WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.620 Give us this day our daily bread. And of course, 00:00:07.620 --> 00:00:12.640 you easily recognize this as a part of that prayer 00:00:12.640 --> 00:00:19.440 that Jesus taught us to pray. Give us this day 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:25.620 here now on earth today. Look at your calendar. 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:31.329 That's right. Look at the calendar in that room 00:00:31.329 --> 00:00:37.149 where you are now sitting. Give us this day, 00:00:37.289 --> 00:00:48.409 now, our daily bread. Do you want to know something? 00:00:49.270 --> 00:00:54.009 The most wonderful thing in the world is to know 00:00:54.009 --> 00:00:58.329 that God is your Heavenly Father. You talk about 00:00:58.329 --> 00:01:05.030 riches. You talk about an inheritance. The greatest 00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:09.109 riches any human being can know, the greatest 00:01:09.109 --> 00:01:15.409 inheritance that any one of us can experience 00:01:15.409 --> 00:01:20.469 is the inheritance and the riches in knowing 00:01:20.469 --> 00:01:28.060 that here and now we are the sons of God. And 00:01:28.060 --> 00:01:33.939 all that is His is ours. And because we are the 00:01:33.939 --> 00:01:36.859 children of the loving Father, we're entitled 00:01:36.859 --> 00:01:44.659 to expect that God will provide us fully with 00:01:44.659 --> 00:01:50.040 everything that we need. That's right. Before 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:51.680 I get through with my little heart -to -heart 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:55.670 talk with you today, I pray you'll just be so 00:01:55.670 --> 00:02:02.909 sorry you ever worried. I pray that you'll say 00:02:02.909 --> 00:02:07.189 to yourself, well, why didn't I go to bed and 00:02:07.189 --> 00:02:10.889 sleep last night? Why did I roll and toss and 00:02:10.889 --> 00:02:16.490 worry and... Six o 'clock this morning, I was 00:02:16.490 --> 00:02:21.810 all tired out. Haven't slept a week. I just... 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.159 rolled and tossed and worried about how everything 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:31.680 was going to come out. Remember something. Because 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.919 we are the children of a loving Heavenly Father, 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:40.039 you and I are entitled to expect that God will 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.960 provide us fully with everything that we need. 00:02:45.900 --> 00:02:50.740 Now, children, just naturally, just spontaneously, 00:02:51.500 --> 00:02:54.360 looked to their human parents to supply all their 00:02:54.360 --> 00:03:01.539 wants. Your child did not lose one wink of sleep 00:03:01.539 --> 00:03:07.020 last night, worried about his food today. He 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:10.860 knew that when he would get up in the morning, 00:03:10.900 --> 00:03:15.840 it would be there. Never entered his mind. He 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.870 knew that Dad would have it there. Dad would 00:03:20.870 --> 00:03:25.009 bring it in. Mama would have it on the table. 00:03:26.590 --> 00:03:30.590 That's the reason children sleep so well. They 00:03:30.590 --> 00:03:35.270 don't worry because children just naturally look 00:03:35.270 --> 00:03:37.710 to their human parents to supply all their wants, 00:03:37.949 --> 00:03:41.990 all their needs. And in exactly the same way, 00:03:42.050 --> 00:03:46.189 we should look to our Heavenly Father, to God, 00:03:46.330 --> 00:03:52.840 to supply all our needs. And he's promised. And 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:57.780 if we do, in faith and understanding, I'll promise 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:03.780 you something we'll never expect in vain. We'll 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:06.639 be no more disappointed than Yuri Youngster was 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:08.520 disappointed when he came down to breakfast table 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:11.580 this morning and the cereal and the milk and 00:04:11.580 --> 00:04:17.600 the egg and the juice was right there. It is 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.920 absolutely the will of God. that all of his children 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:27.779 should lead healthy, happy lives, full of joy, 00:04:27.980 --> 00:04:33.199 full of joyous experiences. We should live a 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:41.480 life of expectancy, of adventure. We should develop 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:47.060 freely and steadily, day by day, week by week. 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:50.100 as our pathways unfold more and more unto the 00:04:50.100 --> 00:04:55.160 perfect day. To this end, we require such things 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.720 as food and clothing and shelter and means of 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:02.199 travel and everything that we need down here 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:05.800 in an old material world. And above all else, 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:12.360 we require freedom. And in the prayer, all these 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:17.839 things are included. under the heading of bread. 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:24.939 And by the way, that bread can be literal, too. 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:33.879 Bread and butter. Sure. But bread, that is to 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:37.439 say, means not merely food in general, but all 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.879 things that you and I need for a healthy, happy, 00:05:42.100 --> 00:05:45.430 free life. But in order to obtain these things, 00:05:45.649 --> 00:05:50.750 we've got to remember our relationship with our 00:05:50.750 --> 00:05:54.430 Heavenly Father. We've got to believe Him for 00:05:54.430 --> 00:05:58.670 it. We have got to claim these things. We've 00:05:58.670 --> 00:06:06.029 got to recognize God and God alone as the source 00:06:06.029 --> 00:06:10.970 and the fountainhead of all our good. Lack of 00:06:10.970 --> 00:06:14.620 any kind. is always traceable to the fact that 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:18.980 we've been seeking our supply from some other 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:23.699 source, some secondary source, instead of from 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:31.660 God. But you must remember that God is the author 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:37.060 and the giver of life, and every good and perfect 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:44.220 gift comes from Him. I want you to consider something 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:47.259 in this little heart -to -heart talk. And it 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:49.220 is the most practical thing that I could talk 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:52.879 to you about because I don't care how spiritual 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:56.879 you may be, you're still in the flesh. You're 00:06:56.879 --> 00:07:02.120 still human. The material needs must be met and 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:10.769 must be supplied. There still must be The money 00:07:10.769 --> 00:07:15.569 to pay for the groceries. You've got to pay the 00:07:15.569 --> 00:07:18.430 milk bill. You've got to pay the rent. There's 00:07:18.430 --> 00:07:20.730 gasoline to buy for the car. There's a car to 00:07:20.730 --> 00:07:25.949 be bought. There's taxes to be met. We're still 00:07:25.949 --> 00:07:29.949 human. I don't care how spiritual you are. You 00:07:29.949 --> 00:07:33.050 never can get to the place spiritually where 00:07:33.050 --> 00:07:38.810 you don't have to pay these things. It's like 00:07:38.810 --> 00:07:42.980 that. Now, most people think of their supply 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:45.680 as coming from certain investments or from a 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.680 business or from some employer. Whereas, if you 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.920 could only realize that these things are merely 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:03.139 the channels through which it comes. God being 00:08:03.139 --> 00:08:08.759 the source. The number of possible channels is... 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:14.899 Infinite. But the source is just one. And God 00:08:14.899 --> 00:08:19.439 is that source. Now the particular channel through 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:22.000 which you're getting your supply is quite likely 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:29.279 to change. Because change is the law for manifestations. 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:37.850 Now remember something. There is one Heavenly 00:08:37.850 --> 00:08:45.549 Father who has promised to supply the need. Everything 00:08:45.549 --> 00:08:50.970 else that concerns you in the supplying of that 00:08:50.970 --> 00:08:54.710 need is nothing more or less than a channel that 00:08:54.710 --> 00:09:01.889 God uses. And if you read the Word of God, He 00:09:01.889 --> 00:09:08.039 used angels. Oh, you'd be amazed Channels that 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:13.200 God uses. Sure. Now, you take a man, for instance. 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:17.559 He thinks of his employment as the source of 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.139 his income. And then for some reason or another, 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.740 he loses his job. Maybe his employer goes out 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:28.919 of business. Maybe they've cut down the staff. 00:09:30.340 --> 00:09:36.899 Or maybe, well, one... a thousand different reasons, 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:48.179 he loses his job. Now, all these years, he has 00:09:48.179 --> 00:09:53.659 always thought as his employment as the source 00:09:53.659 --> 00:10:03.129 of his income. And after he's lost his job, He 00:10:03.129 --> 00:10:09.730 becomes very depressed. He becomes very despondent. 00:10:10.110 --> 00:10:19.990 Now, if such a man only realized that God is 00:10:19.990 --> 00:10:26.990 his supply and his job was only the particular 00:10:26.990 --> 00:10:34.100 channel through which it came, Then upon the 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:37.500 closing of that channel, he looks up and he says, 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.320 Now, Lord, what's the next channel that you're 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:47.820 going to open up for me to supply my need? And 00:10:47.820 --> 00:10:51.980 maybe the next channel that God opens up will 00:10:51.980 --> 00:10:58.480 be a better channel than the channel that God 00:10:58.480 --> 00:11:03.700 used prior to that one. It's light. I always 00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:07.139 think of that when I see some man who lost a 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:13.700 job. My word, you would have thought that the 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:18.919 bottom had dropped out of everything. He comes 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:24.159 home, he might just as well have opened that 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:32.490 back door and said, Mary, God just died. That's 00:11:32.490 --> 00:11:36.850 the way he looks. That's the way he acts. He 00:11:36.850 --> 00:11:47.570 is so despondent, so dejected. Why, listen. The 00:11:47.570 --> 00:11:53.830 real source of your supply is God. There is only 00:11:53.830 --> 00:11:57.429 one fountainhead of every good and perfect gift. 00:11:58.029 --> 00:12:03.679 There is only one... giver of every good and 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.039 perfect gift. If you are his child, if God is 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:10.600 your heavenly father, remember something. He 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:18.600 is the source of all that you need. Your employer 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:26.100 is just a channel. Your position is just a channel. 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:30.309 The place where you work. Whoever God uses in 00:12:30.309 --> 00:12:34.029 the flesh is just a channel through which God 00:12:34.029 --> 00:12:37.710 is supplying the need for you and your family. 00:12:40.250 --> 00:12:49.649 Yeah. And if your belief had been in God, then 00:12:49.649 --> 00:12:54.409 since God cannot change and God cannot fail, 00:12:54.669 --> 00:13:02.049 then... Believe me, you will look up and say, 00:13:02.110 --> 00:13:06.690 now, Lord, where's the next channel through which 00:13:06.690 --> 00:13:09.970 my need will be supplied? And he'll not let you 00:13:09.970 --> 00:13:16.690 down. I promise you, he'll not let you down. 00:13:18.490 --> 00:13:22.330 Now, our daily bread signifies the realization 00:13:22.330 --> 00:13:29.210 of the presence of God. actual sense that God 00:13:29.210 --> 00:13:35.070 exists, not merely in a nominal way, but as the 00:13:35.070 --> 00:13:41.409 great reality. The sense that he is present with 00:13:41.409 --> 00:13:45.809 us. The feeling that because he is God, all good, 00:13:45.870 --> 00:13:50.149 all powerful, all wise, all loving, we have nothing 00:13:50.149 --> 00:13:55.019 to fear. Just to know that we can rely upon him 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:59.559 to take every possible care of us. That he'll 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:04.279 supply all that we need to have. That he'll teach 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.220 us all that we need to know. That he'll guide 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:10.200 our steps so that we shall not make mistakes. 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.559 All that is what the scripture means when it 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:23.049 says, God with us. This is Emmanuel. Our God. 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:32.009 God with us. If you live in that constant realization 00:14:32.009 --> 00:14:43.129 of God with you, God ever present, God the fountainhead, 00:14:43.230 --> 00:14:52.299 God the source of all that you need, You'll go 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:59.159 to bed that night and sleep and not worry about 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:04.059 how things are going to be taken care of tomorrow. 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:16.620 That's it. You know, years ago, I found something 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:23.169 in the Bible and I... Always remember it as 2 00:15:23.169 --> 00:15:31.629 Kings, the last chapter, the last verse. It has 00:15:31.629 --> 00:15:36.610 meant so much to me through the years. I give 00:15:36.610 --> 00:15:40.409 it to you. As I give it to you, I pray that it 00:15:40.409 --> 00:15:44.970 shall mean as much to you as it has meant to 00:15:44.970 --> 00:15:52.740 me. Because you see, I'm human too. all so human. 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:56.700 And the reason I can talk to you about these 00:15:56.700 --> 00:16:00.580 things is because I've experienced these things 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:04.080 too. And you can never give to anyone else any 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.159 more than you have experienced yourself. I've 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:09.759 had to learn these very things that I'm giving 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:14.179 to you. That's the reason I can teach you. That's 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:16.820 the reason I can assure you that what I'm telling 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:24.519 you works. It works. Believe me, if more of you 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:30.179 preachers who spend so much time begging for 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:34.580 money would get your eyes off of money and on 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:37.460 the source of the supply, you wouldn't have to 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:45.820 be beggars. It's like that. If some of you folk 00:16:46.570 --> 00:16:50.250 who are living such defeated lives, would lift 00:16:50.250 --> 00:16:56.509 your eyes up and fix your eyes on the source 00:16:56.509 --> 00:17:01.389 of the supply, fix your eyes on your Heavenly 00:17:01.389 --> 00:17:05.289 Father, get a realization of His power, His presence, 00:17:05.490 --> 00:17:12.430 and your relationship to Him, you'd be living 00:17:12.430 --> 00:17:19.839 in the glory instead. All right, here's the scripture. 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:29.940 2 Kings, last chapter, the last verse. And his 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:37.740 allowance was a continual allowance given him 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:46.799 of the king, a daily rate for every day. All 00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:53.920 the days of his life. I've lived by them. Do 00:17:53.920 --> 00:18:01.180 you want to know the real secret of my everyday 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:11.140 fellowship with him? Here it is. It's found just 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:20.210 in those words. And his allowance was a continual 00:18:20.210 --> 00:18:25.630 allowance given him of the king. A daily rate 00:18:25.630 --> 00:18:30.130 for every day. You see, the reason we worry is 00:18:30.130 --> 00:18:33.890 because we want more than just the daily rate. 00:18:35.869 --> 00:18:40.269 We want a whole year's supply. Well, at least 00:18:40.269 --> 00:18:45.380 six months. And we can't... possibly be satisfied. 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:49.339 We have to have more assurance than just one 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:55.759 day at a time. Oh, my goodness, a life. You know, 00:18:55.839 --> 00:19:01.839 the government has spoiled us, I think. I think 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:09.059 the unions have sort of spoiled us. But God's 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:15.440 plan. is a day -by -day proposition, a daily 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:20.400 rate for every day, all the days of his life. 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:24.380 And the art of life is to live in the present 00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:28.140 moment, to make that moment as perfect as we 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:32.000 can by the realization that we are the instruments 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.200 and the expression of God himself. And the best 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:41.420 way to prepare for tomorrow is to make today 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:46.460 all that it should be. Amen.