Jesus continues teaching his disciples the topics that are important to pray about. He had mentioned these prayer topics including a few more during The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13). “Give us each day our daily bread,” is stated both times.
God is the one who gives me food including physical bread. The Lord God gave the Israelites a substance to eat that was like unleavened bread while they were in the desert after they left Egypt. The Israelites called it manna (Exodus 16:31). Manna came with eating instructions that included only collecting enough for each day except Friday and Saturday (Sabbath). On the Sabbath, no bread would appear on the desert floor, so they were to take a double portion on Friday.
After Jesus fed the 5,000 who sat all day to listen to his teaching he left them. They followed because they wanted more free food. They asked for manna like their forefathers had been given (John 6:30-31). “Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world… I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:32-33, 35)
Jesus is life. In him is the life of men. Without him I am dead. Without Jesus in me, I will die and my body will decay. With Jesus I am. Without Jesus, I am not.
