Lord's Prayer, Part 4
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Intro -going through the Lord’s prayer in this series
9 “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
10 ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:11 (NASB95)
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
Who are we asking? . . . Our Heavenly Father
this remind us of who our source is
all our help comes from the Lord
all things come of thee O Lord
you clocked in, but God gave you the job
you worked, but God gave you the strength
you started a business, but God gave you the wisdom and the mindset
you stayed on the job a long time, but God kept you on the job a long time (God kept the conditions right, remember Covid)
We our dependent upon our Father
not only shall he supply, he is our supply
not only does he give us an inheritance, he is our inheritance
not only does he give us a portion, he is our portion
not only does he give us strength, but the Lord IS the stregnth of my life
the LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear
So we turn to him and plead, “Father, give us this day, our daily bread!”
Matthew 6:11 (NASB95)
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
Another reminder of us
us . . . children of God
us . . . .the body of Christ
us . . . the church
us . . . fellow Christians
us . . . fellow believers
us . . . fellow members
us . . . that’s why we say brother so and so, and sister so and so
we are a family, it is us
as much as I am able, some part of my prayer should have something to do with us
not just “Give me”, but “Give us”
WE need you
Matthew 6:11 (NASB95)
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
Give us this day
God gave us minds, God gave us wisdom . . .and as much as you are able, prepare for the future . . . .but the focus of TODAY’s prayer should be today
The Lord’s prayer is a model prayer
It is a prayer given to us . . . to teach us, guide us
it doesn’t show us everything to pray for, but it shows us the most important things to pray for
So in your prayers, you can pray about the future, you should pray about the future, but prioritize this day . . .Jesus is saying put most of your focus on today
but too often we pray more about tomorrow than today
the bill due three days from now
the important event next week
the operation next month
but your priorities are not right if you you pray for those things and have not prayed about today
When you don’t pray about today, you are telling God that you have today handled . . .
We put so much effort into days that we might not even make it to
We forget that a good today will make a better tomorrow
So heavenly Father Give us this day
Matthew 6:11 (NASB95)
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
What is this daily bread?
There is a two-fold meaning
First bread means physical sustenance
Father, give us the material things we need today
food
water
transportation
gas in my car
shelter
money
Secondly it means spiritual sustenance
for the jewish people he was talking to, this term, “daily bread” was a direct reference to manna . . . the miracle bread that fell down from heaven when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness for 40 years
God always provided just enough for each person for one day
if a person tried to save some, get extra, it would spoil
but on Friday they gathered twice as much, because God wanted them to rest on Saturday
and this bread that God fed them with that tasted like honey wafers, but it was hard to describe so they called it manna . . . which means, “What is it?”
Why did God choose to feed them this way when they were in the wilderness?
Moses explained it to the people:
3 “He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
God wanted to humble you and teach you that you need more than just the physical to survive.
you needed God’s Word/Instructions
Because in order for the bread thing to work, in order to make sure they did not starve, they had to follow God’s instructions everyday
They had to know and follow God’s Word . . . everyday
God fed them this way to show them that people need more than physical food . . . people need spiritual food
And that spiritual food is the Word of God
Fast forward to Jesus . . . after being in the wilderness for 40 days (you see the comparison to 40 years) . . . the devil tried to get Jesus to do wrong
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.
3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”
Jesus responds with the scripture from Deuteronomy we just read
I am hungry, but more important than getting some bread is getting the word of God
I am hungry, but I will not follow your instructions, I will follow God’s instructions
(back to Matthew 6:11)
Matthew 6:11 (NASB95)
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
Jesus is saying, that in your prayers ask for a daily word from God
Heavenly Father, I need a word for today
I need a revelation today
I need your Holy Spirit bring back a scripture verse to my remembrance today
I need someone might speak for You . . .to me . . . today
I need a word today
not weekly
not just when we are in trouble
but a daily word . . . good day or bad day . . . rain or shine
for us who are praying three times per day
I need a word to successfully get through this morning
I need a word to make it through the afternoon
I gotta have a word for this evening
Father, I pray that Your Kingdom come, and your will be done, but in order for that to happen, I need a word from you today
And let me say it like this, I need today’s word
Father, what you showed me yesterday was good
what you revealed yesterday, helped me to make it
that scripture you put in my mind yesterday kept me on the right path
when text message from my brother was just on time.
but today is a new day and I need today’s word
I need Monday’s word for Monday
I need Tuesday’ word for Tuesday
I need Wednesdays word for Wednesday
for each day you let me live, I need the word for that day
when we don’t get today’s word, it’s like preparing for today’s weather by reading the weather forecast from two weeks ago
I need and want today’s forecast
God bless me with the material, but I sho’ nuff need the spiritual
I am going to cast all my cares upon him, and those cares will include my spiritual well being
I will take everything to the Lord in prayer and everything will include everything, and not just the material
The Lesson is: Learn to value God’s Word
learn to value God’s instructions
Learn to value spiritual help
so much so that you ask for it daily
learn that the spiritual bread will lead to the material bread, just like when the Israelites followed God’s Word
Imagine if you had a rich father and you asked him for a car.
and he says, here is $100K . . . and you said, but I need a car
and he says, here is my debit card to my billion dollar acount . . . but you said, I need a car, Daddy!
this green paper ain’t a car
this piece of plastic is not a car
You father would say, this green paper is not a car, but it will get you a car, in fact it will get you more than a car
this plastic card . . .
and that’s how we often treat spiritual things . . .
Father I need this . . . and our rich heavenly Father offers us something spiritual in response
and we are upset because it wasn’t what we asked for, forgetting that the spiritual thing he has supplied can lead to more than what we asked for . . . above what we could ask or think!
Give us, this day, our daily bread! . . . give us your bread, Father
I must mention again, Don’t forget the US!
not only me, but give him the spiritual strength he needs to day
not only me, give her the spiritual food she needs today
give my brother the spiritual instructions he needs to day
give my sister revelation for what she needs today
cause when they are blessed, we all are blessed
we need every word that proceeds out of your mouth!
Jesus
Jesus is the The Bread of Life
Jesus is the bread that came down from heaven
The first spiritual need is salvation
Jesus said if you get this bread (talking about himself), you will never hunger again . . . your soul won’t need anything else to be saved
Just take him as your Lord and Savior
and do it on this day
Give us this day, our daily bread