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 fail in some way. And so I felt drawn to preach on these words from Matthew chapter 6 because

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! these are words I need to hear. So this sermon I'm preaching to myself as much as to you guys.

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 But as I was going through the preparation, I realized that there's probably many of you for whom these words would also be an encouragement.

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 So if you have your Bible, you can open it up to Matthew 6 verse 25.

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 And it will also be on the screen.

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 Let me read you these words of Jesus.

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 He says,

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 Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear.

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 Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They do not sow, or reap, or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Are you not much more valuable than they?

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 Can any one of you, by worrying, add a single hour to your life?

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 And why do you worry about clothes?

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 See how the flowers of the field grow.

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 They do not labor, or spin.

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 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon, in all of his splendor, was dressed like one of these.

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 If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire,

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 will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith.

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 So do not worry, saying, what shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear?

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 For the pagans run after all these things.

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 And your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

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 But seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness.

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 And all these things will be given to you as well.

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 Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow.

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 For tomorrow will worry about itself.

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 Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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 I love these words of Jesus so much.

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 Not only does Jesus tell us not to worry, but he gives us reasons.

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 And these reasons hold such power.

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 As Jesus piles these reasons, one on top of the other,

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 they persuade us to let go of our anxiety and our worry,

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 and to trust God.

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 One thing that catches my attention in these words is what Jesus tells us not to worry about.

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 Notice that it's the basics of life.

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 Food.

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 Water.

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 Clothing.

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 Now some of us might be tempted to think when we hear those things,

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 you know, I'm not really too worried about those things.

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 I mean, I've got those covered.

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 I'm worried about bigger things.

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 But you know, the more we reflect on these words,

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 the more we realize that these things like food and drink and clothing,

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 these are, in a sense, the most important things.

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 These are the essentials needed for life.

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 What happens without food and water?

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 We die.

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 What happens without clothing?

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 Here in Canada, we freeze.

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 In one sense, these things should be our top priority.

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 Before we spend money on entertainment or sports or a new phone,

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 we should make sure that we have enough for groceries and gas to get to work and winter boots.

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 These things are essential to life.

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 And yet Jesus tells us straight up,

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 don't worry about them.

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 If Jesus can convince us

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 that we don't need to worry about the essentials in life,

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 maybe we'll realize that we don't need to worry about anything else in life.

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 If we don't need to worry about food and water and clothing,

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 without which we die,

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 then surely we don't need to worry about things of lesser consequence,

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 like what our next job will be,

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 or vehicle,

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 or how we're going to get through next week without forgetting something important.

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 As we think of this,

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 we even trace some of our anxiety and our worry about the bigger things

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 back to some of these little things, these essentials.

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 Why are we so worried about the number that's going to come back for the car repair bill?

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 Well, if it's over a certain amount,

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 will I still have enough in the bank for groceries and all the other bills?

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 And if I can't get that car fixed,

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 well, then I won't be able to make it to work,

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 and then I'm going to lose my job,

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 and then I won't be able to put food on the table.

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 But if Jesus can convince us that we don't need to worry,

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 even about the essentials,

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 we may realize we don't need to worry about anything else.

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 And so Jesus starts us off here with this one simple command.

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 He says,

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 Do not worry about your life.

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 What you'll eat or drink or what you'll wear.

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 And then he begins to reason with our hearts about why not.

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 Reason number one,

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 why not to worry.

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 He says,

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 Is not life more than food?

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 And the body more than clothes?

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 As I just said,

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 food and clothing are arguably two of the most important things for life.

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 And yet Jesus basically says,

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 No, they're not.

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 Life is about so much more than what you eat,

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 or drink,

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 or what you wear.

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 Those things,

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 which are essential,

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 are actually relatively insignificant.

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 You kind of think about it,

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 food and drink,

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 that's just the fuel for a life.

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 And clothing,

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 that's just the covering for the body.

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 Far more important than the fuel that goes in the tank

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 is where you're driving with the car.

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 What you're doing with the life God has given you.

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 Far more important than the covering for the body

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 is the body itself.

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 And what God gave you your body for.

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 What are you doing with the body that God has given you?

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 There's almost a sense in which Jesus is saying,

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 you're worried,

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 you're concerned about the wrong things.

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 As important as they may seem,

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 God made you for far more than eating,

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 and drinking,

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 and dressing yourself.

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 What kind of life are you living?

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 How are you using the body He has given you?

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 That's what you should be focused on.

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 I wonder,

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 how much of our worry and anxiety

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 can be traced back

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 to misplaced priorities?

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 I was worrying the other day

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 about what would happen

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 if I didn't get all my leaves raked up

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 before the snow came.

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 I spent a lot of time thinking about that.

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 And of course,

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 there's wisdom in getting at them

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 before they become a snow-crusted pile

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 of ice in the spring.

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 They're certainly faster to deal with

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 and easier when they're dry.

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 And it's a lot more enjoyable

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 to scoop dry leaves into a bag

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 than wet leaves.

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 But how much mental and emotional energy

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 should I invest

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 into a bunch of little dead things

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 on the ground?

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 What's the worst that will happen

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 if they just sit there

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 through the winter?

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 It's the stuff of earth.

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 And meanwhile,

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 I could have been thinking

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 about the stuff of heaven

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 and the things that are most important in life.

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 Jesus gives a second reason

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 not to worry.

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 And he gives it in the form

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 of an object lesson.

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 Verse 26.

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 He says,

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They do not sow

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 or reap

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 or store away in barns.

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 And yet,

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 your heavenly Father

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 feeds them.

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 Are you not much more valuable

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 than they?

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 I love this.

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 Look at the birds,

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 says Jesus.

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 Bird watching is biblical.

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 It's a God-ordained hobby.

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 Look at them.

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 And what does Jesus want us to notice

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 about the birds?

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 Are they planting crops?

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 No.

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 Are they harvesting

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 what they've planted?

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 No.

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 Are they storing up in barns

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 the things that they've harvested?

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 No.

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 Are they making sure

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 they have a few thousand dollars

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 in an emergency fund?

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 No.

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 Do they even work?

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 Kind of,

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 but not really.

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 They just fly about

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 here and there

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 and gather up

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 what God provides

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 each day.

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 Look at them,

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 says Jesus.

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 Don't worry about tomorrow

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 or next week

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 or next month.

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 They don't dig up seeds

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 and plant them

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 in their own little bird gardens

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 or fields

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 and tend them

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 so that they can make it through

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 the next season ahead.

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 How do they survive?

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 Jesus answers,

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 your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 God pays attention

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 to the birds

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 and he governs

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 everything in the world

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 just so

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 that each day

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 there's something

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 of his provision

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 there for them.

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 An insect hatch,

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 a bird feeder

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 in someone's backyard,

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 a soaking rain

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 that brings up

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 worms.

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 my grandmother

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 used to butter

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 a slice of bread

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 and put it out

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 for a grackle

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 in her backyard

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 that had a wounded wing.

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 If God takes care

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 to feed the birds,

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 will he not take care

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 of you?

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 What's a bird

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 compared to a human being?

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 human beings,

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 God has made us

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 in his own image.

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 We are precious to him.

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 Jesus is saying,

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 you are so much more valuable

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 to God

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 than birds.

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 And if he looks after them

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 each day,

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 will he not look after you

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 today,

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 tomorrow,

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 and the next day?

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 And so reason number two

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 not to worry is

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 because God cares deeply

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 about you

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 and about me.

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 He already proves

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 his faithful care

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 with the lesser critters

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 of the earth.

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 How much more

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 does he notice

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 and tend to our needs

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 as our loving creator

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 and father?

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 Reason number three

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 comes in verse 27.

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 Reason three

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 not to worry.

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 Jesus asked

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 this rhetorical question.

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 Can any one of you

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 by worrying

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 add a single hour

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 to your life?

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 Now there's some

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 translation variation here.

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 Some say,

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 can anyone

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 add a cubit

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 to his height?

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 Which would be

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 a metaphor

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 if that was

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 the right way

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 to read it.

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 Some say,

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 a day,

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 add a day

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 to his life.

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 Whatever the case,

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 whatever the right

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 translation is,

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 Jesus' point

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 is the same thing.

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 He's basically saying

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 worrying about things

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 is pointless.

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 When you're worrying

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 about things,

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 you can't actually

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 add

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 or do anything

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 good

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 by it.

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 It doesn't

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 accomplish anything

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 for you.

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 Your lifespan

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 is as long

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 as it will be.

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 Or in the case

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 of height,

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 it's not going

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 to change

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 by worrying

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 about all this stuff.

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 Worrying is a

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 waste of time.

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 It's a waste

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 of energy.

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 It's a waste

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 of thought.

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 It's a waste

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 of our emotional

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 energy.

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 It can't accomplish

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 anything good

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 for you,

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 and so,

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 why bother

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 worrying at all?

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 Why not just

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 give it up

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 and be like

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 one of the birds

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 looking to God

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 each day

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 for your daily

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 bread?

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 Jesus goes on,

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 verse 28,

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 he says,

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 and why do you

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 worry about clothes?

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 See how the flowers

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 of the field

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 grow.

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 They do not

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 labor or spin.

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 Yet I tell you

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 that even Solomon

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 in all his splendor

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 was dressed

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 like one of these.

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 If that's how

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 God clothes

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 the grass

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 of the field,

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 which is here

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 today,

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 and tomorrow

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 is thrown

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 into the fire,

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 will he not

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 much more

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 clothe you,

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 you of little

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 faith?

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 There's a couple

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 different ways

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 we might worry

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 about clothes.

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 one way

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 is to worry

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 about having

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 the clothes

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 that we need.

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 Clothing can

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 be expensive,

00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:38.780
 especially footwear,

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 jackets,

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 dress clothes

00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:41.379
 for special

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 occasions.

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 The other way

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 we can worry

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.340
 about clothes

00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:44.980
 is when we

00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.800
 care too much

00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:46.600
 about fashion

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.259
 and self-image,

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 appearance,

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 and beauty.

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 Jesus seems

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 to address

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 both here.

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 He says,

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 see how the

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 flowers of the

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 field grow.

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 Go out and look

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 at the flowers.

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 Do you see

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 how beautifully

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 they're dressed?

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 They do not

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 labor or spin.

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 Back in ancient

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 times,

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 many made

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 their own

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 clothes,

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 and it was

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 a lot of work.

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 It was very

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 labor intensive.

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 They used

00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.600
 spinning wheels

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 to make their

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 own thread

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 from wool

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 or plant fibers,

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 and then they

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 had to weave

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 that thread

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 into cloth

00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:27.659
 and make

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 their own

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 cloth,

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 and then they

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 could use

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 the cloth

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 finally to

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 make a

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 garment,

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 and they

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 of course

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 didn't have

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 all the

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 fancy machines

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 that we

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 have today,

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 and so it

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.019
 was labor.

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 It was work.

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 Jesus says,

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 go outside

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 and look at

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 the flowers.

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 See how

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 beautifully

00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:44.799
 they're dressed,

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 and what

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 did those

00:15:46.059 --> 00:15:46.879
 flowers do

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 to clothe

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 themselves

00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.599
 so beautifully?

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 Nothing.

00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:53.539
 They did

00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:54.120
 no work.

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 They spun

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 no wool,

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 and yet

00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.139
 even the

00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.799
 richest man

00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.279
 to ever

00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.659
 live on

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 the earth,

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 King Solomon

00:16:00.819 --> 00:16:01.439
 himself,

00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.259
 wasn't dressed

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 as well

00:16:02.719 --> 00:16:03.039
 as the

00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:03.620
 flowers in

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 the field.

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 It was

00:16:08.099 --> 00:16:09.079
 God who

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 gave them

00:16:09.539 --> 00:16:10.219
 that clothing

00:16:10.219 --> 00:16:11.179
 and made

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 them to

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 look like

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.819
 that,

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 so that

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 they look

00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:15.959
 better to

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:16.399
 the human

00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:17.360
 eye than

00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.899
 the richest

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.620
 of kings

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.199
 wearing the

00:16:19.199 --> 00:16:20.059
 most expensive

00:16:20.059 --> 00:16:21.079
 clothes.

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 God made

00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:24.019
 them

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.439
 beautiful,

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 and if

00:16:26.979 --> 00:16:27.439
 God made

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:27.719
 such

00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.259
 beautiful

00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:28.679
 clothing

00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:28.919
 for

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 something

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:29.620
 that's

00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:29.779
 of

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.459
 little

00:16:30.459 --> 00:16:30.779
 more

00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.259
 value

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.539
 than

00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.099
 grass,

00:16:34.719 --> 00:16:35.259
 think of

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.419
 this,

00:16:35.439 --> 00:16:35.799
 a flower

00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:36.219
 is so

00:16:36.219 --> 00:16:36.719
 beautiful,

00:16:38.479 --> 00:16:39.240
 and yet

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.659
 it wasn't

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:40.059
 even made

00:16:40.059 --> 00:16:40.579
 to last.

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.699
 It's here

00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.120
 today,

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.079
 and Jesus

00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:44.740
 says tomorrow

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.259
 it's thrown

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.679
 into the

00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:45.919
 fire.

00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:46.899
 Think to

00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:47.439
 that bunch

00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:48.000
 of flowers

00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.579
 that maybe

00:16:48.579 --> 00:16:49.219
 you received

00:16:49.219 --> 00:16:50.199
 if you're

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:50.959
 a lady,

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.800
 or your

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.500
 wife received

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.840
 if you're

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.240
 a man,

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.280
 that bouquet.

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.080
 It was

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.680
 beautiful

00:16:58.680 --> 00:17:00.120
 the day

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.639
 it arrived,

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.940
 and then a

00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.300
 few weeks

00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:02.600
 later,

00:17:02.660 --> 00:17:03.040
 even with

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.600
 water and

00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.200
 plant food,

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.160
 the petals

00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.700
 and leaves

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.039
 are all

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.680
 shriveled up

00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.140
 and dead.

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.700
 What do you

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.120
 do with it?

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.600
 You take the

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.019
 whole thing

00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:11.500
 and you just

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:11.980
 throw it

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.200
 in the

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.579
 garbage.

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.539
 Even if

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:14.960
 it's planted

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.559
 in soil,

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.360
 flowers have

00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:16.920
 their season,

00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.140
 and before

00:17:18.140 --> 00:17:18.640
 long they

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.460
 wither and

00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:20.019
 die and

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.519
 are worthless.

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.160
 But,

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.779
 says Jesus,

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.539
 if God

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.519
 takes care

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:25.960
 to clothe

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.740
 something worth

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.480
 so little,

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.519
 so beautifully,

00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:30.460
 won't he

00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:30.940
 take even

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:32.860
 better care

00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.579
 to clothe

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:33.920
 you?

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.000
 A precious

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.700
 person made

00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:38.240
 in his own

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.600
 image.

00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:41.500
 And so

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.980
 here's another

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.840
 reason not to

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.340
 worry about

00:17:43.340 --> 00:17:43.680
 things.

00:17:43.840 --> 00:17:44.720
 God cares

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.440
 for us and

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:46.860
 loves us far

00:17:46.860 --> 00:17:47.500
 more than we

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:48.539
 sometimes realize.

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:52.279
 at the end

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.940
 of verse 30

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.259
 here,

00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:53.620
 I think

00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:54.400
 Jesus touches

00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:54.840
 a bit of

00:17:54.840 --> 00:17:55.259
 a nerve.

00:17:56.180 --> 00:17:56.600
 He says,

00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:57.559
 will he not

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.140
 much more

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.940
 clothe you,

00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:00.460
 you of

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.079
 little faith?

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.140
 What's the

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:03.740
 problem with

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.140
 worrying?

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.620
 It's a lack

00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:08.120
 of faith.

00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.440
 When we're

00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:11.000
 worrying about

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.539
 all sorts of

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:11.779
 things,

00:18:11.900 --> 00:18:12.420
 it's because

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.680
 we're not

00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.460
 trusting God

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:15.319
 the way that

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.920
 we should be.

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.920
 and in

00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.500
 this case,

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:19.840
 what's

00:18:19.840 --> 00:18:20.680
 Jesus trying

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.380
 to encourage

00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.720
 us to

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:23.560
 trust about

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.000
 God?

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.019
 To believe

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.640
 about God?

00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.560
 He's trying

00:18:27.560 --> 00:18:28.160
 to point our

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.779
 faith at

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.560
 something about

00:18:29.560 --> 00:18:30.640
 God that if

00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.240
 we see it,

00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:32.200
 all our worries

00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:33.340
 will just

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:33.900
 melt away.

00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.500
 And it

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.920
 could be that

00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.600
 we've not yet

00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.440
 known God to

00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.100
 be like this

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:39.640
 personally,

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.039
 or it could

00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:41.519
 be that we've

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.340
 simply forgotten

00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:44.100
 or lost sight

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:45.659
 of God and

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:46.299
 how he's like

00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.679
 this.

00:18:47.379 --> 00:18:47.819
 It could be

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.279
 that we need

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.799
 to just be

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.519
 reminded that

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:51.119
 he is a

00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:52.839
 good and

00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:54.099
 loving and

00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:54.579
 attentive

00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:56.219
 father to

00:18:56.219 --> 00:18:56.539
 us.

00:18:59.339 --> 00:19:00.439
 He's never

00:19:00.439 --> 00:19:02.240
 oblivious to

00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.819
 our needs.

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.319
 If he pays

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:07.339
 attention to

00:19:07.339 --> 00:19:09.319
 the birds and

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.980
 the grass,

00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:13.159
 then we are

00:19:13.159 --> 00:19:13.480
 in his

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.200
 attention to.

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.480
 How much

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.860
 more will

00:19:17.860 --> 00:19:18.200
 he meet

00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:18.920
 all our

00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:19.500
 needs with

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.960
 the riches

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.420
 of his

00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:21.799
 goodness and

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.220
 grace if we

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.819
 look to him?

00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:25.299
 That's who he

00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.579
 is.

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.279
 We can count

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.740
 on him and

00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.380
 trust him with

00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.319
 everything in

00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:30.680
 life.

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 And so it's

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 as if Jesus

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.480
 is, I worry

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 when we have

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 a father in

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.579
 heaven like

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 him looking

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 out for us.

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.019
 Jesus goes

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 on, he says,

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 so do not

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:44.660
 worry, saying

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.560
 what shall we

00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:46.240
 eat or what

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 shall we

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.200
 drink or what

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 shall we

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 wear?

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 For the

00:19:50.100 --> 00:19:50.900
 pagans run

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 after all

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:51.980
 these things

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.800
 and your

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.440
 heavenly father

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.000
 knows that

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.380
 you need

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.620
 them.

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.519
 Jesus

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 restates his

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.480
 imperative.

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 Do not

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 worry.

00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:03.540
 Don't run

00:20:03.540 --> 00:20:04.160
 around in a

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.519
 panicked

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.060
 frenzy,

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.100
 anxious about

00:20:06.100 --> 00:20:06.500
 all the

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:06.920
 things.

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 Why not?

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 God.

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.240
 And Jesus

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.879
 maybe touches

00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.579
 another nerve

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 here.

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 He says,

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 that's what

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 the pagans

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 do.

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 Who are

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 the pagans?

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 This word

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 sometimes is

00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:21.059
 translated Gentiles

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 or nations,

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 but I think in

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 context here,

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 it refers to

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 all the people

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 of the world

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 who don't

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 know God,

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 who don't

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 know the

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 one true

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 God.

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 They run

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 after food

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 and drink

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 and clothing,

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 frantically

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.740
 striving for

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 those things,

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 worrying about

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 those kinds

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 of things.

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 Why?

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 Because they

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.859
 don't know

00:20:42.859 --> 00:20:43.259
 God.

00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.920
 It's as

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 Jesus is

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 saying,

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.599
 worrying is

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 the norm

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 for those

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 who don't

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 know

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.380
 our heavenly

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 father.

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 What comfort

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.960
 do they have?

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.799
 What assurance

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.420
 do they have?

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 What hope

00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:00.519
 do they have

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.440
 if they don't

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 know the

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.160
 God who

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 made them

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 and loves

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.160
 them?

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 And so

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:05.700
 there's an

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.200
 implication

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.860
 here too

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:09.640
 and this

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 is where

00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.180
 it may

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.580
 touch a

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 nerve.

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 The

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.480
 implication

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.160
 that when

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 we worry

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:14.900
 we're

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 living like

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 the world.

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 We're

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 living like

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:19.920
 those who

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.480
 don't know

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.960
 God

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.380
 when we

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 worry.

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 And of

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 course,

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 that doesn't

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 honor him

00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.740
 or please

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 him.

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 Worry

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 actually

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.660
 diminishes

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 our witness

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 to Jesus

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 and to

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.319
 God.

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.619
 God

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 shows

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.019
 we

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 don't

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 really

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.139
 trust

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 our

00:21:37.419 --> 00:21:37.779
 God

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.339
 or

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 believe

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 that

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 he

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 will

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 look

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 after

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 us.

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 It's

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.480
 yet another

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.879
 reason

00:21:43.879 --> 00:21:44.700
 why not

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.399
 to worry.

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.319
 Here's a

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.980
 sixth reason

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.439
 to pile

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 on top

00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:49.099
 of the

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.460
 previous

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:49.939
 five.

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:50.960
 Jesus

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.279
 says,

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 the pagans

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 run after

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.740
 all these

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.039
 things

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.339
 and your

00:21:53.339 --> 00:21:53.659
 heavenly

00:21:53.659 --> 00:21:54.059
 father

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.639
 knows

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.599
 that you

00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.980
 need

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.240
 them.

00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:57.399
 He

00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:57.779
 knows

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.099
 that you

00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.339
 need

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.559
 them.

00:21:59.639 --> 00:21:59.919
 God

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.480
 is never

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.879
 unaware

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:01.819
 of the

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.139
 needs

00:22:02.139 --> 00:22:02.819
 that you

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.179
 have.

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.900
 He's

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.220
 like a

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.500
 father

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.060
 who sees

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.460
 every

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.860
 need

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.180
 of his

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:06.519
 child

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 and is

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.400
 totally

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:07.900
 dialed

00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.100
 in.

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.920
 He

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.120
 knows

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.620
 exactly

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:11.920
 what's

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 happening

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.580
 in our

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 lives.

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.340
 Earlier

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.660
 in this

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 same

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.220
 chapter

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.620
 in verse

00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:15.940
 eight

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.240
 Jesus

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.580
 said

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:16.820
 this

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.200
 he said

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.560
 for your

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:17.860
 father

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.380
 knows

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.019
 what you

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.440
 need

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.180
 before

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.460
 you

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.860
 ask

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.100
 him.

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.100
 In

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:23.340
 another

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.799
 place

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.840
 Jesus

00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:25.200
 says

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.420
 that

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:25.720
 even

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:25.980
 the

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.440
 hairs

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.740
 on

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.920
 our

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.300
 head

00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:27.960
 are

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.300
 numbered

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.580
 by

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:28.940
 God.

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:32.259
 God

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.840
 knows

00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.460
 you

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:35.060
 even

00:22:35.060 --> 00:22:35.360
 better

00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:35.580
 than

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:35.700
 you

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:35.880
 know

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.360
 yourself.

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.080
 He

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.360
 knows

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.539
 what

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.680
 you

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.220
 need

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.600
 even

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.039
 better

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.980
 than

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.259
 you

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.720
 know

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:41.900
 what

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.060
 you

00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:42.400
 need.

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.300
 Sometimes

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.720
 in our

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.060
 worries

00:22:47.060 --> 00:22:47.420
 one of

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.539
 the

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.759
 things

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:47.960
 that

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.400
 swirls

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.660
 around

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:48.940
 in our

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.240
 hearts

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.519
 and in

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.640
 our

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:49.940
 minds

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.160
 is

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.400
 this

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.800
 thought

00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:51.019
 that

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.160
 we're

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.400
 all

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.700
 alone

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:51.880
 in

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.200
 life

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.920
 that

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.460
 nobody

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.920
 fully

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.660
 understands

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:55.880
 what

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.019
 we're

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.299
 going

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.600
 through.

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.620
 If

00:22:59.620 --> 00:22:59.799
 they

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.240
 did

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.480
 you

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.640
 know

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:00.940
 maybe

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.140
 they

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.340
 could

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.720
 help

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.480
 but

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.660
 they

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.100
 don't

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.420
 they

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.000
 can't

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.720
 sometimes

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.120
 in our

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.420
 worries

00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:05.779
 we get

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.220
 thinking

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.579
 about

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:06.900
 our

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:08.460
 how

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.680
 it's

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.019
 all

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.319
 up

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.500
 to

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.740
 me

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.759
 this

00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.200
 decision

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.500
 that's

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.640
 in

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:11.799
 front

00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:11.960
 of

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.180
 me

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.720
 and

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:12.940
 only

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.180
 I

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.559
 truly

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.819
 can

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.299
 understand

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.500
 the

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.840
 decision

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.220
 before

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.460
 me

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.579
 and

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.779
 it's

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:15.940
 either

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.120
 going

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.240
 to

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.519
 make

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.720
 or

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.019
 break

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.380
 things

00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.680
 but

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.980
 none

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.160
 of

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.360
 this

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.539
 is

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.840
 true.

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:21.960
 You

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.120
 are

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.400
 not

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.640
 the

00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:22.960
 only

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.299
 one

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.539
 who

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.240
 understands

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.860
 what's

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.079
 going

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.319
 on

00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:25.440
 in

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.579
 your

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:25.940
 life.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.480
 You

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.600
 are

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:27.799
 not

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:27.960
 the

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.160
 only

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.420
 one

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.579
 who

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.200
 understands

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.700
 the

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.160
 decisions

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.500
 ahead

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:30.660
 of

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:30.840
 you.

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.160
 The

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.400
 things

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:32.539
 that

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.660
 are

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.000
 causing

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.220
 you

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.680
 stress

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.319
 and

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.680
 worry.

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.740
 God

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.620
 knows.

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.380
 He

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:41.920
 sees

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.940
 and

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.680
 understands

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.480
 what

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.720
 you

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.079
 need

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.799
 exactly

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.559
 what

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:46.779
 you

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.180
 need

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:48.420
 even

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:48.819
 better

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.799
 than

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:49.980
 you

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.200
 do.

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 So

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.559
 do

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:53.759
 not

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.120
 worry

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.019
 says

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.400
 Jesus.

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.460
 Trust

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:57.700
 him.

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.440
 We

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.620
 come

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:01.920
 now to

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.180
 one of

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.500
 the most

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.840
 famous

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.180
 words

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:03.360
 of

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.700
 Jesus.

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 Not

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:04.960
 quite

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.420
 John

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.660
 3

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.059
 16

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.380
 but

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.740
 almost

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 up

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.160
 there

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.360
 with

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.559
 John

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.799
 3

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:08.319
 16.

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 Jesus

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.100
 says

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.340
 but

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.819
 seek

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.519
 first

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.120
 his

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.559
 kingdom

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.180
 and

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.700
 his

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.480
 righteousness

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.299
 and

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.720
 all

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.140
 these

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.660
 things

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.340
 will

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 be

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 given

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:19.900
 to

00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.160
 you

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.640
 as

00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:20.900
 well.

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.460
 This

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.700
 isn't

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.060
 just a

00:24:24.060 --> 00:24:24.299
 reason

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.600
 not

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:24.799
 to

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.080
 worry.

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.759
 This

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:25.900
 is

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.160
 something

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.380
 to

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.560
 do

00:24:26.560 --> 00:24:26.920
 instead

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.220
 of

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.720
 worrying.

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.680
 Jesus

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.000
 gives

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.180
 us

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.519
 something

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.860
 to

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.279
 seek

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.720
 instead

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.000
 of

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.500
 food

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.820
 and

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.580
 drink

00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:33.900
 and

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.600
 clothing

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:34.860
 and

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.000
 the

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.240
 stuff

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.420
 we

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.640
 need.

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:35.759
 He

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.039
 says

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.799
 seek

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.340
 your

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.940
 father's

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.320
 kingdom.

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.000
 Seek

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.220
 your

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.740
 father's

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.259
 righteousness.

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.120
 Up

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.360
 until

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:44.660
 now

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:44.920
 we've

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.039
 been

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.320
 told

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:45.580
 what

00:24:45.580 --> 00:24:45.820
 not

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.019
 to

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.220
 do.

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:46.620
 Don't

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:46.940
 worry.

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:47.880
 And

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.000
 we

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.200
 might

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.400
 even

00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:48.580
 get

00:24:48.580 --> 00:24:48.740
 the

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.060
 idea

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.419
 that we

00:24:49.419 --> 00:24:49.599
 should

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:49.759
 be

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.099
 concerned

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.399
 about

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.879
 nothing

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.619
 and

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:51.779
 that

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.019
 God

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.220
 just

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.460
 wants

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.599
 us

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:52.759
 to

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:52.940
 live

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.179
 this

00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:53.539
 life

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.059
 devoid

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.339
 of

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.759
 all

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.259
 striving.

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.480
 A

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.659
 life

00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:55.799
 of

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:55.980
 just

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.399
 waking

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.639
 up

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:56.859
 each

00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.139
 day

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.399
 to

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.799
 embrace

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.339
 God's

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.980
 provision

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.379
 for the

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.639
 day.

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.399
 But

00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:00.639
 no,

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.019
 here

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.379
 Jesus

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:01.879
 gives us

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.220
 something

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.899
 to seek

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.399
 after,

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:03.799
 something

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.759
 to strive

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.440
 towards.

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.059
 Seek

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.279
 your

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.859
 father's

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.299
 kingdom.

00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.440
 Seek

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.619
 your

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.099
 father's

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.619
 righteousness.

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.240
 As we

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.559
 heard a

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.000
 moment ago,

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.480
 life is

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.079
 more than

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.460
 food.

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.779
 And here

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.539
 Jesus tells

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.920
 us what

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.140
 that

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.759
 more is.

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.240
 What's

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.579
 worth

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.380
 pursuing

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.680
 with our

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.120
 lives?

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:23.940
 What's

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.519
 far more

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.319
 important than

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.880
 even the

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.380
 essentials?

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.900
 And it's the

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.340
 kingdom of

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:28.620
 God.

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.500
 What's the

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.019
 kingdom of

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.299
 God?

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.000
 I had a

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.140
 little

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.640
 shudder in

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.079
 my office

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.600
 just thinking

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:39.059
 of how to

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.700
 even answer

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.380
 that question.

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.279
 This is a

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.960
 big question

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.019
 with a

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.420
 really,

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.440
 really big

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.880
 answer.

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:46.500
 in fact,

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:46.800
 I would

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.260
 argue that

00:25:47.260 --> 00:25:47.620
 even to

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:47.960
 get to

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.360
 a working

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.980
 sense of

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.380
 what the

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.920
 kingdom of

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.400
 God is,

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.900
 we have to

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.420
 read through

00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:52.680
 this whole

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.640
 thing carefully,

00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:54.180
 cover to

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.500
 cover,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.180
 and pray,

00:25:56.520 --> 00:25:58.040
 and think

00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:59.440
 deeply on

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.640
 it,

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.520
 and talk to

00:26:00.520 --> 00:26:01.060
 God about

00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.340
 it.

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.880
 Seeking the

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:04.360
 kingdom of

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.700
 God, I

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.020
 would say,

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.340
 is a

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:05.960
 lifelong

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.720
 pursuit.

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:09.240
 Both

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.920
 understanding

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:10.340
 what it

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.700
 is,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:13.220
 and how

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.900
 we should

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.700
 live in

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.059
 light of

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.240
 it.

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.420
 Jesus spoke

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.160
 a ton about

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.640
 the kingdom

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.220
 of God.

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.980
 It has to

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.380
 do with what

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.920
 God has been

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.779
 up to for

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.600
 thousands of

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.059
 years of

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.779
 human history,

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.299
 leading up to

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.960
 this moment

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.839
 where we are

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.380
 listening to

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:28.720
 Jesus.

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.680
 It has to

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.259
 do with many

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.299
 great promises

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.200
 he has made.

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.839
 It has to

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.140
 do with

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:35.440
 Jesus, the

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.059
 king that

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.460
 God has

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.180
 chosen for

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.759
 his kingdom.

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.039
 And it all

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.779
 culminates in

00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.360
 the great and

00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.440
 glorious end to

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.100
 the story of

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.619
 our world.

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.079
 One final

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.740
 glorious kingdom

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.459
 which will

00:26:46.459 --> 00:26:47.240
 never end or

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.559
 fall.

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.759
 Sometimes we

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.240
 call it

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.839
 heaven.

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.119
 But that

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.699
 one word

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.500
 barely even

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.240
 scratches the

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.859
 surface of

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.000
 it.

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:58.000
 That should

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.439
 be your

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.419
 first priority,

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.119
 says Jesus.

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.859
 Seek first

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:03.319
 his kingdom.

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.779
 And there's a

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.279
 second thing

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.000
 Jesus tells us

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.459
 to seek.

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.219
 Instead of the

00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:10.719
 stuff of this

00:27:10.719 --> 00:27:11.159
 world, he

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:11.679
 says, seek

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.400
 your father's

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.900
 righteousness.

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.779
 Now some

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.080
 here will

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:16.620
 point to what

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.279
 Paul says in

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.880
 Romans about

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.860
 righteousness and

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:20.240
 explain this in

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.779
 this way.

00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:22.100
 They would say

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:23.000
 that we should

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.720
 seek a right

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.500
 standing with

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.880
 God, which we

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.519
 don't have.

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.500
 And we can get

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.299
 it by faith in

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.600
 Jesus.

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.500
 And that's true.

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.680
 That's what Paul

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.279
 teaches in

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.580
 Romans.

00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.340
 But there's

00:27:33.340 --> 00:27:34.060
 another kind of

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:34.940
 righteousness that

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.620
 is God's.

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.720
 And it has to

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.259
 do with his

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.700
 character and

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.539
 how he does

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.299
 what is good

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.079
 and right.

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:43.339
 And so when

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.220
 Jesus says, seek

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.919
 his righteousness,

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.680
 I think he's

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.559
 commanding us to

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.799
 strive to live

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.180
 righteously as

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.599
 God our

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:52.159
 father is

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.519
 righteous.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.659
 To be holy as

00:27:54.659 --> 00:27:55.379
 God is holy.

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.839
 I think this

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.839
 fits with what

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.559
 Jesus has already

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.339
 been saying here.

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.039
 Life is about

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:03.180
 more than the

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.039
 food and drink in

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.819
 your belly or the

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.379
 clothes on your

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.799
 back.

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.000
 what are you

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.639
 doing with your

00:28:08.639 --> 00:28:08.980
 life?

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.599
 What are you

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.159
 doing with your

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:11.519
 body?

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.859
 God desires his

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.680
 children, his

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:17.139
 precious blood

00:28:17.139 --> 00:28:18.000
 bought sons and

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.019
 daughters to live

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.839
 righteously with

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.579
 the life that he

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.879
 has given them.

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.319
 To be people who

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.779
 do an abundance of

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.839
 good works and who

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.940
 bear much good

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.299
 fruit.

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.799
 People who are

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:33.480
 honest, who have

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.279
 integrity, who are

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.960
 full of his love

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.139
 and kindness.

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 Seek to live this

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.220
 way with the life

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.720
 that you've been

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.019
 given.

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.119
 Do what's right

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.220
 according to God's

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.460
 righteousness in

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.319
 every situation.

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.539
 That's what I think

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.480
 Jesus means when he

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.660
 says, seek his

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.180
 righteousness.

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.779
 And then there's

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.940
 this amazing promise

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:56.379
 that comes at the

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.839
 end here.

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.480
 One of the most

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:59.740
 amazing, liberating

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.619
 promises of the

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.339
 Christian life.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.019
 But seek first his

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.819
 kingdom and his

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.180
 righteousness and all

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:06.180
 these things will be

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.960
 given to you as

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.180
 well.

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.100
 What are we aiming

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.900
 to do with our

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:14.940
 lives as first

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.500
 priority?

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.940
 Jesus says that if

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.600
 we're seeking his

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:20.240
 kingdom and his

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.519
 righteousness as

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.700
 first priority, then

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.600
 God will give us all

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.299
 the things that we

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.600
 need.

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.740
 Everything.

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.519
 Whether food or

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.460
 clothing, a place to

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.340
 live, a vehicle to

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.180
 drive, whatever it

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.440
 is.

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.259
 And it might not be

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.500
 obvious at first,

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.799
 well if I turn my

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.220
 attention to that,

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.519
 then how is that

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.259
 going to look after

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.980
 all this stuff?

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.680
 It might not be

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.720
 obvious or apparent

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.680
 how that works.

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.279
 And that's where

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.080
 faith and trust come

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.320
 in.

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.559
 God's asking us to

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.039
 trust him.

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.640
 I'm going to give it

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.000
 to you.

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:59.200
 If you seek my

00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.299
 father's kingdom and

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.940
 my father's

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.839
 righteousness, I

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.240
 will give you

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.180
 everything else you

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.420
 need.

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.700
 I'll take care of

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.099
 the rest.

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.619
 Is the kingdom of

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.940
 God your first

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.539
 priority?

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.039
 Is living a

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.859
 righteous life to

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.640
 honor the Lord your

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.319
 top goal?

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:22.839
 Have you been

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.500
 seeking his

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.099
 kingdom and

00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.559
 righteousness?

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.519
 Or have you been

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.359
 running after the

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:29.359
 earthly things like

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.700
 the people of the

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.579
 world around us who

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.359
 don't know God?

00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.980
 Finally, Jesus gives

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.679
 us a couple more

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.700
 reasons not to worry

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:39.179
 in the last verse

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:40.019
 there, verse 34.

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.579
 He says,

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.480
 Therefore do not

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.339
 worry about tomorrow,

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.559
 for tomorrow will

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.460
 worry about itself.

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.700
 Each day has

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.539
 enough trouble of

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.899
 its own.

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.639
 There's often that

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.859
 forward dimension to

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:54.879
 our worry, where

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.759
 we're looking ahead,

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.899
 we're trying to

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.720
 figure out, we're

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.240
 trying to decide, and

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.079
 what if this happens,

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.679
 and what if that

00:31:00.679 --> 00:31:01.519
 happens, and what if

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.319
 they say this, and

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.799
 what if, and should I

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.619
 say this, and we can

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:06.799
 go on and on and on,

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.819
 and we get all panicked

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.059
 and anxious because we

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.460
 don't know what

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:11.259
 tomorrow holds.

00:31:12.879 --> 00:31:14.099
 Jesus says, just let

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.139
 tomorrow's things be

00:31:15.139 --> 00:31:15.960
 tomorrow's things.

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.679
 Don't worry about

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:18.839
 them.

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:21.179
 Give your attention to

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:23.279
 today, to here and

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.539
 now.

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.599
 Live in this moment.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:28.099
 Tomorrow's things, you

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.539
 can focus on tomorrow.

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.579
 Each day has enough

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.599
 trouble of its own.

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.000
 We weren't meant to

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.679
 try and carry the

00:31:37.679 --> 00:31:39.019
 burden of today, and

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:40.599
 tomorrow, and next week,

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:43.079
 and next month, all at

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.439
 once.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.839
 Only God knows what the

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.539
 future holds for any of

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.779
 us.

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:50.279
 And because he does, we

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.119
 can let go of our

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:52.759
 worries, which pertain to

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.119
 tomorrow.

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:55.039
 God has it in his hand.

00:31:56.699 --> 00:31:57.639
 He's in control.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.779
 So I can focus on today.

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:01.619
 I can focus on right here

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:01.980
 and now.

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.859
 I can even look ahead and

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.939
 make plans for tomorrow,

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:08.039
 and what to do tomorrow,

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:09.099
 but I need to leave those

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:11.119
 plans with God, and not

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:13.519
 worry about them all

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.159
 through the day.

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:18.379
 One day's trouble is all

00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.799
 we need to manage, says

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.179
 Jesus.

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:23.819
 Somewhere in the

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.659
 preparing of this, I

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.599
 lost track of how many

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.519
 reasons this was.

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.759
 Is that nine reasons?

00:32:28.219 --> 00:32:28.579
 Maybe?

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.379
 Nine reasons not to

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:30.619
 worry?

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.859
 Well, as we come to the

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.899
 Lord's table this morning,

00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:34.719
 let's make it ten.

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.519
 We may hear all of these

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.639
 reasons not to worry, and

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.899
 yet we may still have this

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.939
 nagging suspicion.

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.919
 or doubt about whether

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:44.500
 God will really look after

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.839
 us.

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.339
 Will he really take care of

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:48.119
 all my needs?

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.719
 One final place to look,

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.159
 Romans 8, verse 32.

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.879
 Paul writes this, he

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.219
 says,

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:58.500
 If God is for us, who can

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.399
 be against us?

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:02.839
 He who did not spare his

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:05.899
 own son, but gave him up

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.699
 for us all.

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:10.240
 How will he not also, along

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:12.519
 with him, graciously give us

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.420
 all things?

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.680
 If God has already given us

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.740
 the greatest and most

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:21.340
 valuable gift that can ever

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:23.460
 be given, that's Jesus.

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:26.279
 How will he not also, along

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:28.220
 with Jesus, give us all

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.740
 things?

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.700
 everything that we might need.

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:34.839
 It says, God did not spare

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.180
 him.

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:39.400
 He gave him for our rescue and

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.180
 for our ransom.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:45.740
 Jesus' blood was the cost that

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:48.440
 justice required for our

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.019
 atonement.

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:51.559
 His body, he gave willingly.

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:54.259
 He hung and died on the cross.

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:56.940
 The innocent for the guilty.

00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:00.099
 The righteous for the

00:34:00.099 --> 00:34:00.819
 unrighteous.

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:03.440
 The king for the people of

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.879
 the kingdom.

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.839
 If God gave that for you and

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:10.440
 for me, what's tomorrow's

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.179
 bread and water?

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.539
 What's tomorrow's power bill

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.860
 money?

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.960
 What's the next vehicle you

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.320
 need?

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.940
 Or job, or home, or

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.320
 whatever?

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:24.360
 So let's go to the table

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.660
 now.

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:27.440
 Let's reflect on the gift

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.600
 that's been given to make

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:30.059
 us children of our

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.780
 heavenly father.

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:33.440
 Let's think about the body

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:35.480
 of Jesus as he suffered

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.380
 and died for us.

00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.460
 Let's think about the blood

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.600
 of Jesus which was poured

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:42.220
 out for us on the cross.

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.200
 Let's have a few moments

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:47.519
 of quiet to pray.

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.659
 we can confess our

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:52.579
 worries, the things that

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:53.519
 we've been worrying about

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.179
 and our cares.

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.739
 We can confess our lack of

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.539
 trust and our lack of

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.880
 faith.

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.980
 But we can also rejoice and

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.699
 be reminded again of God's

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.440
 love and grace for us.

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:06.159
 In a few moments we'll have

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.820
 Charles and Dave come up to

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:09.500
 serve the elements of the

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.780
 table.

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.579
 And if you've put your life in

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:13.759
 Jesus' hands, then I want

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:15.300
 to invite you to join with us

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.560
 and partake with us of the

00:35:17.560 --> 00:35:18.260
 bread and the cup.

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:20.320
 And if not, then you can

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.580
 just let them pass you by.

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.100
 We'll wait until everybody's

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:24.640
 been served and then we'll

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.580
 partake together.

00:35:25.580 --> 00:35:25.700
 Amen.

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.700


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