“Arm-Pit Bread” was a common daily staple in the villages of Romania. Small stores would sell loaves of bread with no preservatives. So each day a trek was made to acquire the daily bread, often carrying the crusty loaf home held firmly up under the arm pit. Hence it’s name given by the missionary, “Arm-Pit Bread.”

Jesus teaches us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” It’s difficult for many of us to see Jesus’ point. We live in a land of luxury where preservatives keep bread fresh for over a week. And with bread in the bank, we don’t really need to ask anybody to give us bread. Bread is cheap. We’ve got bread covered for the foreseeable future.

Our self-sufficiency blinds us to the deep and abiding truths found in those seven simple words of prayer and explains why so many of us who claim the holy God and creator of the universe as our Father still live anxiety racked lives.

Come this Sunday as we dig deep into these seven words. Together we will glory in our holy heavenly Father and find rest in His all sufficient grace.

I can’t wait to see you this Sunday at First!