Sunday, March 13, 2016 Our Daily Bread
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will
not work, he shall not eat.” We hear that some among you are idle. They are not
busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus
Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. 2Thessalonians 3:10-12
We hear. Paul does not identify from
whom or how he has heard this news, though perhaps, it was through the person
who had delivered.[1]
Why
do we pray to God for daily bread? Because Christ wants us to look to God for
physical as well as spiritual blessings.[2]
Almighty God, you
alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant
your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that,
among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be
fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen[3]
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