Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Samuel 7:23-29
by: Susan Bond.
Many are familiar with this final line of a prayer: "Give us, Lord, our daily bread." My parents taught us to say instead, "Thank you, God, for daily bread." David's prayer included both the asking and the thankful expectation that he would receive what God had promised.
Jesus taught us to pray, "Give us ...." and later modeled a prayer of thanks over the bread that would feed five thousand men (Matthew 6:11, 14:19). Scripture, overflowing with God's promises, is laced with commands to ask and give thanks. What a joy, this learning to communicate with God. We, like David, can reaffirm God's word by speaking it back to him.