Give Us this Day Our Daily Bread
What Does “Give Us this Day Our
Daily Bread” Mean?
From R.C. SPROUL
Jesus teaches us to pray that God would
give us daily bread
(Matthew 6:11).
Obviously Jesus was not telling His
disciples to pray only for bread.
But bread was a staple in the diet of
the Jews, and had been so for many years.
Furthermore, bread was a powerful
symbol of God’s provision for His people in the Old Testament.
We remember how God cared for the
Israelites when they were in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt.
Life in the wilderness was hard, and
soon the people began to complain that it would be better to be back in Egypt,
where they had wonderful food to eat.
In response to these complaints, God
promised to “rain bread from heaven” (Exodus
16:4).
The next morning, when the dew lifted,
there remained behind on the ground “a small round substance, as fine as frost… . It was like
white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey” (vv.
14, 31).
When God miraculously fed His people
from heaven,
It’s interesting to me that in the
language of Western culture, we sometimes speak of one partner in a marriage
(it used to be almost exclusively the husband, but not so much these days) as
the wage earner of the home.
But more colloquially, we call that
partner “the breadwinner.” Even in our slang, we use the word bread as a synonym for “money.”
Bread remains, at least in our
language, as a powerful symbol of the rudimentary basis of provision for our needs.
After the Korean War ended, South Korea
was left with a large number of children who had been orphaned by the war. We
have seen the same thing in the Vietnam conflict, in Bosnia, and in other
places.
In the case of Korea, relief agencies
came in to deal with all the problems that arose in connection with having so
many orphan children.
One of the people involved in this
relief effort told me about a problem they encountered with the children who
were in the orphanages.
Even though the children had three
meals a day provided for them, they were restless and anxious at night and had
difficulty sleeping.
As they talked to the children, they
soon discovered that the children had great anxiety about whether they would
have food the next day.
To help resolve this problem, the
relief workers in one particular orphanage decided that each night when the
children were put to bed, the nurses there would place a single piece of bread
in each child’s hand.
The bread was not intended to be eaten;
it was simply intended to be held by the children as they went to sleep. It was
a “security blanket” for them, reminding them that there would be provision for
their daily needs.
Sure enough, the bread calmed the
children’s anxieties and helped them sleep. Likewise, we take comfort in
knowing that our physical needs are met, that we have food, or “bread,” for
our needs.
This petition of the Lord’s Prayer,
then, teaches us to come to God in a spirit of humble dependence, asking Him to
provide what we need and to sustain us from day to day.
We are not given license to ask for
great riches, but we are encouraged to make our needs known to Him, trusting
that He will provide.
If we find that God’s hand seems to be
invisible to us, and that we cannot discern His providential intrusion into our
lives, that may be due partly to the way we pray.
We have a tendency to pray in general.
When we pray in general, the only way we will see the hand of God’s providence
is in general.
As we enter into prayer, this
conversation and communion with God, and put our petitions before Him, pouring
out our souls and our needs specifically, we see specific answers to our
prayers.
Our Father has invited us to go to Him
and ask Him for our daily bread. He will not fail to provide it.
God will grant us the ultimate gift, eternal
life in His Kingdom through His grace if we repent of our sins and obey His
commands .
To experience God as a personal, caring,
loving Father, you have to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and
Savior. You will become a child of God and begin the fulfilment of the reason
you were created by God.
Say the following prayer:
“Father
God, I confess I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry. I now want to
turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again.
I believe that Your Son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected
from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my
heart from this day forward. Thank You that according to Your Word, I am now
Your child, and I am born again.
Please send Your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will
for the rest of my life. I promise to study Your Word – the Bible.
Please use me for Your glory.
In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.”
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"More Than Enough"
Brooklyn
Tabernacle Choir
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir - MAS QUE SUFICIENTE
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
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Lyrics
Verse:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You're more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I have been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me
and You supply all of my needs;
You are more than enough,
You are much more than enough,
You are more than enough for me.
Chorus 1:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You are more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I've been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me,
You supply all my needs;
You're more than enough,
more than enough,
more than enough for me.
Chorus 2:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You are more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I've been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me,
You supply all my needs;
You are...
Vamp:
More than enough,
more than enough.
Ending:
More than enough for me.
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You're more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I have been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me
and You supply all of my needs;
You are more than enough,
You are much more than enough,
You are more than enough for me.
Chorus 1:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You are more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I've been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me,
You supply all my needs;
You're more than enough,
more than enough,
more than enough for me.
Chorus 2:
Jehovah Jireh, my provider
You are more than enough for me.
Jehovah Rapha, You're my healer,
by Your stripes, I've been set free.
Jehovah Shammah, You are with me,
You supply all my needs;
You are...
Vamp:
More than enough,
more than enough.
Ending:
More than enough for me.
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