Our Daily Bread: Teach Us to Pray

What does it mean to pray, “Give us each day our daily bread”? In this message from Luke 11:3, Adam Woods explores how Jesus teaches His followers to trust God for their daily needs and what this simple prayer reveals about our dependence on the Father.

In this sermon from our Teach Us to Pray series, we look at how the prayer for daily bread moves our hearts from anxiety to trust, from arrogance to humility, from independence to dependence, and from isolation into a relationship with God. Jesus reminds us that the God who rules the universe is also our Father—and He invites us to come to Him every single day with every need.

ABOUT THIS MESSAGE

When Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray, He moves from honoring God’s name and asking for His kingdom to something surprisingly ordinary: bread.

Why would Jesus place such a simple request in the middle of one of the most profound prayers in Scripture?

This message explores how the prayer for daily bread reminds us of our deep dependence on God. It confronts the battles we face every day—anxiety about the future, arrogance about our own ability, independence from God, and isolation from relationship with Him.

Through this simple prayer, Jesus teaches us to trust our Father one day at a time.