Monday, June 27, 2011

The Lord's Prayer: Ask for Needs (Luke 11:3) 5 of 8

Luke 11:3  3 Give us each day our daily bread. 

Now comes the place in the Lord's Prayer where most of us start our prayers: asking for what we need.  Actually, most of us are asking for what we want - not what we need.  But now is the time to ask - after we have focused in on who God is and who we are in relationship to God - after we have offered God praise - and after we have considered how the Kingdom of God might reign in our lives this day.  Now is the time to ask.

It is interesting to me - that the focus is on daily needs too.  Not the long term ones.  And even more interesting is that it isn't just a personal request - it says "give us" - it is a request that everyone will be fed - that everyone's daily needs will be met

What should you be asking God for today?  And how is that informed by the earlier parts of the Lord's Prayer?

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The other gospels weigh in...

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

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