For some, on some days, it is quite literally bread-that is, the food needed to sustain life that day. I believe that we would all readily acknowledge that we have needs each day that we want our Heavenly Father’s help in dealing with. Included in the Lord’s Prayer is the petition “Give us this day our daily bread” ( Matthew 6:11) or “Give us day by day our daily bread” ( Luke 11:3). The same is recorded in Matthew as part of the Sermon on the Mount (see Matthew 6:9–13). Jesus then gave a pattern for prayer that has become known as the Lord’s Prayer. In Luke it is recorded that one of His disciples asked Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples” ( Luke 11:1). And so I would like to talk to you about living well day by day.
#Daily bible scriptures and prayers full
It is the accumulation of many days well-lived that adds up to a full life and a saintly person. We endure in faith to the end one day at a time. It is one day at a time that we overcome imperfections. It is one day at a time that we raise and nurture our families. It is day by day that we work out our plans for the future it is day by day that we achieve our goals. Thoughtful planning and preparation are key to a rewarding future, but we do not live in the future-we live in the present.
We counsel you to think about how you will measure success in your life and then to establish the patterns and practices that will lead to that success.Īll of this expresses a wise and prudent course in life, and in what I say tonight, I do not minimize in any way the importance of thinking and planning ahead. We caution you to think of possible consequences down the road when making decisions about what you do today (for example, what you put on the Internet). We urge you to lay a foundation for marriage and family and to act on those plans. We encourage you to pursue education and vocational training as preparation for life in the years ahead. While we don’t always know details, we can pray for them by asking God to wrap His arms around them and show them grace.We older adults, including parents and Church leaders and professors and friends, often admonish you to plan for the future. One way we can help others around us is by praying for them, and this is a great prayer for when we are unsure of the situation that someone is in. We can pray that others find hope in God, too. Paul said this prayer about the Ephesians when he was trying to show them the power and strength of God’s love. Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. David’s Prayer of Repentanceįor this reason I bow my knees before the Father, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith–that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
We can use this when praying for others but also when we need the knowledge that God can fill us with love.
God help Brother Bob.” But Paul’s prayer reflects a more profound way to lift others up to God. So often our prayers are devoid of solid or thoughtful content: “God bless the missionaries.
Paul’s prayer shows us not only how we should be living, but also how we should be praying for other Christians. He prayed that they would be filled with love, which teaches us that Christians must grow in love so that their lives give glory to God. Paul gave this prayer to those of the Philippian church, which was experiencing some issues between its members. And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
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