Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
Question. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
Answer. In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God's free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.
Proofs.
- [a] Prov. 30:8-9; Matt. 6:31-34; Phil. 4:11, 19; I Tim. 6:6-8
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Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 104, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1TI.6.6-1TI.6.8, MAT.6.31-MAT.6.34, PHP.4.11, PHP.4.19, PRO.30.8-PRO.30.9
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