Our Daily Bread
- Devotional for Midweek Prayer Meeting *
I. THREE BASIC ELEMENTS TO PRAYER
A. Communion, v9
B. Intercession, v10
C. Supplication (petition/requests), vv11-13
"I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me." JOHN 17:20-21
II. THREE SUPPLEMENTAL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Luke 9:23; 1 Cor 12:26; Phil 2:3-8
III. SUPPLICATIONS, Part One
Daily Bread
"Give us this day our daily bread."
1. not actual bread
- Matt 6:31-34
- doesn't mean you can't ask for needs or provisions, Phil 4:19
2. the Word of God
- Matt 4:4 (Deut 8:3)
3. the Holy Spirit
- Luke 11:5-13
4. the Lord Jesus
- John 6:51
Devotional Application
1. praying for others strengthens us to keep from being self-centered
2. praying for Christ's church strengthens us to keep our primary focus upon God's will in Christ
3. praying for Christ's church, and others in Christ's church, means we benefit if we're saved by God's grace because we are members of Christ's body and sheep of the Good Shepherd's flock