Philippians 4:11-13 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

1. We don't pray as ____________ who want a new ____________, but as ____________ who ____________ on God.

2. God is our ____________ who gives to His creatures "out of fatherly, divine ____________ and ____________, without any merit in me." (First Article of the Creed, Small Catechism)

3. This petition is a joyful embrace of what it means to be a ____________.

Scripture Readings
Psalm 145:1-21
Philippians 4:4-13
John 6:1-14

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The Fourth Petition.

Give us this day our daily bread.

What does this mean?--Answer.

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

What is meant by daily bread?--Answer.

Everything that belongs to the support and wants of the body, such as meat, drink, clothing, shoes, house, homestead, field, cattle, money, goods, a pious spouse, pious children, pious servants, pious and faithful magistrates, good government, good weather, peace, health, discipline, honor, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.

The Small Catechism: The Lord's Prayer, Fourth Petition