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.
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.
