Teach us to pray (3)

Give us this day

Matthew 6:9–11 ESV

9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread,

Favourite foods?

what are peoples fav foods?

see how many involve bread

Bread is such a staple in our lives so is rice. it is essential that we literally cannot function with out it.

Things we can literally survive without

chocolate

candy

coffee

all these things and more

however all of us require something that will keep us alive. western cultures it is bread and eastern cultures it is rice.

Pray

Daily Bread

When we ask God for our daily bread were not asking simply for a loaf of bread

im sure that some of you either now or at some point were thinking it was that

What is actually talked about is gods care and provision for us.

When Moses was in the desert

Israel existed on a manna economy

Exodus 16:3 ESV

3 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

The lord heard his people and he provided for them

he cared for their needs and met them

for them it was literally bread

Not bread for us

references proverbs 30

Proverbs 30:8–9 ESV

8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, 9 lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

this text isn't simply about god giving us what we need for today. but it is recognizing that all comes from him

and that me may provide for us today tomorrow and forever

Change in direction

Move for your to ours

after establishing the holiness of God and rightly positioning ourselves with in his grace Jesus opens with asking God for something

We have aligned our wills with God when we pray your will be done

so going forward we are now in a right posture to ask God.

we want to ensure when we pray were not treating god like Santa and just listing our wants but rather going with what pleases his heart

you being provided for cared and loved pleases his heart

you going for forgivness

going with needs and wants even