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Weekly messages presented at Trinity Church. Trinity (https://www.morelikejesus.church) is a multisite church in the Chicago area. Our goal is simple: we want to help people be more like Jesus. We believe Jesus was the Son of God who conquered sin and death for us through his death on the cross and his resurrection from the dead. His life of sacrifice and radical love for all not only restores our relationship with our creator, but it inspires and guides us as we seek to love others as he loved us.

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    Why Pray for Daily Bread?

    If God already provides for every person on earth, why does Jesus teach us to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread"? In this message on Matthew 6: 11, Pastor Mark Schultz shows how this simple request shapes the person who prays it."Daily bread" was a first-century way of saying everything we need to live: food, clothing, shelter, relationships, and community. Jesus says the Father sends sun and rain on the evil and the good alike (Matthew 5: 45). So the point of the prayer isn't to talk God into providing. In Pastor Mark's words, "Prayer is not simply about getting something; prayer is also about becoming someone."Three ideas shape the message:We learn to say please. Like a parent teaching a child to ask, God teaches us that we depend on him. Paul told the Athenians that in God "we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17: 28). Even the paycheck, the house, and the food we feel we earned are gifts.We remember how richly we are blessed. God supplies every need "according to his riches" (Philippians 4: 19), so we don't have to find our security in what we've stored up.We become grateful. Paul says to bring our requests to God "with thanksgiving" (Philippians 4: 6). When we start by counting what God has done, our prayers change.The message ends with Dayenu, an ancient Passover prayer meaning "it would have been enough." If God had given us only Jesus, crucified and risen for us, that would be enough, and he has given us so much more.This week, try writing your own Dayenu prayer. What has God given you that would have been enough on its own?This message is part of And So We Pray, a series on the Lord's Prayer from Trinity Church.Scripture:Matthew 6: 11Matthew 5: 44–45Philippians 4: 19–20Philippians 4: 6Acts 17: 28Chapters:00:00 Scripture Readings: Matthew and Philippians01:38 Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread03:52 What Does "Daily Bread" Mean?04:48 Why Ask If God Already Provides?06:18 Learning to Say Please09:52 Remembering How Richly We're Blessed13:26 Living with Gratitude15:57 Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough18:27 Closing Prayer and the Lord's PrayerLearn more about Trinity Church:https://www.morelikejesus.church#DailyBread #LordsPrayer #BookOfMatthew

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Weekly messages presented at Trinity Church. Trinity (https://www.morelikejesus.church) is a multisite church in the Chicago area. Our goal is simple: we want to help people be more like Jesus. We believe Jesus was the Son of God who conquered sin and death for us through his death on the cross and his resurrection from the dead. His life of sacrifice and radical love for all not only restores our relationship with our creator, but it inspires and guides us as we seek to love others as he loved us.