Do you have everything you need, or do you worry about having enough? Jesus teaches us to petition our Father in heaven for our basic needs—bread, food, sustenance—so he can provide everything we need. If he does this with basic necessities, how much more does he want us to pray for things that really last?

QUESTIONS • When did God provide something you really needed in answer to your prayers? • Has he been faithful to provide the things you need, or have you gone without when you asked? • What have you been praying for with the same degree of desperation? • Have you ever been the answer to somebody else’s prayers for food or basic necessities? • How might you become the answer by not only praying—but working—for the answers to your prayers? • If God provides our meals every day, what do you believe he wants you to pray for that brings eternal impact?