Matthew 6:11-13 - In the second half of The Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches His disciples how to ask God our Father to meet the needs of ourselves and our communities, both physical and spiritual. In part through praying these words and themes over a lifetime, Christ's church will become the kind of people who not only love God with everything, but love our neighbors as ourselves—and express that love in deed. A sermon by Tsion Reid. [Part 14 of our series “Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount: The Good Life in the Kingdom of Grace”]

Questions for reflection: 1) How does this prayer give us explicit permission to pray for the physical/material needs that we have? 2) Discuss what it might mean to ask God for "daily" bread instead of something like "yearly" bread?" 3) What is the connection between God's forgiveness toward us and our forgiveness of others? Why is it so crucial to Jesus? 4) How does this prayer inspire us to love one another in the way Jesus envisions? 5) How might you incorporate the praying of these words into your daily life moving forward?