A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Questions about Prayer

118. Q. What is the fourth petition [in the Lord’s Prayer]?
         A. “Give us this day our daily bread.”

119. Q. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
         A. That God will give us all things needful for our bodies.

(Click through to read scriptural proofs.)

• Matthew 6:11

   Give us this day our daily bread … .

• Luke 11:3

   Give us each day our daily bread … .

• Psalm 145:15-16

  The eyes of all look to you,

  and you give them their food in due season.

  You open your hand;

  you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

• Proverbs 30:8-9

   Remove far from me falsehood and lying;

  give me neither poverty nor riches;

  feed me with the food that is needful for me,

  lest I be full and deny you

  and say, “Who is the LORD?”

  or lest I be poor and steal

  and profane the name of my God.

• 1 Timothy 4:4-5

  For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

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