LORD’S DAY 50
Q. 125. Which is the fourth petition?
A. Give us this day our daily bread;1 that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body,2 that we may thereby acknowledge Thee to be the only fountain of all good,3 and that neither our care nor industry, nor even Thy gifts, can profit us without Thy blessing;4 and therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures and place it alone in Thee.5 Give us this day our daily bread;1 that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body,2 that we may thereby acknowledge Thee to be the only fountain of all good,3 and that neither our care nor industry, nor even Thy gifts, can profit us without Thy blessing;4 and therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures and place it alone in Thee.5
- Mat. 6:11.
- Psa. 145:15. Mat. 6:25, &c.
- Acts 17:25. Acts 14:17.
- 1 Cor. 15:58. Deut. 8:3. Psa. 127:1, 2.
- Psa. 62:11. Psa. 55:22.
LORD’S DAY 50
Prayer for Daily Bread
1. What is the fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer?
“Give us this day our daily bread”; that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body. Psalm 145:15; Matthew 6:25-34.
2. What do we acknowledge concerning God in the fourth petition?
That God is the only fountain of all good and the giver of every good and perfect gift. Acts 14:17; 17:25; James 1:17.
3. What do we acknowledge concerning ourselves in the fourth petition?
That neither our care nor industry, nor even God’s gifts, can profit us without God’s blessing. Deuteronomy 8:3; Psalm 127:1, 2; I Corinthians 15:58.
4. Does God reveal His grace to the ungodly man when He bestows on Him good gifts?
No, for the curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, but the Lord blesses the house of the just. Proverbs 3:33.
5. To what end do the good gifts which God bestows upon the ungodly lead?
God uses those gifts to set him in slippery places and cast him down into destruction. Psalm 73:17-19; Matthew 16:26; Romans 12:20.
6. What do we ask of God concerning our attitude toward our earthly possessions?
That we may withdraw our trust from all creatures and place it in God alone. Psalm 55:22; 62:11.