Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 6:11

"Give us this day our daily bread." — Matthew 6:11 (ASV)

We pray for providential supplies for ourselves and others—Give us. We ask for our food as a gift—Give us. We request no more than bread or food needful for us. Our petition concerns the day and asks only for a daily supply, bread enough for this day. We ask not for bread which belongs to others, but only for that which is honestly our own—our daily bread.

It is the prayer of a lowly and contented mind, of one who is so sanctified that he waits upon God even about his daily food, and of one who lovingly links others with himself in his sympathy and prayer.

Give me, Lord, both the bread of heaven, and of earth, that which feeds my soul and sustains my body. For all I look to You, my Father.