With what mind should we ask this bread from God?

According to the teaching of our Lord, we should ask no more than bread for subsistence, the food and the material things that are truly necessary for life. Whatever goes beyond this, serving gratification rather than necessity, should not be the object of our petitions. If abundance is received, God is to be praised with thanksgiving and generous giving (see the Study: God and Economics); but Christians are to be content with the essentials, as the Lord said: “Do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’… your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well” (Mat 6:31–34).