“Give Us This Day…”

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13

During this Season of Lent, we are spending time in a sermon series on the Lord’s Prayer. We began this sermon series on March 9. This week we will spend time considering the phrase,

Give us this day our daily bread.

This is a petition for God to provide us with the food we need each day. During the Exodus, God provided His people each day with bread from heaven, manna. God also provided them each day with meat, quail. Today, God provides us with the daily resources we need to purchase food and the ability to grow and raise food.

This petition is also a lesson in depending on God each day, which was particularly meaningful during the first century when workers were paid one day at a time. Today, it is also an important lesson for those of us who are not living hand to mouth in a society where self-sufficiency is portrayed as a virtue. We are still dependent on God for what we need each day to live, even though we don’t always acknowledge this each day.

May God continue to bless your prayer life during this Lenten study of the Lord’s Prayer.

In Christ,

Pastor David