Key Points

1. The Sermon on the Mount is the blueprint for what that kingdom looks like
2. Many Americans live as if we are the kings. Our culture sets ourselves up as kings of our own kingdom
3. The first half of the prayer focused on God’s glory and the second half seems to focus on praying for ourselves.
4. Epiousios: tomorrow’s bread; tomorrow meal; refers to future sustenance.
5. Matthew 6:11 is meant to meet our physical needs and our spiritual ones
6. The prayer also shows the need for a daily dependence on Him.
7. Jesus asks us to pray in community.

Key Scripture

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day, our daily bread.

Exodus 16:11-12
The Lord spoke to Moses and said, “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

Luke 15:3-7
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

John 6:51
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Key References

Author R. Albert Mohler, Jr:
“The verse reminds us of our dependence on God for even the most fundamental needs of life. The contrast in the prayer is striking. He is glorious, hallowed, in heaven, and omnipotent. We, on the other hand, are incapable of even getting basic sustenance without his help. In these words, then, Jesus teaches us to exalt God while humbling ourselves. The radical God-centeredness of the prayer continues. Man’s pride has no place before the throne of God.”