Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 11:3

"Give us day by day our daily bread." — Luke 11:3 (ASV)

"Give us, O Lord, what we really need; not that which would be a luxury, but that which is a necessity. Give us, as we will need it day by day, what we will then actually need, our daily bread." We are not warranted in asking much more than this in temporal matters. They are all comprehended in this petition as far as they are necessary, but God has not given us carte blanche to ask for wealth, or honour, or any such dangerous things. There is no harm in asking for bread, and He will give us that.