Proverbs 27:17
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch Wednesday Night Prayer - Lectio 365 by 24-7 Prayer:
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God Is Our Provider
God Is Our Provider
In Matthew 6, Jesus’ disciples ask Him how they should pray. So Jesus teaches them a very simple prayer that covers the basic areas of life. Jesus’ model for prayer orients our hearts toward God and His kingdom work on earth. And in the middle of that prayer, Jesus prays, “Give us today our daily bread.”
What Jesus is showing us is this: God wants us to bring everything to Him in prayer—even the small things. God cares about us and our needs.
This prayer also points out that it is God who gives us good things and provides for us. While it may seem like we earn our own basic necessities, it is actually God who gives us our breath and our ability to work and earn a wage. God even created the very food that we eat.
Everything we have comes from God. That means we can spend time in prayer thanking Him for what He has given us, and talking to Him about our needs.
What’s significant is that Jesus doesn’t ask for God to provide His needs for tomorrow or next week—He only asks for His needs today.
Our whole life can change in an instant, and things we’ve stored up for years can be taken away. But Jesus teaches us to depend on God to meet our needs day by day. Dependence on God takes trust—but when we trust in Him, we end up living by God’s power and provision rather than our own.
Take some time today and thank God for what He has given you. Thank Him for taking care of your basic needs each and every day, and ask God to continue to meet your needs each and every day. Consider how you can live with an increasing awareness of God as your provider. He loves you and cares for you.
Why It Matters
Why It Matters
Expressing gratitude to God for things in my life usually looks like a checklist. Family, thank you. Job, thank you. Home, thank you. Yet, seeing a stranger have pure delight in a simple gift, showed me gratitude can go deeper.
Jesus told us it’s more blessed to give than to receive. He knows the secret to fulfillment isn’t in what we get, but rather in what we give away. Within that idea is something our hearts can be grateful for. We have a heavenly Father who can use us to bless others and doesn’t forget us in the process. We can experience joy when God uses our lives to uplift those around us.
What has been a time in your life the Lord used you to bless someone else? Take a moment to be grateful the Lord chose you for that special task.
A Deeper Gratitude
A Deeper Gratitude
Written by Jill Holewski
I gently placed the bouquets of flowers on the passenger seat next to me. One for a friend, one for myself. After the florist, I was in the mood for my guilty pleasure– chicken nuggets. When I arrived at the drive-through window the woman who greeted me immediately noticed the delicate, white flowers.
“Those are beautiful! What are they called?” she asked.
“Hydrangeas.” I responded.
Handing me my order she added, “How lovely.”
Before I knew what I was doing, I reached for one of the bouquets and passed it through the window. “Here,” I said, “these must be meant for you.”
“Oh!” she squealed with delight, “Thank you!” Holding the flowers up like a trophy, she yelled to her coworkers, “Look at these!” then ran off to show everyone around her.
I smiled and called after her, “God bless you!” but I don’t think she heard me.
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