Week of Advent 3 - December 14-20, 2025

Theme: Jesus Is the One Who Is to Come

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Verse: 1 Timothy 6:8, 10a

But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.... For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils.

Hymn: “Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding!” | ELH #96:1, 2, 5

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The Catechism: The Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer

The Fourth Petition

Give us this day our daily bread.

What does this mean?

God certainly gives daily bread without our prayer, even to all the wicked; but we pray in this petition that He would lead us to acknowledge this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving.

What is meant by daily bread?

Daily bread includes everything needed for this life, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, fields, cattle, money, goods, God-fearing spouse and children, faithful workers and rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, order, honor, true friends, good neighbors, and the like.