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 Well, we want to begin our time in the Word this morning with a discussion question.

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! It's not usually interactive at this point in the sermon, but we're going to try it a little bit for just a minute or two.

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 What are the things in life that we are most likely to worry about?

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 Health.

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 Money.

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 Dying. Yes.

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 War.

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 Family members.

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 Our neighbors.

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 There's lots of things, eh?

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 Where we could sort of ask a similar question that might bring up some others.

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 What are some things that have been causing you stress?

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 A wolf trying to eat you.

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 Yeah.

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 That could cause you stress for sure.

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 Well, today we're going to hear from Jesus very specifically about worry and anxiety.

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 Let's pick up the story from the Gospel of Luke.

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 We're in chapter 12.

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 And we are in verse 22.

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 Verse 22.

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 Then Jesus said to his disciples,

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 Therefore, I tell you,

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 do not worry about your life,

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 what you will eat,

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 or about your body,

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 what you will wear.

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 For life is more than food,

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 and the body more than clothes.

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 Consider the ravens.

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 Birds.

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 They do not sow

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 or reap.

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 They have no storeroom

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 or barn.

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 Yet God

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 feeds them.

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 And how much more valuable you are

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 than birds.

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 Who of you, by worrying,

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 can add a single hour

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 to your life?

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 Since you cannot do this very little thing,

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 why do you worry about the rest?

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 It's good for us to take a moment

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 and remember how we got to this part in the story.

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 Earlier in this chapter,

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 we read about how

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 Jesus was teaching

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 on the subjects of hypocrisy

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 and greed.

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 First, he had an encounter

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 with the Pharisees,

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 and then he went on

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 to warn his disciples

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 about hypocrisy.

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 Then there was this man

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 who called out to Jesus,

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 asking Jesus to tell his brother

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 to divide the inheritance

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 with him.

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 And so Jesus began

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 to warn his disciples

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 about greed.

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 And he told them

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 this parable

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 of the rich

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 fool.

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 This guy

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 who got a bountiful harvest

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 and then replaced

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 his barns

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 with bigger ones

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 so that he had room

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 to store

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 all of his

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 surplus grain

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 and goods,

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 thinking to himself

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 that he was set for life

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 and could take it easy

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 and could now eat,

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 drink,

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 and be merry

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 for many years

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 ahead.

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 But then God tells him

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 that his time is up,

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 that he will not get

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 what he has prepared

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 for himself.

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 And we talked last Sunday

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 about how this man

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 was an example

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 of selfishness

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 and greed.

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 Well, it's here

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 that Jesus shifts

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 to talking about worry.

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 But this is all

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 kind of related.

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 Notice the word

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 therefore.

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 Then Jesus said

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 to his disciples,

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 therefore,

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 I tell you,

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 do not worry

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 about your life.

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 What was the rich fool

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 looking forward to

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 with his life?

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 He was looking forward

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 to eating,

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 drinking,

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 and being merry

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 with what he had

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 stored up for himself.

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 And now,

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 what is Jesus

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 telling his disciples

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 not to worry about?

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 Eating.

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 Verse 29.

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 Drinking.

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 Verse 33 and 34.

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 Storing up things

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 for ourselves

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 here on earth.

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 And so this teaching

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 about worry

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 really comes with

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 the warning

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 against greed.

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 The two are kind of

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 related.

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 And as Jesus

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 gets into this,

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 we notice,

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 I love it when he does this,

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 he gives us his main point

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 right out of the gate.

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 I tell you,

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 do not worry

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 about your life.

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 That's his main point

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 in this whole section.

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 Much of what follows

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 and he says after

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 answers the question

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 of why.

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 Why shouldn't I worry?

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 That's what the next

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 six verses are about.

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 But let's just zero in

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 on that main point

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 for a minute.

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 Do not worry

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 about your life.

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 First,

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 we notice how Jesus

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 sort of expands

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 on that.

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 Don't worry about

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 what you will eat.

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 Don't worry about

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 what you will wear.

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 Don't worry about

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 your body.

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 Jesus picks

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 two things in life

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 that are common

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 to us all

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 as examples.

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 Things that we're prone

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 to worry about.

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 Food

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 and clothing.

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 Things that we,

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 both of them,

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 we need to live.

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 And he says,

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 don't worry

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 about them.

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 Now he's not saying

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 don't even think

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 about what you will eat

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 or take no thought

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 as to how you dress.

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 We know that

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 because there's plenty

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 of other passages

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 in the Bible

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 which tell us

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 that we should take

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 some thought

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 to our eating

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 and our drinking

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 and even to how we dress.

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 God tells us elsewhere

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 that gluttony

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 and drunkenness

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 are sinful.

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 He tells us

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 that we should dress

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 modestly

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 and appropriately

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 to the occasion.

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 And so Jesus

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 is not telling us

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 to just go through life

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 giving no thought

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 or care

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 to these things

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 at all.

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 The word Jesus

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 uses here

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 for worry

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 means to be anxious

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 about something.

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 What he means is

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 don't be anxious

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 about your life,

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 what you will eat

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 or about your body,

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 what you will wear.

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 Don't be anxious

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 about the things

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 in life

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 that you need.

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 don't fret

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 or fear

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 or let your mind

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 just sort of race

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 in an anxious worry

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 about those things.

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 That's Jesus'

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 main point

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 here to

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 his followers

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 and to us.

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 Do not be anxious

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 about your life.

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 Jesus forbids

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 us

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 to fret

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 and be stressed

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 out over things.

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 And so I think

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 the first thing

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 that we need

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 to do here

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 is just stop

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 and get honest

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 with the Lord

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 and have a conversation

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 with him

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 and ask,

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 Lord,

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 have I been doing this?

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 have I been anxious

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 about things

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 in life?

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 And if so,

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 what are those things

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 that I've been worrying about?

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 What are those things

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 that I've not been

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 trusting you with?

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 Worry is kind of

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 a tricky sin.

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 It doesn't promise us

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 pleasure

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 or happiness

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 like other sins.

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 It works differently.

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 It dangles

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 before us

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 the promise

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 of safety,

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 security,

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 control,

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 peace,

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 maybe even success.

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 And it really operates

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 out of fear.

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 We incessantly

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 think about things

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 or plan about things

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 or imagine things

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 because

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 we're afraid

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 of meeting

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 the unknowns.

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 We're afraid

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 of being out of control

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 in a situation.

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 We're afraid

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 of being exposed

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 or we're just

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 dreading

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 what we know

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 is ahead.

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 and another tricky

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 thing about worry

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 is that we often

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 don't realize

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 that we're doing it

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 until we've started.

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 We don't usually

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 sit there and,

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 you know,

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 am I going to worry

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 about this or not?

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 Hmm.

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 No.

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 We often just

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 sort of find ourselves

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 doing it

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 and slipping in

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 and out of it

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 as we think thoughts

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 throughout the day.

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 Now,

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 don't hear me wrong.

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 I'm not saying

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 that we're not

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 responsible to God

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 for all of our thoughts.

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 We are.

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 Wrong things

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 that we do

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 unintentionally

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 are still wrong

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 even if they become

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 automatic

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 or habitual.

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 And that brings us

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 to another tricky

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 thing about worry.

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 Worry is a thing

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 of the mind.

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 It's a thing

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 of the heart.

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 It can lead us

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 to take physical

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 actions

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 or make decisions.

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 But at its core,

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 being anxious

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 about things in life

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 is a sin

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 of the heart.

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 Let's just

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 peek ahead

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 to verse 29

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 where Jesus

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 restates

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 the main point

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 using

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 these words.

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 He says,

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 and do not

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 set your heart

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 on what you

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 will eat

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 or drink.

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 Do not

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 worry about it.

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 Do not

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 set your heart

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 on it.

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 Quite literally,

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 don't seek

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 after

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 or devote

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 yourself

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 to what

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 to eat

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 or what

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 to drink.

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 And so,

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 we notice here

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 that worry

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 isn't just

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 something that

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 happens to us.

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 Something that

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 we have no

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 control over.

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 it might

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 seem like

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 that

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 because it's

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 become such

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 a habit.

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 But according

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 to Jesus,

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 being anxious

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 about things

00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:36.039
 in life

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 is something

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 that we

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 do.

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 It's not

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 just something

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 that happens

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 to us.

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 And it is

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 something with

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 God's help

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 that we can

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 choose not

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 to do.

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 If we were

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 completely helpless

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 as followers

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 of Jesus

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 to stop

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 ourselves

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 from worrying

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 about things,

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 if it was

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 something we

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 truly had

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 no control

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 over,

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 would Jesus

00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:04.199
 tell us

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 to stop

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 worrying

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 about our

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 lives?

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 The truth

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 is we

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 can,

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 by faith,

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 with God's

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 help,

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 we can

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 take control

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 of our

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 thoughts

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 and refuse

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 to be

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 anxious.

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 and how

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 to do

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 that is

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 what the

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 rest of

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 this passage

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 is about.

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 It's what

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 Jesus is

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 about to

00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:26.559
 tell us.

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 So let's

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 just keep

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 listening to

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 Jesus.

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 We've heard

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 the main

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 point,

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 don't be

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 anxious

00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:32.979
 about your

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 life.

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 Now let's

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 hear some

00:13:35.339 --> 00:13:35.539
 of the

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 reasoning

00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.360
 that goes

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 with it.

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 Verse 23,

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 Jesus says,

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 for life

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 is more

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 than food

00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:44.059
 and the

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 body

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 more

00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.860
 than clothes.

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 The lie

00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.179
 that we're

00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:51.699
 tempted to

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 believe

00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:53.299
 is that

00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:53.879
 life is

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.360
 mainly

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 about food

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 and drink

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 and clothing

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 and getting

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 the things,

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 having the

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 good stuff.

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 That's what

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 it means

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 to really

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 live.

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 Think back

00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:09.939
 to that rich

00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:10.620
 fool for a

00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:10.899
 second.

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 what was

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:12.980
 his great

00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.399
 ambition?

00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.899
 To eat,

00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.740
 to drink,

00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:20.559
 to take it

00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.179
 easy and to

00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:21.720
 be merry,

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:22.579
 to just

00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:22.939
 sort of

00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:24.019
 live to

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.879
 please himself

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:26.120
 with food

00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:26.620
 and drink.

00:14:28.579 --> 00:14:29.340
 Life is

00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:30.019
 about pleasure.

00:14:30.959 --> 00:14:31.419
 It's about

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 entertaining

00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:33.939
 and pleasing

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 myself.

00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:36.460
 That's the

00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.740
 lie.

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.519
 And Jesus

00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.019
 gives us

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.500
 some truth

00:14:40.500 --> 00:14:40.919
 to just

00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.659
 bust the

00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.320
 power of

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.940
 that lie.

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:43.580
 He says,

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.320
 life is

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.940
 more than

00:14:44.940 --> 00:14:45.419
 food.

00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:48.000
 Your body

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.320
 and what

00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:49.899
 God gave

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.340
 it to you

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 for

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 matters

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.759
 more than

00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.559
 the coverings

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 that you

00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:54.240
 put on

00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:54.440
 it.

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.820
 In other

00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:58.139
 words,

00:14:58.940 --> 00:14:59.679
 there's some

00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:00.259
 misplaced

00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:00.960
 priorities

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.200
 going on

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.440
 here.

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 It's not

00:15:04.419 --> 00:15:04.659
 that we

00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.179
 don't need

00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.679
 food

00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.120
 or clothing.

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 it's

00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.360
 that we

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.919
 place too

00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:10.840
 much value

00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.980
 and importance

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.279
 in those

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 things.

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 We give

00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:17.139
 too much

00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.460
 of our

00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:17.740
 heart

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.560
 towards those

00:15:18.560 --> 00:15:19.000
 things.

00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:22.139
 In reality,

00:15:22.820 --> 00:15:23.639
 food is

00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.100
 just the

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.480
 fuel

00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:25.840
 for the

00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.159
 life.

00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:28.340
 I think

00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:28.860
 the analogy

00:15:28.860 --> 00:15:29.460
 of a car

00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:30.500
 is kind of

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.139
 helpful here.

00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:33.039
 where you're

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.980
 driving to

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:35.879
 matters

00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:37.120
 far more

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.299
 than what

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:38.779
 grade of

00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.120
 fuel you

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.439
 put in

00:15:39.439 --> 00:15:39.860
 the tank.

00:15:42.179 --> 00:15:42.419
 And

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.879
 sometimes we

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.259
 get so

00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.919
 fixated on

00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.460
 whether the

00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.019
 fuel that

00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.460
 we're putting

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:46.259
 in is

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.799
 premium.

00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:50.580
 Can you

00:15:50.580 --> 00:15:50.879
 imagine

00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.460
 sitting down

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:51.860
 and planning

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.439
 an entire

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:53.059
 road trip

00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:54.279
 for you

00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.559
 and your

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:54.980
 family

00:15:54.980 --> 00:15:56.500
 around where

00:15:56.500 --> 00:15:56.960
 you can get

00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.419
 the best

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.059
 snacks

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:59.399
 and gas?

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.620
 rather than

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:02.980
 who you're

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.240
 going to

00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.620
 visit

00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.500
 along the

00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:04.819
 way

00:16:04.819 --> 00:16:06.120
 and what

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.319
 you're

00:16:06.319 --> 00:16:06.539
 going to

00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:06.899
 do in

00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:07.080
 those

00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.480
 places

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.259
 and when

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:08.899
 you arrive

00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.519
 who you're

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:09.699
 going to

00:16:09.699 --> 00:16:10.139
 be with

00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.419
 and what

00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:10.580
 you're

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:10.779
 going to

00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.059
 do.

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.539
 And yet

00:16:13.539 --> 00:16:14.039
 that's what

00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.740
 we're doing

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.080
 when we

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.419
 put an

00:16:15.419 --> 00:16:15.779
 inordinate

00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.379
 amount of

00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.199
 our heart's

00:16:17.199 --> 00:16:17.559
 attention

00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:18.519
 into eating

00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:19.799
 and drinking

00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.439
 and clothing

00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:23.240
 and transportation

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.659
 and what

00:16:24.659 --> 00:16:25.120
 kind of

00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:25.819
 tools or

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:26.419
 tech I

00:16:26.419 --> 00:16:26.860
 have.

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:27.759
 And the

00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.120
 list can

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.559
 go on.

00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.179
 Jesus

00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:31.759
 says life

00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.219
 is more

00:16:32.219 --> 00:16:32.679
 than that.

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.339
 The body

00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:36.439
 matters more

00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:37.099
 than the

00:16:37.099 --> 00:16:37.699
 clothes that

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:38.239
 cover it.

00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:40.599
 And so

00:16:40.599 --> 00:16:41.359
 since that's

00:16:41.359 --> 00:16:41.819
 true the

00:16:41.819 --> 00:16:42.379
 question that

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.419
 we kind

00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:43.819
 of moves

00:16:43.819 --> 00:16:44.159
 us to

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:44.799
 words is

00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:45.299
 well then

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:45.759
 what is

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.339
 life really

00:16:46.339 --> 00:16:46.699
 about?

00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.339
 Why am I

00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:50.979
 really here

00:16:50.979 --> 00:16:51.359
 on this

00:16:51.359 --> 00:16:51.639
 earth?

00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:55.099
 Jesus is

00:16:55.099 --> 00:16:55.319
 going to

00:16:55.319 --> 00:16:56.699
 answer that

00:16:56.699 --> 00:16:57.599
 question more

00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.580
 as we go

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:58.740
 on.

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.060
 But for

00:16:59.060 --> 00:16:59.560
 now let's

00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.060
 just reflect

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.519
 on this

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:00.820
 for a

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.040
 moment.

00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.420
 Are my

00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:03.120
 priorities

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.420
 straight

00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.799
 in life?

00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:09.599
 Am I

00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.279
 valuing

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.180
 above all

00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:12.940
 the right

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.460
 things?

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.259
 Reason

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.920
 number two

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.960
 not to be

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.380
 anxious.

00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.799
 Verse 24

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.779
 Jesus says

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.680
 consider the

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.140
 ravens.

00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:26.420
 they do

00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:26.740
 not

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.620
 sow

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:29.580
 or reap.

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.560
 They have

00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:32.400
 no storeroom

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.120
 or barn

00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:35.280
 yet God

00:17:35.280 --> 00:17:35.920
 feeds them.

00:17:38.040 --> 00:17:38.540
 And how

00:17:38.540 --> 00:17:39.400
 much more

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.480
 valuable you

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:40.800
 are

00:17:40.800 --> 00:17:42.520
 than birds.

00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.120
 Another lie

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.420
 that we're

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.920
 tempted to

00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.440
 believe is

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.180
 that if we

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.880
 don't put a

00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:49.440
 lot of our

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.240
 time and

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 attention into

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 getting all

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 the things

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 that we

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 think we

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 need

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 then we'll

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 go without.

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 We will

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 starve.

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 We'll be

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 uncomfortable.

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.480
 We'll be

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.940
 miserable.

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:06.259
 We'll suffer

00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:07.420
 scarcity and

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 maybe we'll

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 die.

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 And so

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 there's really

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 two kinds of

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 anxiety about

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 food and

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 clothing.

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 We can be

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.299
 anxious over

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.100
 having the

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 good stuff.

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 That's one

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 kind.

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 or we can

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.420
 be anxious

00:18:24.420 --> 00:18:25.100
 about facing

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 scarcity and

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.539
 we can worry

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:27.059
 about not

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.819
 having enough

00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.960
 of those

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.340
 things.

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.880
 Maybe you've

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.319
 been struggling

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.120
 to find work

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 or your job

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.840
 pays low

00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:38.759
 or your

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.400
 spending has

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 been sort

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 of, we'll

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 say,

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 undisciplined

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 and the

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.000
 debts are

00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:45.700
 piling up

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:47.680
 so we can

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.059
 be worried

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.480
 about how

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:48.960
 to pay the

00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.620
 next bills.

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 will there

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 be enough

00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.259
 left over

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 for the

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 things that

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 we need,

00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.920
 the groceries?

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 And we

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.460
 could easily

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.000
 lose sleep

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.539
 over that.

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:03.000
 And that

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.660
 can gnaw

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.420
 at us.

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.600
 Well,

00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:08.100
 Jesus gives

00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.519
 us another

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.120
 truth to

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.740
 bust this

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.100
 lie.

00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:11.360
 He says,

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 consider the

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.220
 ravens.

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.880
 Look at the

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.220
 birds.

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:18.839
 they don't

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:20.079
 sow or

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.640
 plant in

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 the fields.

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 They don't

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.880
 take off a

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.620
 harvest from

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 the work

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.460
 they've done.

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 They don't

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 store up all

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 they can into

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 barns and

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 storehouses to

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 prepare for

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 the future.

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 What do the

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.319
 ravens do?

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 It's sort of

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 implied they

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 just go out

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 and find what

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 God has put

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 out for them

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 each day.

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 Jesus says,

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 God feeds

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 them.

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 And I

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 love how

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 personal that

00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:48.399
 is.

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 Like, they

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.940
 don't get what

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.799
 they need by

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.319
 chance.

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.819
 God feeds

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 them.

00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:57.019
 He himself is

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 orchestrating and

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.759
 governing even

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.480
 the natural

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.180
 world deliberately

00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.700
 to ensure that

00:20:03.700 --> 00:20:05.339
 ravens have

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:06.159
 their sustenance.

00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.259
 birds.

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.980
 He wants

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.480
 there to be

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.140
 birds on the

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.420
 earth.

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.640
 He values

00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:11.960
 them.

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.360
 And so he

00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.940
 looks after

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.360
 them and

00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:15.540
 provides what

00:20:15.540 --> 00:20:16.300
 they need to

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:17.420
 flourish on

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.019
 this planet.

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.320
 And Jesus

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:21.040
 says, if God

00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:21.940
 is so tuned

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.519
 into the

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.279
 needs of the

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.820
 birds,

00:20:24.820 --> 00:20:28.519
 is he not

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.100
 tuned into

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.720
 your needs?

00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.259
 Don't you

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.000
 know that to

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.840
 God you are

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.220
 so much more

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.619
 valuable than

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.259
 birds?

00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.599
 I mean,

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.740
 birds are

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:48.220
 like feathered

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:50.119
 flying rodents.

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.740
 Who cares

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.319
 about them?

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:56.179
 Jesus says,

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:57.039
 God cares

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.639
 about them.

00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.039
 And if he

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.939
 cares so well

00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.519
 for them,

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.399
 is he going

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.139
 to let you

00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:03.519
 starve?

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:03.660
 starve?

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.579
 You are

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.299
 precious to

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:08.639
 God.

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.920
 You are

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.480
 made in

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.099
 his own

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.660
 image.

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 And so

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:14.099
 don't be

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.819
 anxious about

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.440
 not having

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:17.480
 enough or

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.039
 about going

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.339
 without.

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.000
 You can

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.680
 count on

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.859
 God to

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.400
 provide what

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.779
 you need

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.319
 because you

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.099
 are valuable

00:21:23.099 --> 00:21:24.460
 and precious

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.960
 to him.

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:27.240
 and so

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.960
 stop worrying

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.480
 about those

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.019
 things and

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.620
 trust him.

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:33.799
 A third

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.400
 reason not

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.720
 to be

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.860
 anxious comes

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.340
 in the form

00:21:36.340 --> 00:21:36.620
 of the

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.039
 question,

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.039
 the next

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.380
 verse.

00:21:38.860 --> 00:21:39.220
 Who of

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:39.539
 you by

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.160
 worrying can

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.460
 add a

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.480
 single hour

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.700
 to your

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.059
 life?

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.380
 Another

00:21:45.380 --> 00:21:46.019
 lie that we

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.600
 believe is

00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.180
 that worrying

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.680
 is somehow

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.279
 beneficial.

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:50.759
 we tell

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.359
 ourselves that

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.879
 if we keep

00:21:51.879 --> 00:21:52.740
 thinking about

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.740
 it over

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.279
 and over

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.740
 and over,

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.079
 keep going

00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:56.519
 over that

00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:57.259
 conversation

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:58.420
 again and

00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.859
 again or

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.539
 that decision

00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.899
 that we

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.440
 made again

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:00.940
 and again

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:02.160
 rehearsing

00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.839
 what we'll

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.619
 do or

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.440
 say if

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.039
 this person

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.059
 says this

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.740
 or does

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.119
 that.

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.259
 We tell

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.779
 ourselves

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.500
 the more

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.879
 we go

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.279
 over it,

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.680
 the more

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:10.940
 it will

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.539
 help us.

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.720
 The better

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.440
 prepared we'll

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.700
 be.

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.460
 It'll save

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.440
 me time

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.440
 having to

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:19.039
 figure out

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.840
 what to

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.160
 do or

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.420
 say.

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.440
 But this

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:22.940
 just isn't

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.200
 true.

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.940
 Jesus busts

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.380
 this lie

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.680
 too.

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:27.920
 Who of

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.259
 you by

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.039
 worrying can

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.579
 add a

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.480
 single hour

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.680
 to your

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.019
 life?

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.860
 And the

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.299
 answer of

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.759
 course is

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.460
 none of

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.880
 you can.

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.240
 And his

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.860
 point here,

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.620
 anxiously

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:46.059
 worrying about

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.559
 things

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.740
 accomplishes

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.419
 nothing

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.839
 for you.

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.960
 It doesn't

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.539
 even give

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.099
 you one

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.960
 extra hour

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.519
 of life.

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.919
 In fact,

00:22:58.619 --> 00:22:59.119
 Jesus didn't

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.639
 say this,

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.039
 but it

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.240
 actually takes

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.940
 hours off

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.419
 your life.

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.259
 It's a

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.859
 waste of

00:23:06.859 --> 00:23:07.639
 our mental

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.299
 and emotional

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.299
 energy and

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.899
 of the time

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.240
 that we

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.139
 spend worrying

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:12.000
 that we

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.440
 could be

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.539
 thinking about

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.240
 other things.

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.980
 of course

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.319
 we know

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.440
 it worsens

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.220
 the health

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.500
 of our

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:18.859
 physical

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.299
 bodies

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.680
 too.

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.720
 And that

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.359
 consistently

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:22.279
 doing it

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.859
 can lead

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.579
 to misery

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:25.180
 and depression.

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.700
 Some of you

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.099
 maybe know

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.559
 a person

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.940
 who has

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.160
 put

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.559
 themselves

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:29.900
 in the

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.299
 hospital

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.759
 because

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.019
 of

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.920
 stress.

00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:32.019
 stress.

00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.180
 Now there

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.900
 are various

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.640
 factors for

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.100
 stress,

00:23:37.300 --> 00:23:37.820
 but much

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.259
 of stress

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.660
 is about

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.140
 what we

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.560
 do in

00:23:39.560 --> 00:23:40.140
 our hearts

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.800
 and in

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.480
 our minds

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:43.200
 with the

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.620
 challenges

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.160
 that come

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.560
 our way.

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.160
 And do we

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.539
 bring our

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.080
 troubles to

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.460
 God

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:50.160
 in prayer?

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.400
 Are we

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.980
 trusting him

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.320
 to look

00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.000
 after us

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.340
 and to

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.960
 lead us

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.860
 through

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.519
 those

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.080
 difficulties?

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.240
 these?

00:23:57.399 --> 00:23:58.460
 Or are we

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.159
 attempting to

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.839
 carry all

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.159
 of our

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:00.559
 troubles

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.240
 on our

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.419
 own

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.819
 back

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.759
 and come

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.039
 up with

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.419
 our own

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:04.879
 solutions

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.399
 for the

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:05.879
 things that

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.439
 only

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:07.980
 God

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.779
 can remedy?

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.379
 Solutions

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.779
 that don't

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.379
 even work

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:14.980
 or do

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.500
 more damage.

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.179
 Worrying

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.679
 about things

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.480
 does nothing

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.220
 good for us.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:22.759
 And Jesus

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.360
 follows this

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.779
 up with a

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.279
 question in

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.019
 verse 26.

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.480
 Since you

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.120
 cannot do

00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.600
 this very

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.180
 little thing

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.980
 of adding

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.819
 even one

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.259
 hour to

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.700
 your life,

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.740
 why do

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.059
 you worry

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.480
 about the

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.839
 rest?

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.200
 I love

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:35.360
 that.

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.680
 It's a

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.279
 little thing

00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.799
 for God

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.660
 to add

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.019
 an hour

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.220
 to your

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.579
 life.

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.559
 For us,

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:42.960
 not so

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.299
 much.

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.380
 Our

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.900
 influence

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.380
 over how

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.980
 long we

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.620
 live is

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.039
 limited.

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.960
 Ultimately,

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.640
 how long

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.019
 we live

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.360
 is in

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.700
 God's

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.100
 hands.

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:54.960
 And Jesus

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.259
 says,

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.680
 since we

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:56.279
 can't by

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.100
 being anxious

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.579
 at even

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.120
 one hour

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.559
 to our

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.980
 lives,

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.640
 why worry

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:00.960
 about the

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.360
 rest of

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:01.900
 our lives?

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.759
 The whole

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.279
 thing is

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.819
 in God's

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.200
 hands.

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.480
 And not

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.960
 so much

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.279
 in our

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.680
 own as

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.339
 we sometimes

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.720
 think.

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.220
 To

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.579
 reinforce

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.259
 all this,

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.360
 Jesus

00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:16.680
 gives

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:16.980
 another

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.380
 object

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.799
 lesson.

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.220
 This

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.579
 time he

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.799
 shifts

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:19.980
 to

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.379
 clothing.

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.419
 Verse

00:25:21.419 --> 00:25:21.980
 27.

00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:22.779
 Consider

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.399
 how the

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.759
 wild

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.379
 flowers

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.839
 grow.

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.680
 They

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.039
 do not

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.599
 labor

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.299
 or spin.

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.139
 Yet I

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.579
 tell you,

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.339
 not even

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.019
 Solomon in

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.440
 all his

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.099
 splendor was

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.799
 dressed like

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.139
 one of

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.480
 these.

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.059
 If that's

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.779
 how God

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.619
 clothes the

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.240
 grass of

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.859
 the field,

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.500
 which is

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.019
 here today

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.539
 and tomorrow

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.000
 was thrown

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.419
 into the

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.700
 fire,

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.440
 how much

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.700
 more will

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.480
 he clothe

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.839
 you.

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.640
 You

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:50.759
 have

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:50.940
 little

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.319
 faith.

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.680
 I was

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.000
 sitting in

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.539
 my backyard

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.880
 on Monday

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:58.240
 morning as

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.500
 I was

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.000
 reading this

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.319
 for the

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.779
 first time

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:00.339
 this week

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.380
 and I

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.860
 looked up

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.380
 right after

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.759
 I read

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.599
 this and

00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.099
 I saw

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.599
 this

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:07.880
 right beside

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.160
 me.

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.380
 And it

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:09.779
 doesn't look

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.140
 quite as

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.460
 good as

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:10.779
 it did

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.059
 when I

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.440
 looked at

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.599
 it.

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.079
 It was

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.440
 brighter.

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.580
 And then

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:15.880
 I started

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.360
 looking around

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.820
 the yard

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.160
 and I

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.320
 said,

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.799
 wow,

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.180
 all the

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.440
 different

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.880
 kinds of

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.279
 flower,

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.980
 such

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.680
 variety,

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.600
 such

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.180
 beauty,

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.759
 so many

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.380
 colors,

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.840
 all arranged

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.420
 differently

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:30.500
 on their

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.960
 plant.

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.460
 Amazing

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.000
 and beautiful.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.700
 Then I

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.000
 got to

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.420
 thinking I

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.600
 should

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:39.880
 Google

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.480
 around on

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.799
 this a

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.120
 little bit

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.420
 and see

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.779
 what else

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.080
 I can

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.539
 dig up.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:45.240
 Apparently

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.680
 there are

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:45.900
 over

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:48.080
 350,000

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.519
 known

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.019
 species

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.320
 of

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.820
 flowering

00:26:49.820 --> 00:26:50.180
 plants

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.360
 on

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:50.640
 earth.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.640
 To put

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.000
 that into

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.519
 perspective,

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.539
 according to

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.140
 one source,

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.039
 it means

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.340
 that for

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.660
 every

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.160
 species

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.779
 of animal

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.200
 with a

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.640
 backbone

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.160
 on this

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.519
 planet,

00:26:59.640 --> 00:26:59.860
 there are

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.160
 roughly

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.640
 10

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.299
 species

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.860
 of

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.320
 flowering

00:27:02.320 --> 00:27:02.620
 plant.

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.380
 Who

00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.620
 knew

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.100
 that within

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.360
 the

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.640
 rose

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.039
 family

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.440
 alone

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:07.640
 there

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:07.759
 are

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.059
 almost

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.940
 5,000

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.360
 different

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.799
 species?

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.580
 Within

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.819
 the

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.199
 orchid

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.559
 family,

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:13.899
 there are

00:27:13.899 --> 00:27:14.199
 around

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:16.000
 28,000

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.939
 different

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.539
 species.

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:21.460
 32,000

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:21.779
 different

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.220
 species

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.480
 of

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.879
 daisy

00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.059
 or

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.699
 sunflower.

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.960
 Unbelievable

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.019
 variety

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.399
 and diversity.

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.399
 And Jesus

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.699
 says basically

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:32.259
 God put

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.119
 his creativity,

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.000
 his attention

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.460
 and his

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.099
 effort into

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.799
 clothing

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.139
 all these

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.519
 different

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.019
 kinds of

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.659
 plants so

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.240
 beautifully

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.579
 and they're

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:40.819
 just

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.579
 grass.

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.319
 They're

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.539
 just

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.220
 plants.

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:46.419
 Would

00:27:46.419 --> 00:27:46.679
 he do

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:47.159
 all that

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.740
 to dress

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.099
 up the

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:48.720
 relatively

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.539
 worthless

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.259
 grasses

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.019
 and plants

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.319
 of the

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.740
 earth but

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.500
 let you

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.659
 go naked

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:54.720
 and freezing?

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.279
 Even

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.720
 the richest

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.220
 man to

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.779
 ever live,

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:02.480
 Jesus says,

00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:03.779
 King Solomon's

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.319
 clothes

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.299
 didn't

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.819
 compare

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:07.379
 to what

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.759
 God has

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.119
 done for

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.960
 the grass

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.420
 of the

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.779
 field.

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.319
 How much

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.700
 more will

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.180
 he clothe

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.400
 you?

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:13.880
 How much

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.180
 more will

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.500
 he give

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.860
 you what

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.340
 you need?

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.120
 So don't

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.640
 be worried.

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.720
 Don't be

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.059
 anxious.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.860
 Don't worry

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.720
 about your

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.299
 life, not

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.720
 even the

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.079
 things you

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.440
 need the

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.799
 most.

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.819
 Don't set

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.299
 your heart

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.640
 on what

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:26.900
 you will

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.400
 eat or

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.799
 drink.

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.779
 Do not

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.460
 worry about

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:29.700
 it.

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.940
 If you

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.420
 think God

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.000
 doesn't really

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.539
 care about

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.799
 you or

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.579
 see you

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:37.019
 such that

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.620
 you need to

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.140
 look after

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.720
 yourself,

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.940
 it's not

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.240
 true.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.019
 He does

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.420
 care.

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.480
 He does

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.079
 see you.

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.660
 If he

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.160
 cares so

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.660
 much about

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.840
 grass and

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.559
 plants and

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.319
 flowers and

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.420
 birds, you

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.100
 better believe

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.559
 he cares

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.079
 about you.

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.519
 So don't

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.259
 be anxious

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:59.319
 about your

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.680
 life.

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.460
 And Jesus

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.980
 just keeps

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.299
 going.

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.640
 Another

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.940
 couple

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.340
 reasons.

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.500
 Verse 30,

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.180
 for the

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.960
 pagan world

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.620
 runs after

00:29:07.620 --> 00:29:08.240
 all such

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.660
 things.

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:10.039
 And your

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.960
 father knows

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:12.000
 that you

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.519
 need them.

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.840
 Two more

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.319
 reasons.

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.740
 Anxiously

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.400
 worrying about

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.799
 all the

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.460
 less important

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.059
 things in

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.740
 life is

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.299
 what those

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.920
 who don't

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.779
 know God

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.559
 do.

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.620
 Think about

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:25.920
 that.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.660
 But knowing

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.160
 God,

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.840
 being in a

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.299
 restored

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.000
 relationship

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.900
 with the

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.200
 Lord,

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.519
 takes away

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.039
 all the

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.559
 reasons we

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.120
 have to

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.420
 worry.

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:39.880
 He

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.300
 assures

00:29:40.300 --> 00:29:40.720
 us of

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:40.940
 His

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.600
 love

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.940
 and His

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.440
 care for

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.759
 us.

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.900
 And He

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.340
 lifts our

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.960
 eyes to

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.300
 the greater

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.860
 things in

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:50.519
 life, to

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.019
 what life's

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.680
 really about.

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.320
 And Jesus

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.980
 reminds us

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.100
 on top of

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.539
 all that,

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.200
 your father

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.380
 knows that

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.840
 you need

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.080
 them.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.460
 don't worry,

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.319
 He knows

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.639
 what you

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:05.980
 need.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.919
 And I

00:30:07.919 --> 00:30:08.659
 love what

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.359
 Jesus calls

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.980
 God here,

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.500
 your father.

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.139
 Jesus

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.859
 reminds His

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:18.079
 disciples that

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.039
 we are all

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:20.740
 children of

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.619
 God, those

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.059
 who believe

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.439
 in Him.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.839
 And God is

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.199
 like a

00:30:24.199 --> 00:30:24.779
 father to

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.079
 us.

00:30:26.399 --> 00:30:26.939
 Let me

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:27.279
 ask you

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.579
 this, do

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.919
 you notice

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.240
 when your

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.379
 child needs

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.859
 a haircut,

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:32.899
 or has a

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.480
 scrape on

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.879
 the knee,

00:30:35.439 --> 00:30:36.220
 or when

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.679
 they have a

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:38.579
 bruise, or

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:38.919
 when they're

00:30:38.919 --> 00:30:39.819
 overtired and

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:40.460
 need sleep.

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.659
 Yeah, we

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.559
 notice all of

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.139
 those things.

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.480
 We make the

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.159
 decisions for

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:48.539
 our kids to

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.019
 try to meet

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.859
 those needs and

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.460
 do what's best

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.879
 for them, and

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.359
 sometimes they

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.939
 don't agree with

00:30:52.939 --> 00:30:53.579
 those decisions,

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.240
 and we say,

00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:54.779
 well, just

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.399
 trust me.

00:30:55.400 --> 00:31:00.140
 God is our

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.480
 father.

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.220
 He knows

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.900
 our needs,

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.620
 just like we

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:04.920
 know the

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.420
 needs of our

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.720
 kids.

00:31:05.820 --> 00:31:06.440
 He knows we

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.000
 need food.

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.620
 He knows we

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.240
 need clothing.

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.840
 He knows

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:10.860
 the one kid

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.380
 in the family

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.980
 needs new

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.460
 shoes.

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.400
 He knows we

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.920
 need a way

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.440
 to get to

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.780
 work.

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.320
 He even

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.720
 knows that

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.300
 sometimes we

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:19.740
 need to go

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.380
 without good

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:22.820
 things for a

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:24.380
 time so that

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.000
 we grow in

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.500
 our faith.

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.359
 My eight-year-old

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.000
 may think he

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.579
 needs a cell

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:32.700
 phone or a

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.259
 pound of

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.019
 candy every

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:36.680
 day, but I

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.299
 know that he

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.039
 will be happier

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.720
 and healthier

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:40.420
 without both

00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:40.819
 of those

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.240
 things.

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.839
 Do you

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.339
 trust your

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:48.380
 father to

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.900
 provide what

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.299
 you need?

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.220
 Finally, we

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.799
 come to the

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.720
 big thing

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.480
 here at the

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.720
 end.

00:31:57.159 --> 00:31:57.779
 In this

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.399
 whole passage,

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.059
 we've heard a

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.759
 very strong

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.180
 do not from

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.539
 Jesus.

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.299
 Do not be

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.960
 anxious about

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.500
 your life.

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:04.500
 But now he

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.559
 gives us a

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:05.859
 do.

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.240
 I'm going to

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.700
 call it the

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.859
 second half of

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.720
 his main

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.079
 point.

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.579
 Verse 31.

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.579
 seek God's

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.579
 kingdom.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.359
 But seek

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:16.919
 his kingdom

00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:19.259
 and these

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:20.039
 things will be

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.579
 given to you

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.980
 as well.

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:25.039
 Seek God's

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.539
 kingdom.

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.559
 Here's that

00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:30.299
 answer to the

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.960
 question we heard

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.879
 before, what life

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.539
 is really about.

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.720
 It's about our

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.699
 relationship with

00:32:34.699 --> 00:32:36.399
 God and how he

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:37.439
 has made his

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:38.579
 son Jesus to be

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.460
 king over all.

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.519
 people.

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.220
 And it's about

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.920
 how God has

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.259
 graciously invited

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.019
 us to be

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.420
 citizens in his

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.860
 kingdom.

00:32:48.840 --> 00:32:49.600
 And we do

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.120
 that, of course,

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:51.019
 starting now by

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:52.380
 embracing his

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.079
 son, the one

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:54.559
 that, the king

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.960
 that he has

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:56.759
 sent, Jesus.

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.680
 And of course, we

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.960
 are looking forward

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:01.100
 to the end, to

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:01.860
 the culmination

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.400
 when Jesus

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.860
 returns to fully

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:05.039
 establish God's

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.720
 rule and reign

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.960
 over everything.

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.519
 It's difficult

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.600
 to explain in

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.339
 just a brief

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.779
 moment what the

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.460
 kingdom of God

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.319
 is because

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.980
 there's just so

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.640
 much to it.

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.200
 The Bible is

00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.420
 full of God

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.680
 telling us about

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:20.920
 it.

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.319
 Much of Jesus

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.339
 teaching and his

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.100
 parables were

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.579
 about it.

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.160
 It's the great

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:28.140
 thing for which

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:29.019
 we were made.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.200
 Relationship with

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:33.500
 God forever in

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.980
 his coming

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.400
 kingdom.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.279
 Just like we

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.660
 say in the

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.220
 Lord's prayer,

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.920
 your kingdom

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:40.980
 come on earth

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.620
 as it is in

00:33:41.620 --> 00:33:41.880
 heaven.

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.680
 So don't be

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.319
 anxious about

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:45.900
 your life.

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.339
 Don't anxiously

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.680
 strive after the

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.360
 things of earth,

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:51.339
 but seek, strive

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.380
 after the kingdom

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.980
 of God.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.440
 That's what you

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:57.019
 should set your

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.740
 heart on, says

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.100
 Jesus.

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.759
 That's to be

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:03.100
 your great

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:03.779
 priority in

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.079
 life.

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:07.019
 And of course

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.480
 there's this

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.480
 wonderful promise

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.179
 that goes with

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.480
 it.

00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.900
 Do that.

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.599
 Seek his

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.179
 kingdom and

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:14.760
 these things

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.300
 will be given

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.880
 to you as

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.139
 well.

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.800
 The things,

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.519
 the food,

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.460
 the clothing.

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.179
 Isn't that a

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.000
 wonderful promise?

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.280
 If we seek his

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.079
 kingdom, God's

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.280
 promise is that

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.300
 he'll take care of

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.820
 the rest.

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.880
 the food, the

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.480
 clothing, the

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.340
 place to live,

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.500
 the vehicle,

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.019
 whatever.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.700
 Are you

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:44.039
 seeking God's

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.340
 kingdom?

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:48.200
 Is that your

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.519
 main priority?

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:58.860
 we don't need to

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.159
 worry.

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.759
 We don't need to

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.519
 be anxious that

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.119
 we'll lack

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.719
 anything if we're

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.259
 seeking his

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.599
 kingdom.

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:05.179
 Because the one

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:06.599
 who feeds the

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.300
 birds and has

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.940
 clothed the

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.679
 flowers has

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.259
 promised to

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.880
 feed and

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.420
 clothe us.

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.599
 We are

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.320
 precious to

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.539
 him.

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:14.679
 He loves us.

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.380
 And so

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.980
 don't be

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.659
 anxious about

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.340
 all the things.

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:19.480
 Tell God about

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.180
 those things.

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.740
 Ask for him

00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.460
 to provide,

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:23.260
 for him to

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:23.600
 help,

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:26.480
 and trust.

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.700
 Be worry

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:30.059
 free.

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.300
 Stress

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.640
 free.

00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:38.320
 We're going

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.720
 to turn our

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.500
 attention now to

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.960
 the Lord's

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.260
 table.

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.380
 Each month

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.579
 we eat

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:45.280
 bread and

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.760
 we drink a

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:47.280
 cup in

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.019
 remembrance of

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.360
 Jesus.

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:50.019
 And it's

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.639
 not just a

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.039
 tradition,

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.900
 but it's

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.699
 something Jesus

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.579
 commanded us

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:53.980
 to do.

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.719
 The bread

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.380
 represents

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.000
 Jesus'

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.500
 body.

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.360
 The cup

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.079
 represents

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:02.579
 Jesus'

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.079
 blood.

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:05.139
 And how he

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.579
 gave up

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.840
 both when

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.440
 he died at

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:07.960
 the cross

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.159
 for us.

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.420
 To make

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.039
 atonement for

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.599
 our sins.

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:14.219
 God

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.219


00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.259
 not

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.619
 everyone

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.199
 partakes

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.559
 of this

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.880
 table,

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.360
 but only

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.940
 those who

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.159
 have

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.679
 repented

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:18.819
 and put

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.440
 their faith

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.519
 in Jesus.

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.059
 As we

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.400
 remember

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.739
 Jesus'

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.319
 death this

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.619
 morning,

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.339
 let's

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.880
 consider a

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:27.559
 few things

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.480
 related to

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.960
 what we

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.839
 have just

00:36:29.839 --> 00:36:30.319
 been talking

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.659
 about.

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.339
 First,

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.819
 there's some

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.440
 good news.

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.239
 For every

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.319
 time that we

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:36.880
 have committed

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.860
 the sin of

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.559
 anxiously

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.139
 worrying,

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.420
 Christ Jesus

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.139
 died so

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:41.480
 that we

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.799
 could be

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.359
 forgiven of

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:42.619
 that.

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.460
 We don't

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.139
 have to live

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.839
 with the

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.279
 guilt of

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.679
 all the

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.339
 times that

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:48.859
 we failed

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.319
 to trust

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.739
 God in

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.279
 the past.

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.159
 And for

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.859
 every moment

00:36:53.859 --> 00:36:54.719
 and decision

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:56.299
 that we've

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:57.119
 made to

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.079
 seek after

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.599
 the things

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.079
 of earth,

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.079
 whether

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.819
 motivated by

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:01.539
 greed or

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.719
 by fear

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.079
 of not

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.739
 having enough,

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.779
 Jesus bled

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.319
 and died to

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.799
 atone for

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.339
 that too.

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:11.279
 all God

00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:11.879
 asks is that

00:37:11.879 --> 00:37:12.460
 we acknowledge

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.039
 those sins

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.500
 to him,

00:37:15.879 --> 00:37:16.119
 confess

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:16.619
 them,

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:18.799
 ask for

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.000
 his

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.400
 forgiveness,

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.859
 and it's

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.139
 ours.

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.299
 Jesus

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:25.960
 took the

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.879
 punishment we

00:37:26.879 --> 00:37:27.519
 deserve for

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.179
 all of that.

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.500
 And it's

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:31.039
 good news.

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.659
 Second,

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:36.699
 what God

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.339
 did for us

00:37:37.339 --> 00:37:38.039
 at the cross

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.639
 is yet

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.980
 another

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.719
 reminder of

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.119
 why we

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.639
 don't need

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.159
 to worry.

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.420
 I love

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.879
 these words

00:37:42.879 --> 00:37:43.159
 of the

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.839
 Apostle Paul

00:37:43.839 --> 00:37:44.259
 in Romans

00:37:44.259 --> 00:37:44.599
 8,

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:47.000
 verse 32.

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.039
 He,

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:49.940
 that's God,

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.739
 who did

00:37:50.739 --> 00:37:51.420
 not spare

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:51.940
 his own

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.480
 son,

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.900
 but gave

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.239
 him up

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.659
 for us

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:54.920
 all,

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.940
 how will

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.279
 he not

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:57.000
 also along

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.579
 with him

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.420
 graciously

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.879
 give us

00:37:58.879 --> 00:37:59.559
 all things?

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.259
 God has

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.500
 already

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:05.299
 provided for

00:38:05.299 --> 00:38:06.019
 our greatest

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.559
 need.

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.880
 he's

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.219
 already

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.759
 given us

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.159
 the most

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.639
 precious

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.579
 and costly

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.019
 gift,

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.299
 his own

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.980
 son,

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.440
 to die

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:12.719
 on the

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:13.000
 cross

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.500
 for us,

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:15.239
 to reconcile

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.820
 us to

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.099
 God.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.320
 And so,

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.820
 if God

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.340
 was willing

00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.779
 to give

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.340
 us that,

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.659
 and he

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.000
 did,

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.940
 then how

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.299
 will he

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:25.159
 not give

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.659
 us all

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.119
 the other

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.679
 things that

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.119
 we need

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:27.599
 in life

00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:30.559
 as we

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.099
 look to

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.119
 him for

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.360
 them?

00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:32.420
 him.

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.660
 And finally,

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.480
 Jesus reminds

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.180
 his disciples,

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.820
 as we heard

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.160
 earlier,

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:38.680
 that God

00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:39.780
 is their

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.160
 father.

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:41.960
 If you

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.220
 are a

00:38:42.220 --> 00:38:42.900
 disciple of

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.240
 Jesus,

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.460
 God is

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.340
 your father.

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.920
 And that's

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.500
 something that

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.380
 Jesus' death

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:51.840
 brought about.

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.840
 Though all

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.320
 of us had

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.900
 wandered away

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.519
 from God

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:58.079
 and alienated

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.780
 ourselves from

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.079
 him,

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.620
 at the cross,

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:01.480
 Jesus made a

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.059
 way for us

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.539
 to become

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:04.880
 home and

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.280
 to become

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.719
 part of

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.019
 God's

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.740
 family again.

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.800
 If we

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.639
 receive Jesus

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.280
 and believe

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:11.659
 in his

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.940
 name,

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.679
 he gives

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.039
 us the

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.519
 right to

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.840
 become

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.480
 children of

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.800
 God,

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:15.920
 born

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.300
 supernaturally

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.059
 into his

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.500
 family.

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.699
 But that

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.280
 couldn't be

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:23.199
 without the

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.599
 cross,

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.740
 where Jesus

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.320
 dealt with

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:26.840
 our guilt

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.380
 and our

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:28.740
 sins.

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:37.679
 love and

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.159
 truths that

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.500
 we have

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.179
 just heard

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.759
 from Jesus.

00:39:40.259 --> 00:39:40.919
 It's the

00:39:40.919 --> 00:39:42.239
 proof that

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.559
 we are

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.599
 precious to

00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:43.919
 God,

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.419
 that we are

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:46.179
 valuable to

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:46.419
 him.

00:39:47.899 --> 00:39:48.939
 The cross is

00:39:48.939 --> 00:39:49.579
 the evidence

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.399
 that he does

00:39:50.399 --> 00:39:50.939
 love and

00:39:50.939 --> 00:39:52.399
 care more

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:53.039
 for us than

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.539
 we can even

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.979
 imagine.

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:56.900
 So I

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.119
 want to

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.519
 invite you

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:57.840
 in these

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.420
 next moments

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.880
 to look

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.500
 at Jesus,

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.400
 to think

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.740
 of him

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.039
 hanging

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.420
 there,

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:05.079
 and whether

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.440
 you have

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:06.940
 anything to

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.480
 worry about.

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.300
 Let's

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.440
 quietly reflect

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.019
 and pray.

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.820
 We're just

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.119
 going to have

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.519
 a moment

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.059
 where you

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:14.820
 can confess,

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.219
 repent,

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.039
 give thanks,

00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:20.619
 praise God.

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:23.199
 once we've

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.519
 done that

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.920
 for a few

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.279
 minutes,

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.779
 we'll have

00:40:24.779 --> 00:40:25.239
 Dave and

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.839
 Rod come

00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:26.500
 up and

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.059
 pass out

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.559
 the elements.

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:29.179
 And if

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.739
 you have

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.480
 trusted in

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:31.119
 Jesus as

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.639
 your Lord,

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.739
 join with

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.139
 us and

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.599
 participate

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.299
 with us.

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.480
 And if

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.779
 not,

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.299
 please just

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.599
 let the

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.259
 elements pass

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.619
 you by.

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:38.980
 We'll wait

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.579
 until everyone's

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.099
 been served,

00:40:40.799 --> 00:40:41.339
 and then we'll

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:42.199
 eat and drink

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.759
 all together.