in looking at the phrases of the
LORD’s prayer we start with focus on GOD and then JESUS encourages us to pray
something like this matthew 6.11 (niv), give
us today our daily bread.
now why would we pray for more daily bread when most of us are trying to stop eating more bread?
here’s why. because the issue is not really bread. in fact, in these six words JESUS gives us some life lessons that will help us understand how to achieve inner peace in our lives.
one thing we learn is to seek GOD as the answer to our needs.
listen i start to worry every time i look at someone else other than GOD to meet my needs, so the path to inner peace begins by seeking GOD as the answer to my needs.
picture it like this. matthew 7.9-11 (nlt), you parents if your children ask for a loaf of bread do you give them a stone instead? of course not. or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? absolutely not. if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly FATHER give good gifts to those who ask HIM.
now if you are a father, you understand these verses. when brett and stef came into this world, they made me a father. they are now adults and i am no longer responsible to meet their physical needs but i remember what it was like to do everything i could to meet their needs.
and if that’s true of me an imperfect father with incomplete knowledge and limited resources how much more true is it of our heavenly FATHER who is all powerful?
just a thought from the front porch…
now why would we pray for more daily bread when most of us are trying to stop eating more bread?
here’s why. because the issue is not really bread. in fact, in these six words JESUS gives us some life lessons that will help us understand how to achieve inner peace in our lives.
one thing we learn is to seek GOD as the answer to our needs.
listen i start to worry every time i look at someone else other than GOD to meet my needs, so the path to inner peace begins by seeking GOD as the answer to my needs.
picture it like this. matthew 7.9-11 (nlt), you parents if your children ask for a loaf of bread do you give them a stone instead? of course not. or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? absolutely not. if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children how much more will your heavenly FATHER give good gifts to those who ask HIM.
now if you are a father, you understand these verses. when brett and stef came into this world, they made me a father. they are now adults and i am no longer responsible to meet their physical needs but i remember what it was like to do everything i could to meet their needs.
and if that’s true of me an imperfect father with incomplete knowledge and limited resources how much more true is it of our heavenly FATHER who is all powerful?
just a thought from the front porch…
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