1. We are a needy people.

“We have taken his gifts for granted; and then when they begin to dry up, we complain and call into question the very existence of this beneficent God.” (Jesus’s sermon on the Mount and his confrontations with the world, Carson, 89)

“We are alive, and we must be kept alive.” (Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, Lloyd-Jones, 342).

2. Today, we need nourishment.

3. Bread is needed.

“our very wealth has contributed to our thanklessness, to our spiritual bankruptcy.” (Jesus’s sermon on the Mount and his confrontations with the world, Carson, 89)

Sermon Questions

1. What is a daily need that you have?

2. How do we continue to depend upon God in our wealthy, overfed culture?

3. What are other Scripture passages that point to Jesus filling our daily needs?

4. Can we enjoy delicacies in life, or should we merely have "bread"?

5. How do we maintain a dependence on God's daily provision yet plan for the future?

6. How do the phrases before lead into and follow up this phrase in the Lord's prayer?