As stated in the first post of the Disciples’ Prayer, Our Father Who Art in Heaven, the petitions that Jesus taught his disciples were not given so that we can know how to get something from God as much as they were given as the gift of God in themselves. Christ taught his disciples to pray in this manner because each of the statements in the prayer pertains to a crucial element of our relationship to him.

We know that God will provide all of our needs; we know that we are not to worry because our heavenly father knows what we need before we even ask. God provides for the sparrows, not allowing one to fall apart from his knowledge, he clothes the flowers of the field, will he not provide for us also? If we are given these promises and are told to trust in him for the sustenance of our bodies, why are we told to ask?

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