Welcome to 6:11 Bakeshop!
We are a small home kitchen in Tyler, Tx, where everything is lovingly homemade. So, whether it’s fresh bread to share with your family or soft and chewy cookies to share with friends, we are here to serve you.
About Us
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
After God walked our family through a difficult season filled with financial hits, post-partum struggles, serious health issues, and tragic loss, we have come to better understand our need and reliance on the “daily bread” that God alone can provide.
We have been baking and sharing bread and cookies with family, friends and strangers for several years, but have felt called recently to take a step out in faith to make it something more.
Our vision is for this to one day expand from a home kitchen into a small community coffee house where we can gather, rest and break bread (and cookies) together.
We thank everyone for the love, support and encouragement we have received as we venture forward in faith, believing that with God, all things are possible.
Our Logo
‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ This is the verse, Matthew 6:11, which inspired the name of our bakery.
It is a familiar one found within the Lord’s Prayer. A prayer that among other things, we have come to see as a prayer for our transformation in Christ.
‘…Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name...’
Matthew 6:9 (emphasis mine)
You see, the hallowing of God’s name is something that God Himself describes several times in the old testament. But what’s interesting is how it’s done. He tells us that the nations shall know that He is the LORD when He is hallowed IN His people. A process which God describes as He points the children of Israel ahead to the new covenant in both Ezekiel 36:23-28 and Jeremiah 31:31-34.
Now, there is a lot in these two passages, but in essence, we are shown two types of transformation. The first is immediate and done entirely by God. We are given new hearts, a new spirit and God’s law is put into our minds (Ezek 26:26, Jer 31:33).
But did you catch the subtle nuance between these?
A new heart. A new spirit. But our mind is not made new. Instead, it’s equipped with an invaluable weapon, which leads us to the second type of transformation that Paul encourages us to pursue.
‘…do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.’
Romans 12:2 (emphasis mine)
This type of transformation is not automatic. It’s a process. One where we resist being conformed to the ways of the world and instead choose to allow God to conform us to His ways, which is why He not only equipped us by putting His law into our minds (Jer 31:33), but also His own Spirit within us so that we’re actually able to walk in and keep His ways (Ezek 36:27).
But there’s a catch.
Paul tells us in Galatians 5:16, that if we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. God’s word is infallible, and therefore this is an incredible guarantee for the quality of our steps. Yet we cannot rejoice in it without also being honest about the implication, for this verse describes opposing options. We can either walk in the Spirit or fulfill the lusts of the flesh.
In other words, it’s a choice.
We cannot pursue God’s ways, His plans or His will, if we do not first surrender the pursuit of our own.
As Christians, we have been given an indescribable opportunity to know our creator personally (Jer 31:34). But it’s not just a kindness, it’s a practical necessity. For how can we walk in God’s Spirit, if we do not know or recognize Him? And how can we be obedient to His ways and His will for our lives if we do not know what they are?
A personal relationship is required and is what enables all areas of our faith. But just like with any significant relationship, it doesn’t just happen. It requires an active pursuit. A daily walk with God. Seeking Him. Surrendering our will and our ways for His, so that we can then, in time, be transformed by them. For transformation is not the destination, it is the path.
So, when we pray the Lord’s Prayer, and we declare His ‘will be done’ and then ask for our daily bread, we are in part praying in agreement with the Lord for Him to be hallowed IN us. To be transformed, not just on the surface, but deep within. For these are the places that only the maker of our souls can restore and transform, and why when it happens, the world will have no choice but to know that He is LORD.
Dear friends. May we be those who partake fully in God and all that He has for us with bold, noble and relentless hearts until the day our transformation is complete, and we bear the image of One who made it all possible.
‘For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.’
Romans 8:29