Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

I was anxious to see what the 1st sermon of the New Year would be!
When Bro. Darryl said open your Bible to Mark Ch. 6, a little bell rang in my head.
I have heard this story of the five loaves of bread & two fish, countless times.

I was genuinely surprised when this was the sermon.
The way that Bro. Darryl presented this story made me view it with a new light!

Mark 6:39-44
39 Then Jesus directed them to have all them people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up the twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of men who had eaten was five thousand.

We also looked at 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
16 Be joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

and 2 Corinthians: 3,5 & 15
3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 5 And they did not do as we expected,but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will. 15as it is written: " He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little."

These are the three things I took away:
1) Bring It All To God & Hold Nothing Back
2) Give Thanks In All Circumstances
3) Break Us & Remake Us To Be Used For Gods Purpose