Sunday Morning Podcast | The Moody Church

Far too often we treat prayer like a cosmic 911 service. Some emergency happens, and suddenly, we become praying people.   On a daily basis, we try not to bother God with the little stuff, thinking that we can handle most circumstances on our own. Most of the time, life feels manageable. We rationalize that we are smart, industrious, hard-working; and with time and money, we can make most of our problems go away. We feel self-reliant, independent, and free.   That sounds a lot like America – “Freedom is independence!” But it doesn’t sound much like Jesus.   In this passage, Jesus is going to open our eyes to what real freedom looks like. And he’s going to do it with a simple prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread.”   There are five characteristics of this prayer that recalibrates our soul orientation to God:   Surrendered Prayer: Everything up unto the midpoint of this prayer has been God entranced, and it is only after these Godward prayers have been offered that Jesus then adds a prayer for d