Good morning. Father, we ask in Jesus name that You extend Your healing hand to the reader; that You bring about a miraculous healing quickly Lord - that You make him/her whole and complete quickly. In Jesus’ name we pray amen! Jesus’ disciples were complaining about His statement of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. Does this cause you to stumble? What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. This emphasizes the importance of God’s word - if you want to have life, follow the word. There are some of you who do not believe. He is saying this to His disciples (not just the 12 who also were apostles but also others who were following Him). They were not just people in the crowd who happened to be there when He said these words. I guess you could say it was crunch time. Now we can see who truly believed and who just wanted part of the glamour of His celebrity. For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father. Many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. Jesus said to the 12, you do not want to go away also, do you? Now they also had to come to the realization that they truly believed and were not just part of the groupies that followed Jesus. Peter nails it: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God. We have to believe God‘s word, even when everything is turned upside down. Father go with the reader. Help him/her to have the words to speak to bring healing and comfort to his/her family member. Bring about healing quickly - in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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