October 13: Weekly Reading- Teaching on Prayer; The Faithful & Insight Post by Kim Feld

  -   October 13, 2025

God is Generous to Those Who Ask: Jesus teaches that if we ask, seek, and knock, God will provide for us. He compares God to a loving father who gives good gifts to His children when they ask.

Monday Verse

Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. James 1:17 (NLT)

Monday Questions

Am I persistent in asking God for what I need, trusting in His generous nature? How can I grow in faith as I seek God’s will through prayer?

Monday Insight Post
by Kim Feld

This week’s reading focuses on Jesus teaching His disciples how to pray. Note that Jesus is not so much telling them the words to pray, but rather how to pray. He begins with two portions that relate directly to God and then moves into three that are requests for us.

One big takeaway for me is the emphasis on today (“Give us today the food we need”), focusing on the present rather than looking into the future. In Jesus’ time, workers were often paid daily, so this admonition to ask God to meet your needs daily would have resonated. In an affluent society, many don’t have the worries of food for the day. But what if we approached God every single day, recognizing His holiness and dominion over all, asking Him to meet our needs for that day? This reminds me of when the Israelites were wandering in the desert and God provided manna. They were instructed to only collect enough for that day, and if they disobeyed and tried to gather more, the food would spoil (see Exodus 16). God wants us to connect with Him so that our needs can be met daily.

Another takeaway is that Jesus’ instructions begin with recognizing God’s holiness. That’s the posture my prayers should always begin with – He is the Creator; I am the created. Pausing before I rush into prayer creates space for the reverence God deserves. What a privilege to be able to come to Him in prayer with anything that is on my heart! I am sad to say that I often take that for granted.

Jesus also instructs us to keep a short account with God and others. We ask Him for forgiveness, and out of the recognition that we have been forgiven, we have the power to forgive others. (As a side note, if you missed Pastor Yayo’s message on forgiveness yesterday, October 12, 2025, check it out.)

I enjoy reading the passages we’re studying each week in various translations and paraphrases. I was especially struck this week in reading from The Message. Take a look at the Lord’s Prayer from Matthew 6:

Our Father in heaven,
Reveal who you are.
Set the world right;
Do what’s best—
as above, so below.
Keep us alive with three square meals.
Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.
You’re in charge!
You can do anything you want!
You’re ablaze in beauty!
Yes. Yes. Yes.

What if we began this new week by recognizing God’s holiness, asking Him to reveal Himself to us, and then requesting what we need for the day? The Lord’s Prayer is not the only prayer we need to pray, but it is a powerful guide in how to begin our day and realign our hearts.

Kim Feld
Executive Director of Education and Outreach 

New Hope Church
Lorton, Virginia
www.newhope.org