06/04/21 SEVEN ESSENTIALS OF PRAYER #4 — Essential #4 — PETITIONING GOD FOR OUR NEEDS

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

Asking God honors God. Looking to God as the Source for all our needs is exactly what He wants from us.

1. “Give” — Teaches us the ownership of God. Everything we receive comes by His Almighty hand (Php.4:6; 1Ti.2:1; Mat.6:34).

2. “us” — Our petitions are to unselfish. Prayer is not just for me; prayer is for “us” — my family, my church, my friends, my nation. ALL the pronouns in this passage (our, we, us) are PLURAL; we’re a TEAM.

3. “this day” — Prayer is a daily task, a habitual labor of love that every believer sees to daily (Mat.6:34).

4. “our daily bread” — Bring our every need before God, great or small.