Pr. DFD : Our Daily Bread

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Our Daily Bread

Two things I ask of you, O LORD? Do not refuse me before I die: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much, disown you, and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God. ^{Proverbs
30:7-9}

Sometimes people who become full or blessed with riches are tempted to rely on these things rather than God. Conversely, poor people are sometimes tempted to steal. Either sin makes a mockery of God’s name.[1]

What does God want us to do for those who are unable to work for daily food? God does not want us to be selfish but to share with those who are unable to work and to include them in our prayers for daily bread. Why does Jesus have us say “this day” and “daily”? These words teach us not to be greedy or wasteful or to worry about the future but to live contentedly in the confidence that the lord will give us what we need.[2]

Almighty God, through the incarnate Word you have caused us to be born anew of an imperishable and eternal seed: Look with compassion upon those who are being prepared for Holy Baptism, and grant that they may be built as living stones into a spiritual temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen [3]

[3] Collect for Tuesday of Lent 5, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Monday, March 14, 2016

Monday, march 14, 2016

Monday, March 14, 2016 Our Daily Bread

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. ^{1John 3:17-18}

Luther: “God is merciful. Yet He is not idle. He does not let sinners go unpunished. To the humble, who fear Him, He is merciful…There are several degrees of love: an enemy must not be offended, a brother must be helped, a member of one’s household must be supported. You know Christ’s commandment concerning love for one’s enemies. But you own more to a brother who love you in return.” (AE 30:278)[1]

How does God provide our daily bread? He makes the earth fruitful and blesses us with the ability to work for the things we need.[2]

Be gracious to your people, we entreat you, O Lord, that they, repenting day by day of the things that displease you, may be more and more filled with love of you and of your commandments; and, being supported by your grace in this life, may come to the full enjoyment of eternal life in you everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen[3]

[3] Collect for Monday of Lent 5, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Sunday, March 13, 2016

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]

[3] Collect for the 5th Sunday in Lent, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Saturday, March 12, 2016 Our Daily Bread

Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ^{Matthew 6:25}

The first of five rhetorical questions that compare or contrast greater and lesser things. This was a typical teaching method of the rabbis.[1]

Why do we pray to God for daily bread? Because Christ wants us to receive all our physical blessings with thanksgiving. [2]

Mercifully hear our prayers, O Lord, and spare all those who confess their sins to you; that those whose consciences are accuse by sin may by your merciful pardon be absolved; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen[3]

[3] Collect for Saturday of Lent 4, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Friday, March 11, 2016

Friday, March 11, 2016 Our Daily Bread

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^{Ephesians 5:19-20}

…hymns...songs…There is no clear distinction between these terms. OT psalm are clearly in view. “Hymns” and “Songs” likely include OT canticles (Revelation 15:3) and Christian compositions (Cf. Ephesians 5:14b, Revelation 5:9-10) spiritual Probably applies to all three compositions. Addressed to “one another” as well as “to the Lord” the songs include both teaching and adoration [Colossians 3:16] [1]

Why do we pray to God for daily bread? We pray to God for daily bread, which includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, because Christ want us to realize that our entire life and that of everyone else depends on God.[2]

O God, you have given us the good news of your abounding love in your Son Jesus Christ: So fill our hearts with thankfulness that we may rejoice to proclaim the good tidings we have received; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives, and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen[3]

[3] Collect for Friday of Lent 4, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Thursday, March 10, 2016 Our Daily Bread

He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ^Matthew
5:45

Be sons of your Father. Sons of God will be like their Father, whose nature it is to love the world. Jesus died for God’s enemies (Romans 5:10) To love one’s enemies is to share in God’s peacemaking (v.9) sun…rain. Examples from nature demonstrate that God has mercy on all. [1]

What is meant by daily bread? Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control. Good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors, and the like.[2]

Almighty and most merciful God, drive from us all weakness of body, mind and spirit; that, being restored to wholeness, we may with free hearts become what you intend us to be and accomplish what you want us to do; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen[3]

[3] Collect for Thursday of Lent 4, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Our Daily Bread

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.^{Luke 11:1}

Teach us to pray. Fixed forms of prayer were common in first century Judaism. The people of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the followers of John the Baptist, and other groups used set prayers.[1]

What is the 4^th Petition? Give us this day our daily bread. What does this mean? God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people, but we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this and to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving. [2]

O Lord our God, you sustained you people in the wilderness with bread from heaven: Feed now your pilgrim flock with the food that endures to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen[3]

[3] Collect for Wednesday of Lent 4, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm