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Daily Bread for the Soul

  Matthew 6:11 (ESV) Give us this day our daily bread. Food for our bodies, daily.   Food for our souls, also daily. Not an hour on Sunday and we’re good for the week. Not Christmas and Easter and we’re … Continue reading

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Sufficiency or Prosperity

  I pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11)   It is a request for sufficiency–for what I need. But sometimes I make it into a request for personal prosperity–for me to provide for myself everything I … Continue reading

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God Says Yes and No

  Matthew 6:11 (NIRV) Give us today our daily bread.     I say bread. I think brownie — warm from the oven, topped with ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream. God says yes to the bread, no to … Continue reading

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Pray Like an Ox

  Consider the ox. It does the day-to-day hard work: plowing the fields, carrying the water, turning the grindstone.   Those dear saints with the ox-face work their way through their prayer lists daily.  They cover the routine needs. They’re … Continue reading

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Daily Bread

Matthew 6:11 (NIV) Give us today our daily bread. Daily bread. Not daily cake, brownies or ice cream. What I need daily. Not what I want daily. Teach me, dear God, to tell the difference.

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