Part 4 - DEPENDENCE

"Give us this day our daily bread."

Give us:

• the asking of someone who has from someone who has not

• relying on someone else

• dependency

Dependency: as for support; subordination to someone or something needed or greatly desired; trust; reliance; the state of being determined, influenced or controlled by something else; a compulsive or chronic need; an addiction

this day our daily bread:

• new needs for every day

• basic essentials for life

• provision

The bible uses bread as a metaphor representing provision for;

• physical nourishment (manna)

Exodus 16:4-5; Matt 14:15-21 (the feeding of 5000)

• spiritual nourishment (Jesus is the bread of life)

John 6:51

• What are the bare necessities of human life?

• What are your bare essentials for happiness?

• Are they different? Why?

What is your foundation on?

Matt 7:24-27

Foundation on rock:

1 Kings 17:8-16; Luke 19:1-10

Dependence on God is all a matter of trust.

Does everybody need to depend on God?

Luke 4:4 and Jesus answered him, saying It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Foundation on sand:

Numbers 6; Judges 14, 15 & 16

How do you depend on God?

• admit to yourself that you need God every day for the foundation of our life

• recognise that your daily essentials are gifts from God

• ask Him and thank God daily for His provision

Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.