Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Matthew 6: 11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Jesus taught us to pray for the LORD to supply our needs, daily. He instructed us to ask the Father for "daily bread". What does asking for "daily bread" show?
1. It shows our dependency on GOD alone. We are asking for Him to supply from His storehouse. He is a good Father who would not give to His children a stone instead of bread. Think about the first temptation of JESUS in the wilderness. The devil asked JESUS to turn stones into bread. He asked JESUS this when he was very hungry from fasting. JESUS replied, "man shall not live by bread alone, but from every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD." GOD does not do magic tricks, He supplies the needs of His children from His heart of love. We can depend on that.
2.This prayer shows that we believe that GOD is sufficient to supply all of our daily bread; physical, mental and Spiritual. When we believe in GOD for everything in life, He will provide. If we are self-sufficient, GOD will wait for us to run out of options. It is best to run to Him daily and trust His sufficiency than to be in a crisis before we ask.
3. This prayer declares our unity with GOD. Through JESUS we can come boldly to the Throne of Grace and ask as a child asks for help. Another part of this oneness is that His Heart longs to provide for others, so we join our heart with Him and ask that He provide for others in need. The prayer is, "Give us" not "give me". To be truly in unity with GOD, our concern must be like His. He is abundantly concerned about the needs of ALL His children. When we pray, we must never forget that we are intercessors with JESUS.
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HOLY IS YOUR NAME. YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
Matthew 6: 11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Jesus taught us to pray for the LORD to supply our needs, daily. He instructed us to ask the Father for "daily bread". What does asking for "daily bread" show?
1. It shows our dependency on GOD alone. We are asking for Him to supply from His storehouse. He is a good Father who would not give to His children a stone instead of bread. Think about the first temptation of JESUS in the wilderness. The devil asked JESUS to turn stones into bread. He asked JESUS this when he was very hungry from fasting. JESUS replied, "man shall not live by bread alone, but from every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of GOD." GOD does not do magic tricks, He supplies the needs of His children from His heart of love. We can depend on that.
2.This prayer shows that we believe that GOD is sufficient to supply all of our daily bread; physical, mental and Spiritual. When we believe in GOD for everything in life, He will provide. If we are self-sufficient, GOD will wait for us to run out of options. It is best to run to Him daily and trust His sufficiency than to be in a crisis before we ask.
3. This prayer declares our unity with GOD. Through JESUS we can come boldly to the Throne of Grace and ask as a child asks for help. Another part of this oneness is that His Heart longs to provide for others, so we join our heart with Him and ask that He provide for others in need. The prayer is, "Give us" not "give me". To be truly in unity with GOD, our concern must be like His. He is abundantly concerned about the needs of ALL His children. When we pray, we must never forget that we are intercessors with JESUS.
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HOLY IS YOUR NAME. YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE IN EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
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