With these same words we show complete obedience to God, as the Father, Who knows better than we do which of us needs and is useful for earthly and eternal life.

How is the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer read?

Give us this day our daily bread.

Daily - enough for a day. Give - give. Today - to this day.

What do we ask of God with these words?

We ask God to give us everything we need in life for body and soul.

What is necessary for the body and soul?

The body needs: food, clothing and housing. For the soul are necessary: Holy Communion (John 6:55) and other sacraments and the word of God (Matt. 4:4).

As the body, if it is deprived of its food, will die, that is, it will lose its soul and be destroyed, so the soul, if it does not eat its proper food, will die, that is, it will be deprived of eternal bliss.

Why is it commanded to ask for daily bread only for one day?

In order that we may not be overly concerned about future days; but they would remember that God Himself cares for us more than we do, and in Him they would firmly trust (Matt. 6:25-33).

How is the fifth petition of the Lord's Prayer read?

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Leave it - forgive me. Debts are sins. As - just as.

What do we ask of God with these words?

We ask God to forgive us our sins, just as we forgive us who have offended or sinned against us.

Why are sins called debts?

Because everything that we have is not ours, but God's, and everything must be used according to the will of God; if we do not do this, if we sin, then we remain as it were in debt to God.

Who are called our debtors?

People who insult us and do us harm. They are called our debtors because they are supposed to live with us, as we do with them, in peace and harmony, but they do not live.

Will God forgive us our sins if we do not forgive others ourselves?