When most people think of prayer, they think of asking for things. In the middle of the Lord's Prayer, Jesus tells us to ask God for our daily bread, which means we are to bring our needs to God and expect that he will meet them as a Father cares for his children. When we meditate on this, we find that the way we ask changes: we ask in a way that is far more confident, grateful, generous, humble, and satisfied.

1. Why do you ask God for things? How do you go about it? How does it make you feel when you do it?
2. Why does Christian prayer emphasize the fatherhood of God, especially when it comes to asking for things from him?
3. How might God be leading you to change the way you ask him for things?