This Week’s Message Notes (filled-in)

January 26, 2025

The Lord’s Prayer, pt 4 - “The Prayer of Dependence”

“Give us today our daily bread."  Matthew 6:11 (NIV)

1.  Seek God as the ANSWER TO OUR NEEDS

·         The promise of a PROVIDER

So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him. Matthew 7:11

Since he [God] did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Romans 8:32

·         We are given to anxiousness, but God is anxious to give.

Application:

- Make a deliberate choice to pray before your meals this week.

- Make a list of God’s gifts to your family and have a time of grateful prayer.

2.  Declare your DAILY DEPENDENCE

·         The promise is PROVISIONAL

·         God wants us to ask daily, not so he can hear us beg, but because he knows we have short memories.

“Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” Matthew 6:34 (MSG) 

Application:

- Write out your own Declaration of Daily Dependence

- Memorize Matthew 6:33 this week;

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

3.  Rely on God’s RESOURCES

·         The promise of PROVISION

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

… give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. Proverbs 30:8

·         The problem with contentment is I always want more of it.

Application

- Sit down with your children and talk about the difference between a need and a greed.

- Put Philippians 4:6 into practice; 

“Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6

 (Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation second edition, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Message adapted from pastors.com