Lord’s Day 45
Q118. What has God commanded us to pray for?
Everything we need, spiritually and physically, as embraced in the prayer Christ our Lord himself taught us.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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James 1:17
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
Matthew 6:33
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Modernized Commentary — Zacharias Ursinus (1616)
Question
118. What has God commanded us to ask of Him?
Answer. All things necessary for soul and body, which Christ our Lord has gathered together in the prayer He Himself taught us.