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Intro:
Post-war Korean orphans.
Can’t sleep, anxious.
Aid workers discovered if they gave them a slice a bread to hold when they went to bed, the children could rest.
(even though they were getting three full meals a day.)
Kids were fearful there wouldn’t be any food the next day.
Seen after other conflicts.
Knew woman who lived through WW2 Japanese occupied territory.
America, 40 years later, still got anxious when her pantry wasn’t filled to overflowing.
Not something most of us have a lot of experience with.
But Jesus wasn’t mistaken or culturally irrelevant when he called on us to pray for our daily bread.
Daily bread reminds us:
Matt.
6:
Focus Our Attention on the Essentials
Bread, not “dessert.”
Bread stands in for life’s necessities.
Joking conversation with someone last week who was willing to give up paying for water and other things to keep the internet on.
Praying for daily bread causes
Deut.
Praying for daily bread helps us to create and keep that contentment.
Praying for daily bread causes us to keep the right perspective.
Praying for the “Small” Things
Ordinary things in mind.
One way the word was used described just enough food for a worker to accomplish his task.
praying for daily bread not only keeps us on track with contentment but helps us to remember to count on God for the simple, essential things of life.
It’s ok to pray about how the bills get paid.
For the water pump on the car.
For new socks.
By concentrating every day on these simple, essential things we “groove” our minds to remember just how dependent we are on God.
Emphasize our Dependence on God
By acknowledging our reliance on God for all material things we are reminded that He is ultimately the source of all blessings.
We act in faith but rely on God.
it’s those moments where we think “I got this” that God gives us a chance to discover just how much we need Him.
When we pray and read scripture we are continually encouraged and strengthened by God’s faithfulness to our needs.
Finally, this prayer causes us to:
Acknowledge Our Common Needs
We are a part of someone else’s “daily bread.”
this started very early in the history of the church.
Isn’t is wonderful how people just “show up” in our lives at just the right moment with help?
Our prayer for daily bread is fulfilled by God’s people.
Conclusion:
George Muller
1800’s English evangelist.
Most famous for establishing orphanages in Bristol England.
Never solicited funds.
Just prayed for every need.
One morning, no food for the kids.
Baker comes by with a wagon load of bread.
Another day, the milkman’s cart broke in front of the orphanage.
Milkman gave it all to them as it would otherwise spoil.
Over and over again his prayers were answered.
Not just his word for it.
He wrote down over 30,000 prayers in a journal and then recorded the answers he received.
Over 10,000 children were housed, fed, educated and sent into the world in a better place.
All on the daily prayers of George of Muller.
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