Theme: The New Jerusalem is a Christians heavenly home
Learn by Heart
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: “Our Father, Thou in Heaven Above” | ELH #383:5
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The Catechism: The 4th 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.
