What is the fourth petition?

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Give us this day our daily bread. That is: Provide us with all our bodily needs so that we may acknowledge that Thou art the only fountain of all good, and that our care and labour, and also Thy gifts, cannot do us any good without Thy blessing. Grant therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it only in Thee.

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  • Give us this day our daily bread. That is: Provide us with all our bodily needs (Psalm 104:27–30; Psalm 145:15–16; Matthew 6:25–34)
  • so that we may acknowledge that Thou art the only fountain of all good, (Acts 14:17; Acts 17:25; James 1:17)
  • and that our care and labour, and also Thy gifts, cannot do us any good without Thy blessing. (Deuteronomy 8:3; Psalm 37:16; Psalm 127:1–2; 1 Corinthians 15:58)
  • Grant therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it only in Thee. (Psalm 55:22; Psalm 62:11; Psalm 146; Jeremiah 17:5–8; Hebrews 13:5–6)