We are over-worked, over-medicated, under-rested, and over-worried; always hungry, never content. When we seek God and His provision, we find contentment. We find rest in our souls and freedom in our lives. God frees us from slavery to “more”. Matthew 6:25-34 is an expansion of the Lord’s Prayer. When we pray a prayer of provision, we are making a request from God. How do we pray for provision?

We have to do something with what we feel—the anger, the pain, the injustice, etc. When we pray, we have assurance, in the face of evil, that heaven has come to set us free, is here to dwell with us, and will come to bring final, complete justice one day.

Using the model of prayer Jesus gave the disciples, when we begin our prayer by declaring who God is and declaring that He is holy, it puts everything into its proper perspective. God is on the throne, and I am loved by God the Father.