A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry (continued)
labor of our hands, that with quietness we may work, and eat our own bread; And having food and raiment, give us to be therewith content, and to say, We have all and abound. Proverbs 23:3. Luke
16:19, 25. Psalm 104:15. Proverbs 20:17. Proverbs 9:17. Proverbs 31:27. Psalm 128:2. 2 Thessalonians 3:12.
1 Timothy 6:8. Philippians 4:18.
Bless, Lord, our substance, and accept the work of our hands; and give us wherewithal to provide for our own, even for those of our own house; and to leave an inheritance, as far as is just, to our children's children. Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; prosper you the work of our hands upon us, yea the work of our hands establishes it. Bless, Lord, our land with the precious things of the earth, and the fulness thereof; but above all let us have the good-will of him that dwelt in the bush, even the blessing that was upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. Deuteronomy 33:11.
1 Timothy 528. Proverbs 13:22. Psalm 90:17. Deuteronomy 33:13-16.
But ifthe fig-tree should not blossom, and there should be no fruit in the vine, if the labor of the olive should fail, and the field should yield no meat, ifthe flock should be cut offfrom the fold, and there should be no herd in the stall yet let us have grace to rejoice in the Lord, and to joy in the God of our salvation. Habakkuk 3:17, 18.
Father, we ask not for bread for a great while to come, but that we may have this day our daily bread; for we would learn, and the Lord teach us not to take thought for the morrow, what we shall eat, or what we shall drink, or wherewithal we shall be clothed; but we