How to Have Leftovers
We centered on John 6:12–13, where Jesus commands the disciples to gather the fragments “so that nothing is wasted.” The message invited us to see “leftovers” as a blessing from the Lord—evidence that God can take what looks like little or not enough and make it more than enough.
We were challenged to submit to the Lord’s handling of what we release to Him, even when His process includes blessing and breaking before distribution. Trusting God with what we have—our resources, relationships, and lives—means learning to trust how He handles it and believing that He can multiply it beyond what we imagined.
We left encouraged that when we put what we have in God’s hands, He can meet needs and still provide a residual blessing—“more than what I needed.” The call was to respond in faith, surrendering what feels insufficient, confident that God is able to send us home with leftovers.
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