and your needs, he is still moved with compassion.

• Illustration: May tells a joke about a compassionless banker to illustrate the distorted view of God we often have.

• Illustration: May briefly tells the story of a condemning father-in-law's remarks to illustrate a distorted view of God as father.

• Matthew 14:19-20

• Jesus was able—by his miracle-working power—to turn a little food into a lot of food.

• Take the resources you have—even if they're embarrassingly small—and offer them up to God, and begin using them.

• Illustration: May illustrates how God works miracles through the small things we offer up to him by telling the story of a man in a crumbling marriage who began to take his wife on dates and who is therefore still married today.

• God has the power to multiply whatever is given to him.

He's a God of abundance.

• Matthew 14:20

• When God provides, there's more than enough to go around.

• John 10:10

• Living the Christian life isn't about just surviving, it's about thriving.

Conclusion:

• Big Idea: Whatever you're going through, God cares enough to do something about it.