The Lord's Prayer: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

The Lord’s Prayer: Give Us This Day our Daily Bread
Gary Sager 

THEME – “Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11
TEXT - Matthew 6:5-13

FOCUS: Our Heavenly Father 

1. Pray to the Father about His Name “Hallowed be your name” 
2. Pray to the Father about His Kingdom “Your kingdom come” 
3. Pray to the Father about His Will “Your will be done” 

FOCUS: ‘Us’ and ‘Our’ 

1. Pray for Provision “Give us this day our daily bread” (Present)
2. Pray for Pardon “Forgive us our debts” (Past)
3. Pray for Protection “Lead us not into temptation” (Future)

FOUR THINGS that this prayer/petition will do for us: 

1. Acknowledge Our Dependence - “Give” 
2. Deepen Our Compassion - “Us & Our” 
3. Affirm God’s Faithfulness for Today - “This Day” 
 * Therefore, I tell you do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink nor about your body, what you will put on. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet, your Heavenly Father feeds them (Matt 6:25-26).
4. Grow Our Gratitude - “Daily Bread” 

HEART OF THE MATTER (Bread of Life)

•  Like so many other things in the Bible, the physical is just a shadow of the real
•  John 6:32-35 - Jesus is the bread of life, the true manna sent from heaven, God’s ultimate provision for our lives. We need bread daily to live, but we need Christ daily to truly live. 
•  We need His life in us. We need to pick our crosses daily and follow Him (Luke 9:23)
•  Jesus is our true “daily bread.”