Daily Bread
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last week we saw God’s universal love in his giving of sun and rain
This week we see God’s love in relation to individuals as they fulfill the creation mandate in laboring for God and trusting in Him (सृष्टिको जनादेश)
Daily Bread- Genesis 1:9-13
God Gives to those who ask
God Gives to those who ask
A Prayer for Daily Bread is a request from a trusting heart
Matthew 6:10-11 give me this day- not this week, month
Proverbs 30:7-9 neither poverty nor riches
Trusting in Him as a child does a good father
Matthew 7:7-11 ask for bread and get rock?
Matthew 15:33-38 He is able to feed all who come. 4, 4 hajar, or 4 lakh; it does not matter
Just as he fed the israelites in the wilderness on a daily basis, not for a week
It did not come to their doorstep, they had to go harvest it from the fields
God Gives to those who labor
God Gives to those who labor
God is a rewarder of those who work
Adam and Eve were given the garden to keep and eat the fruits of their labor
2 Thessalonians 3:10 if any would not work neither should he eat
Lesson of trust and contentment even in our labor
The daily manna was to see if they would trust God
Exodus 16:4-6 that I may prove them
Proverbs 6:6-11 We reap what we sow
Labor in hope knowing God will bless me as a I work and labor
Satan tempted Jesus to make himself bread but Jesus’ answer leads us into a greater study of God’s provision of bread
Luke 4:4 man should not live by bread alone
Spiritual Bread
God Gives to those who ask
God Gives to those who ask
This bread is everlasting bread from heaven that sustains our soul
Those who ate the manna perished in their time
John 6:32-58 They ate manna in the wilderness
We must come to Christ to receive this reward
John 6:48 I am the bread of life
God Gives to those who labor
God Gives to those who labor
God is a rewarder of those who work
Hebrews 6:9-12 God is not unjust in forgetting our labor in his name
Lesson of trust even in our labor
Isaiah 55:11 We do not know who will receive the seed of the gospel but we trust God that it will not return void
Preach in Hope (1 Timothy 5:18)
Evangelize in Hope (1 Corinthians 3:8)