Prayer: Dependent

(Post 7 of 10 posts about prayer.)

"Give us this day our daily bread." - Jesus teaching about prayer in Matthew 6:11

Food doesn't just appear in your refrigerator. Money to buy food doesn't just accumulate like morning dew in your bank account (or your parents' bank account). A job to earn money isn't a given. Skills and training to get a job don't come from nowhere. We are dependent upon God for all these things and more. We just don't always feel our dependence.

The next time you're hungry, imagine that you have no access to food. There are more than a billion hungry people who have no access to food today. They feel their dependence upon God.

We must never forget as we pray, that we depend on God for everything from our next meal to our next breath. We're also dependent upon God in escaping temptations (see verse 13).

1. Prayer is secret.
2. Prayer is familiar.
3. Prayer is meaningful.
4. Prayer is submissive.
5. Prayer is dependent.