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Apr 2024
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Our Daily Bread

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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Jesus teaches us to pray for our basic needs. Praying that way can both simplify and sanctify our lives. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers how the Lord's Prayer directs us to ask God for strength to honor Him and do His will.

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