ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Eph. 6:11, 12. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places.

READING.--Jesus in Gethsemane, Matt. 26:36-44.




CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE FOURTH PETITION.


Give us this day our daily bread.

_What is meant by this Petition?_

God gives, indeed, without our prayer, even to the wicked also, their
daily bread; but we pray in this petition that He would make us sensible
of His benefits, and enable us to receive our daily bread with
thanksgiving.

_What is implied in the words "our daily bread"?_

All things that pertain to the wants and the support of this present