Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread. - Matthew 6:11

Dear Jesus,

You modeled for us all how to live this prayer.  You did not fret the past or worry about the future.  You knew that your father would take care of you.  Instead, you asked for daily bread with a hopeful heart.  Then you threw yourself into loving people and spreading the everlasting hope of eternal life.  Thank you for telling me to pray for daily bread and nothing more.  It "right sizes" earthly things for me.  It prevents me from the ill gotten pursuit of worldly wealth and makes me dependent on you for all things.  It makes me peaceful when I make business deals, even when I lose out in them too.  I can rest knowing you and the father are guiding my life even though I am trying this or that, even though I go through flood and drought.  Give me the peace that comes from depending on you for daily blessing. Help me to manage the blessings you give me well without living for them in my heart. Make me generous and mission minded in how I spend my excess blessings too.  

Amen

Pastor Don Patterson 

When we pray that God would give us daily bread, we are confronting our idolatry of self and things and comforting our otherwise worried heart. 

Additional Reading: Matthew 6:19-34, 2 Corinthians 8 and 9