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 And as they are going out, I'm going to invite Kevin to come and get himself ready, and I'm going to hand over to him then. Thank you, Kevin.

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 Well, good morning again. It's good to be with you all, and I bring you greetings from Middleton Baptist Church, another Cork Kerry Project church, and it's wonderful to be here with you.

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 When I was in the U.S., I described the Cork Kerry Project to people. I was saying, it's like when you go to another Baptist church, it's like visiting your cousin's house.

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 It's like, it's not your own home, but it's very familiar, and that's a precious thing, and I give thanks to God for that.

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 Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 6. Matthew chapter 6, the Sermon on the Mount.

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 We're going to be looking at verses 24 to 34 in particular this morning.

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 It should be verse 25 to 34. Matthew chapter 6, 25 through to verse 34.

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 These are the words of Jesus Christ.

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 He says,

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 Therefore, I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on.

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

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

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 Are you not of more value than they?

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 Which of you, by being anxious, can add a single hour to his span of life?

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 And why are you anxious about clothing?

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 Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.

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 They neither toil nor spin.

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 Yet I tell you, even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.

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 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

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 how much more will he not more clothe you, O you, of little faith?

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 Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, what shall we eat, what shall we drink, what shall we wear?

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 For the Gentiles seek after all these things.

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 Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

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 Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,

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 and all of these things will be added to you.

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 Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow.

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 Tomorrow will be anxious for itself.

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 Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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 Father, as we consider these words of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we pray that we would have ears to hear and eyes to see the light of your truth.

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 We ask for your help in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Worry is a powerful thing.

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 Something we've all experienced at one point or another.

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 Some problem or crisis or challenge comes crashing into your life,

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 and it's something that you cannot just fix.

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 And so you start to worry.

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 What's going to happen next?

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 What will I do if this happens?

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 How will I cope if that happens?

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 Is this ever going to get better?

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 Worry is a powerful thing.

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 You become so focused on the problem at hand

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 that you develop a sort of tunnel vision

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 where all you can think about from the moment you wake up

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 to the moment you go to sleep is that thing, that problem.

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 Has that ever happened to you?

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 It's happened to me.

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 Sometimes, when we're in that worried state,

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 a well-meaning friend or family member will come alongside us

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 and they will say something along these lines.

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 Hey, don't worry about it.

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 Don't worry about it.

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 And as well-intentioned as those words are,

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 they are, of course, 100% not effective.

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 It's like throwing a cup of water on a raging fire.

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 The words just evaporate.

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 And they have no effect.

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 It's like that song.

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 As I was thinking of this passage, I was thinking of that song.

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 Years ago, it was used for the National Lottery.

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 Bobby McFerrin, Don't Worry, Be Happy.

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 Have you ever heard that song?

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 Here's a little song I wrote.

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 You might want to sing it note for note.

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 Don't worry, be happy.

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 In every life, we have some trouble,

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 but when you worry, you make it double.

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 Don't worry, be happy.

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 Don't worry, be happy.

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 Now, that is a very catchy song,

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 and it's very bad at treating worry.

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 That's a great song to listen to when you're not worried

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 and everything is fine,

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 you're on your way to the beach and it's sunny.

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 But when life is actually difficult

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 and you're dealing with the anxiety

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 that comes with living in a fallen world,

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 that's the last song you want to hear.

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 It's actually counterproductive

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 because it'll just make you angry.

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 It's superficial,

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 as if stopping worrying was just like turning off a light switch.

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 But when we consider the words of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 in this passage this morning,

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 we find something altogether different.

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 He deals with worry in a profound and comprehensive way.

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 Unlike our well-intentioned friends in that catchy song,

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 Jesus' teaching on worry goes beneath the surface,

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 underneath the symptoms,

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 and gets right to the source of why we worry

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 about the things that cause us trouble.

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 And he shows us a better way,

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 a way of his kingdom,

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 the way of faith in him.

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 Now before we jump into these verses,

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 let's quickly just remind ourselves

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 of where we are in our Bibles.

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 Matthew 5, 6, and 7

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 are the Sermon on the Mount.

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 And that is Jesus teaching his disciples

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 all about life in the kingdom of God.

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 God's kingdom is a spiritual kingdom.

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 It's not a military kingdom like the Roman kingdom.

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 Remember Jesus said,

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 my kingdom is not of this world.

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 It's not a worldly military kingdom.

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 God's kingdom is his realm of salvation

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 and his rule of his lordship.

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 To be a Christian,

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 to be a disciple of Jesus,

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 means to come into the kingdom

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 by faith in Jesus.

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 If you look back at chapter 4 of Matthew,

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 verse 17,

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 Jesus began his public ministry

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 as the Messiah with these words,

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 repent, turn from your sin,

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 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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 The kingdom is here.

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 Jesus is the king.

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 He brings the kingdom.

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 You enter into that kingdom

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 through faith in him.

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 So by turning from our sins to Jesus,

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 we enter in.

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 We submit to King Jesus.

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 We serve him, worship him, obey him, enjoy him.

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 That is what it means to be a Christian.

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 Here in the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Matthew chapter 5, 6, and 7,

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 he's teaching his disciples

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 what it means to be citizens of that kingdom.

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 Here are the ethics of the kingdom.

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 This is what it means to live as my disciples.

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 And in this passage, in Matthew 6,

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 he spends quite a long time,

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 this is a considerable chunk

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 of the Sermon on the Mount,

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 and it deals with worry.

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 The first thing we need to understand

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 is that here in this passage,

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 Jesus is addressing a specific type of worry.

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 He is specifically addressing the problem

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 of worrying about the necessities of life,

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 the stuff that we need to live.

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 Look at verse 31.

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 He sums it up with these questions.

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 What shall we eat?

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 What shall we drink?

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 What shall we wear?

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 In Jesus' day,

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 the struggle for the necessities of life,

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 food, water, clothing,

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 it was never ending.

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 Normal people, like you and me,

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 had to work really hard

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 just to not die from starvation and thirst.

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 Food had to be planted and nurtured,

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 harvested, cooked all by hand,

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 and even then,

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 you were at the mercy of the weather

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 because if it didn't rain,

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 you didn't have a load of plumbing

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 and irrigation systems.

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 Your harvest would fail

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 and you'd be in trouble.

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 And even water had to be drawn from a well

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 and brought to your house by hand.

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 There were no taps.

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 And in terms of clothing,

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 people usually just had

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 a handful of garments to their name,

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 nothing more.

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 You were considered very well off

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 if you had more than one or two

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 changes of clothes.

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 So when Jesus says to his disciples here,

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 he's sitting down with them,

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 teaching them,

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 this is what it means to be in my kingdom.

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 He says, don't worry about food.

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 Don't worry about what you're going to drink

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 and what you're going to wear.

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 It hits them in a way

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 that it probably doesn't hit us immediately

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 as people who live in the 21st century.

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 Because we go down to Tesco

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 and it's full of food.

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 We open up our taps,

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 it's full of water,

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 and we have so much clothes

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 that we actually run out of space

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 of where to put them

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 and we put them in clothes bags.

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 But for these people hearing this,

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 they're like,

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 oh, that's what I spend

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 most of my time trying to do

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 is just get something to eat

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 so I can make it to the next day.

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 Now, you might be tempted to think,

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 okay, well then,

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 this doesn't really apply to us

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 because now we have taps

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 and we have Tesco.

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 That's not the case.

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 And here's why.

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 Because when Jesus is speaking

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 about food and drink and clothing,

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 he's using those as examples

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 of the necessities of life as a whole.

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 These are the sort of things

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 that we get focused on,

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 what our immediate needs,

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 our physical needs,

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 the things that we need

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 just to survive,

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 the nuts and bolts,

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 as it were,

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 of everyday life.

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 So while we don't have to worry

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 about the availability of food

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 or clothing,

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 don't we still worry about life?

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 How am I going to pay my bills this month?

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 Will I have enough money

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 to make it to the end of the month?

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 How am I ever going to buy a house

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 in this market?

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 What am I going to retire on?

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 What are my kids going to,

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 what kind of world

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 do my kids enter into?

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 Are we going to have another recession?

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 How am I supposed to pay rent

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 and save for a mortgage?

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 Am I going to be able

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 to get a good job

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 when I leave school?

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 These are real needs.

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 You need somewhere to live.

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 You've got to pay your rent,

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 you've got to heat your house,

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 you've got to feed your kids,

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 you've got to plan for the future.

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 And then Jesus comes to us

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 and he says,

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 don't worry.

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 Now if all Jesus said to us

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 is don't worry,

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 I think he'd be just like

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 that catchy song.

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 Just don't worry about it.

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 And it wouldn't be effective.

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 But Jesus doesn't stop there.

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 He doesn't just give us

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 a bare command.

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 He gives us reasons,

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 real concrete reasons

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 why we don't need to worry.

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 And I think he gives us three

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 that we're going to look at

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 in the first half here.

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 Two smaller ones

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 and the third one

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 he spends a lot more time on

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 so I'd say that's the main one.

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 The first smaller reason is this.

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 Life, verse 25,

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 life is about more

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 than just meeting your needs.

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 He makes this point

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 in verse 25

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 in the form of a question.

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 Is not life more than food

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 and the body more than clothing?

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 The problem with it

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 focusing exclusively

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 on these things

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 is that it reduces life

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 down to them.

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 It sort of shrinks life down.

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 Worry monopolizes

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 our thoughts

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 and our energies.

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 It consumes us

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 to the point

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 that we can't see

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 beyond or above them.

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 Worrying about

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 the necessities of life

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 eclipses

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 the meaning of life

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 from our view

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 which is to glorify God,

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 to know God

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 and to enjoy Him

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 forever.

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 Reason number two,

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 verse 27,

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 again Jesus

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 in the form of a question

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 he makes the point

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 worrying is futile.

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 It doesn't do anything.

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 Which of you

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 by being anxious,

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 he asks,

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 can add a single hour

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 to his life?

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 You can't extend your life.

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 You can't make yourself taller.

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 You can't do any of those things.

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 You're so limited.

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 And he said,

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 what about worrying

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 will never accomplish

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 these things?

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 The only thing

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 that worry accomplishes

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 is sorrow.

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 Worrying is futile.

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 Someone once described worry

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 as a rocking chair.

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 It gives you something to do.

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 You feel like you're doing something

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 but you're going nowhere.

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 All this energy

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 and you're going nowhere.

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 Third reason,

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 verses 26 to 32,

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 as I said,

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 I think this is the main reason

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 because of how much weight

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 and time Jesus puts behind it.

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 Your heavenly Father

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 will provide.

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 Your heavenly Father

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 will provide.

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 He comes at this point

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 from a few different angles.

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 I'm just going to read them quickly.

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 Verse 26,

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 he points to the birds.

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 Look at the birds of the air.

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 They neither sow nor reap

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 nor gather into barns

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 and yet your heavenly Father

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 feeds them.

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 Are you not of more value

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 than they?

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 Arguing from the lesser

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 to the greater.

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 This is true of the birds,

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 my disciples.

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 How much more so

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 is it true of you?

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 Child of God.

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 Verse 28,

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 he points to the flowers.

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 Why are you anxious

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 about clothing?

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 Look at the lilies

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 of the field,

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 how they grow.

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 They don't toil or spin

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 yet I tell you,

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 even Solomon,

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 the rich, glorious

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 king of Israel

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 with all his wealth

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 and pomp

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 was never dressed

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 as well as one of these.

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 He says,

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 if God so clothes

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 the grass of the field,

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 like today it's there,

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 tomorrow it's thrown

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 into the oven,

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 it's gone.

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 How much more so

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 will he clothe you,

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 oh you of little faith?

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 Your heavenly Father

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 will provide.

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 And again,

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 verse 31,

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 he comes at it again

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 from a different angle.

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 He speaks to the Gentiles,

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 those who don't know God.

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 And he says,

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 therefore do not be anxious

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 asking what shall we eat,

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 what shall we drink,

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 what shall we wear.

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 For the Gentiles,

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 those who don't know God,

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 run after all these things.

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 And your heavenly Father

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 knows that you do need them.

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 He knows that you need them all.

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 Don't be like the Gentiles

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 who don't know God,

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 who are just focused

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 exclusively on these things,

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 as if this is the whole,

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 this is the be all

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 and end all of life.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 listen to what Jesus

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 is saying to you this morning.

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 God, your Father,

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 knows everything

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 that you need.

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 And he will give it to you.

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 If you need it,

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 then you either have it

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 or you're going to have it

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 in his timing.

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 And if you never get it,

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 it's because you never needed it.

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 God knows everything

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 that you need.

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 I don't even know

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 everything that I need.

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 As a parent,

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 you look at your children,

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 as an analogy,

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 you look at your children

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 and see oftentimes

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 they need to go through

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 tough things

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 that they don't want

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 to go through

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 in order to grow

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 and develop.

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 How much more so

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 will our God give us

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 what we need,

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 not just the necessities,

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 even the challenges

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 and the pains of this life,

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 so that we grow

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 in our trust in him.

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 God will provide

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 everything that we need.

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 Jesus says,

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 you don't have to be anxious

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 about your life.

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 You can trust him.

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 Worry is a powerful thing.

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 Jesus deals with it

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 in a powerful way.

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 He's given us

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 these three reasons.

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 Life is about more

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 than just your needs.

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 Worrying is futile.

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 God is your father.

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 He will provide.

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 But Jesus doesn't stop there.

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 He drills down deeper

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 right to the very source

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 of worry.

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 Look at the end

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 of verse 30 again.

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 He says,

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 oh you of little faith.

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 That's what Jesus points to.

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 Not that they had no faith.

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 They were his disciples.

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 He said,

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 this worry that you have

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 about your needs,

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 the necessities of life,

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 it comes from

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 weak or small faith.

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 He's saying,

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 this isn't how you should live

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 as my disciples.

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 Now,

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 I need to pause here

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 for a second

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 and make a very important

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 clarifying point.

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 we must be careful

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 not to confuse

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 the worry that Jesus

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 is addressing

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 in this passage

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 with other things

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 in the Christian life

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 such as

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 normal sadness

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 and lament.

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 Let me explain

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 what I mean.

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 Worry due to a lack of faith

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 is very different

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 to sadness.

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 Psalm 142,

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 David said,

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 with my voice,

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 I cry out to the Lord

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 with my voice,

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 I plead for mercy

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 to the Lord,

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 I pour out my complaint

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 to him,

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 I tell my trouble

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 before him.

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 To put it simply,

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 David is sad,

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 he is low,

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 he is in a dark place

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 and if David was there

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 next to you

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 and you had this scripture

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 in Matthew 6,

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 it would be wrong

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 to be like,

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 don't worry,

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 you're fine.

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 That would be a misuse

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 of scripture,

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 wouldn't it?

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 He's feeling the brokenness

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 of this world,

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 it's sadness,

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 that's good

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 to lament

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 and feel sad.

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 Worry due to a lack of faith

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 is different

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 also

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 to normal concern.

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 1 Corinthians 11,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 writes this,

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 he says,

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 he speaks of

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 the daily pressure on me

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 and my anxiety

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 for all the churches.

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 I don't think

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 he's referring

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 to the same sort of anxiety

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 that Jesus is referencing.

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 Paul is simply saying this,

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 I am concerned

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 for how the churches

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 that have been planted

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 under my ministry

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 and the ministry of others,

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 I'm concerned

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 that they're going well.

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 That's not a sinful anxiety,

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 that's just normal concern,

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 the way that parents

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 are concerned

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 for their children

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 or the way that

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 if some of you perhaps

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 are waiting for

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 leaving cert results

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 or junior cert results,

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 that's a normal concern

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 and yes,

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 of course,

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 it can twist into worry

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 and a mistrust of God

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 or distrust of God

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 but in and of itself,

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 that's normal.

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 You see the point

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 I'm trying to get at?

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 We need to be able

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 to distinguish

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 between those things.

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 We don't want to come up

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 to someone

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 who is just having

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 a hard time

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 and slap Matthew 6,

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 do not worry on them

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 and think that's going

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 to heal everything.

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 The worry that Jesus

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 is addressing here

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 comes from a lack of faith.

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 That is its source.

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 It's not just

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 some isolated issue,

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 it's rooted,

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 Jesus says,

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 in what we value

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 the most.

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 Did you notice

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 that this passage

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 in verse 25

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 begins with the word

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 therefore.

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 This word therefore

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 tells us

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 that everything

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 he's just said

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 about worry

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 flows from

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 and out of

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 in continuity

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 with everything

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 he's just said beforehand.

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 They're all

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 put together.

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 when we jump

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 back to verse 19

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 where I think

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 his train

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 of thought

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 begins,

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 we see that

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 Jesus has been

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 teaching his disciples

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 specifically

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 about what

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 they are to

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 value the most.

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 Let's look at them

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 quickly in three chunks.

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 First verses

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 19 to 21.

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 Do not lay up

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 for yourselves

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 treasure in heaven

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 where moth

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 and rust

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 destroy,

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 where thieves

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 break in and steal,

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 but instead

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 lay up for yourselves

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 treasure in heaven

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 instead of on earth

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 where neither moth

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.379
 nor rust destroys

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.279
 and where thieves

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.659
 do not break in and steal.

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:01.440
 For where your treasure

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.000
 is,

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.500
 there your heart

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:05.039
 will be also.

00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:07.220
 He says,

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.119
 as my disciples,

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:10.460
 you are to value,

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.180
 to treasure

00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:12.639
 the things that are above,

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.559
 the things of heaven

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.899
 and focus your hearts

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.819
 on those things.

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:17.200
 because whatever you

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.559
 treasure,

00:21:17.659 --> 00:21:18.539
 whatever you value,

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.039
 that's what your heart,

00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:21.899
 your inner compass

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:23.159
 is going to point towards

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:23.480
 and say,

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.399
 that's true north

00:21:24.399 --> 00:21:25.539
 and your life

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.659
 is going to fall in line

00:21:26.659 --> 00:21:27.579
 with that direction.

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:30.480
 He says,

00:21:30.659 --> 00:21:31.859
 don't put true north,

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:33.619
 don't focus your heart,

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.799
 don't treasure

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.779
 the things of this earth

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:37.859
 because they pass away.

00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:38.519
 Wrath

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:40.419
 and rust,

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.819
 moth and rust

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.319
 destroy those things.

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:46.319
 even Olympic medals,

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.960
 money

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:49.480
 and fame.

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.980
 Earthly glory

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.839
 will pass away

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.740
 along with earth

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.700
 itself one day.

00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:57.039
 Jesus says,

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.119
 value the things

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.960
 that cannot be taken

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.599
 away from you.

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.519
 Lay up treasure in heaven.

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:04.879
 Next,

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:06.379
 verses 22 to 23.

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.200
 The eye

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.960
 is the lamp

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.740
 of the body.

00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:10.799
 So,

00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.319
 if your eye

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.799
 is healthy,

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.500
 your whole body

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.399
 will be full of light.

00:22:14.379 --> 00:22:15.099
 But if your eye

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.879
 is bad,

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.460
 your whole body

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.259
 will be full

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.899
 of darkness.

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.879
 If then the light

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.720
 in you is darkness,

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.859
 how great

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.500
 is

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.619
 the darkness?

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.779
 Jesus

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.919
 is referring

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.639
 to a commonly

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.200
 held belief

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.859
 at that time

00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:32.000
 that light

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.399
 would come

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.419
 into your body

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:34.259
 through your eye.

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.700
 It was sort of

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.639
 the window of the soul.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.639
 We still say that today.

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:37.819
 But that light

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:39.059
 was good for you.

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:40.180
 It certainly is sunshine.

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.819
 It goes in

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.279
 through your eyes

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.859
 and fills up

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.619
 your whole body

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.139
 with light

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:44.039
 and brings health

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.819
 and vitality.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:46.939
 And Jesus

00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.500
 is taking

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.240
 that commonly

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.879
 held belief

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.819
 and he's

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.759
 transposing it

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.359
 or using it

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.799
 to speak

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.480
 of a spiritual

00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:53.079
 reality.

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.919
 He says,

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.619
 if you fix

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.439
 your eyes,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.359
 the spiritual

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.339
 eyes of your heart,

00:22:59.399 --> 00:22:59.599
 if you want

00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.299
 to put it that way,

00:23:00.399 --> 00:23:01.399
 the spiritual

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.379
 sense that you

00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:03.419
 have on what

00:23:03.419 --> 00:23:03.980
 is true,

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.759
 on the light,

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.000
 then your whole

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.339
 body,

00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:07.139
 your whole life

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.839
 will be filled

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.359
 with light.

00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:10.000
 It will bring

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.779
 goodness

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.779
 and truth

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.519
 and health.

00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.059
 But if not,

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.819
 if your spiritual

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.919
 sight is bad

00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:17.279
 and you're

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.819
 focused on

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.259
 the wrong

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.859
 things,

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.579
 not heavenly

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.899
 things,

00:23:19.959 --> 00:23:20.379
 but earthly

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:20.939
 things,

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:23.720
 then oh,

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.379
 how great

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.939
 that darkness

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.439
 will be.

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.799
 You see how

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.240
 it's following

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.740
 on from the

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.059
 treasure?

00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.000
 What are you

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.519
 looking at?

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.959
 What are you

00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.459
 valuing?

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:32.980
 What are you

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.519
 valuing?

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.200
 And finally,

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.059
 verse 24,

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.599
 again,

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:37.859
 he's using

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.960
 these contrasts.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.359
 He says,

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.299
 no one

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.240
 can serve

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.000
 two masters.

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.660
 For you

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.379
 either hate

00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.779
 the one

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.160
 and love

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.599
 the other

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.960
 or he

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.200
 will be

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.660
 devoted

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:47.960
 to the

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.200
 one

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.059
 and despise

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.500
 the other.

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.759
 You

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.400
 cannot

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.139
 serve

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.859
 God

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:53.420
 and money.

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.319
 That word

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.799
 money there

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.160
 can also

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.460
 just be

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.839
 translated

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.720
 stuff,

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.460
 things,

00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.460
 material

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:01.500
 goods.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.740
 What's

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:04.920
 Jesus

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.200
 getting

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.639
 at here

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.500
 in verses

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.920
 19 to

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.400
 24?

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.680
 If you

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:09.839
 want to

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.000
 put it

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.119
 in the

00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:10.379
 form of

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.859
 a question,

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.139
 he's

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.680
 asking this,

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.119
 what do

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.279
 you

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.720
 treasure

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.039
 above

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.359
 all?

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.680
 What do

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.180
 you look

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.400
 at with

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.920
 the eyes

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.220
 of your

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.599
 heart?

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.019
 And who

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.299
 are you

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.639
 serving?

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.359
 He says,

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.819
 you can't

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.319
 serve God

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.759
 and stuff.

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.839
 And then

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.319
 so when

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.700
 he says

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.220
 therefore,

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:30.779
 he's going

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.460
 right along

00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.700
 and he's

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:31.859
 saying,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.420
 therefore,

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.460
 do not

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.640
 worry about

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.000
 the things

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.240
 that you

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.539
 need.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.400
 Because

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.840
 those who

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.300
 don't know

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:38.680
 God,

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.519
 focus on

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.960
 these things

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.460
 because that's

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.720
 where their

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.380
 treasure is,

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.360
 that's what

00:24:42.360 --> 00:24:43.019
 they serve,

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.440
 that's what

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.900
 they truly

00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:45.400
 value.

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.660
 He said,

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.060
 it's not

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.360
 meant to

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.660
 be like

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.000
 that for

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.140
 you.

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.300
 You

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.880
 belong to

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.360
 God the

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.680
 Father.

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.420
 You're

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.800
 in the

00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.080
 kingdom.

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.600
 Seek the

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:51.960
 things that

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.380
 are above.

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.160
 And God

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.500
 will give

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.759
 you all

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.019
 the things

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.240
 that you

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.519
 need.

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.100
 Jesus

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:56.440
 is not

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:56.940
 denying

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.180
 our

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.500
 physical

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.940
 needs.

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.000
 Your

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.240
 heavenly

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.900
 Father knows

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.160
 that you

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.560
 need them

00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.019
 all.

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:08.800
 life is

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.300
 about so

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.920
 much more

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.340
 than just

00:25:10.340 --> 00:25:11.220
 food and

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.980
 drink and

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.779
 clothing and

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.440
 bills and

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.220
 holidays and

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.800
 cars and

00:25:14.800 --> 00:25:15.660
 exams and

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.360
 stuff.

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.140
 Beware of

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:19.779
 getting bogged

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.740
 down in the

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.200
 nuts and

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.680
 bolts of

00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:22.360
 life and

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.480
 losing sight of

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.000
 the meaning

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.519
 of life.

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:28.700
 life is

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.279
 about knowing

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.519
 God and

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:30.940
 living with

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.119
 him.

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.759
 That is the

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.160
 joy of the

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.639
 Christian life,

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.139
 is it not?

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.619
 And that is a

00:25:35.619 --> 00:25:36.119
 joy that will

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.680
 come to its

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.599
 climax when we

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.079
 are with

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.900
 him forever.

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.220
 This is just

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.119
 a foretaste

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:42.200
 of that

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.579
 joy.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.559
 Life is

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.240
 about longing

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.799
 for his

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.200
 kingdom,

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.700
 seeking his

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.240
 righteousness

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.279
 and his

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.660
 kingdom to

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.039
 come, not

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.440
 only in our

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.139
 own lives,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.139
 but across

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.819
 the world.

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.480
 that God's

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.279
 rule and

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.980
 reign and

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.599
 glory would

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.279
 be known

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:58.059
 all around

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.659
 the world

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.099
 that he has

00:25:59.099 --> 00:25:59.439
 created.

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.000
 If we allow

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.480
 ourselves to

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.000
 be focused

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.839
 on those

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.319
 things,

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:05.859
 then we

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.200
 will not

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.659
 need to

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:06.960
 worry.

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.720
 If you're

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.179
 worried this

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:13.059
 morning, it's

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:13.500
 good to ask

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.319
 yourself, what

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.759
 am I worried

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.019
 about?

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.480
 That's a good

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.159
 first step.

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.240
 A bit of

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.019
 self-diagnosis.

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.519
 Can I add to

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:21.960
 your list of

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.519
 questions?

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.700
 When you're

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.279
 really worried

00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.980
 and upset

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.639
 about something,

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.319
 ask yourself,

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.619
 what am I

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.079
 treasuring?

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.460
 What am I

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.259
 valuing the

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.839
 most in

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.379
 life right

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:33.599
 now?

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.980
 What am I

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.940
 focusing on?

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.240
 Where are

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.759
 the eyes of

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.220
 my heart

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.079
 looking right

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.319
 now?

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.059
 And who

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.319
 am I

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.660
 serving?

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.500
 Jesus says,

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:50.980
 oh, you of

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.500
 little faith,

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.799
 I don't

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.119
 think he

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.460
 was saying

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.740
 that as

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.019
 some sort

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.539
 of harsh

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.500
 rebuke like,

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.279
 you idiots.

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.099
 He's trying to

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.940
 say, don't

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.379
 you see, oh,

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.180
 you of little

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.960
 faith, how

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.940
 valuable you

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.200
 are.

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:04.059
 Friends, if you

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.619
 were in Christ

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.259
 this morning, if

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.879
 we could have a

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.879
 glimmer of a

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.539
 sight of the

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.220
 love of God

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.700
 for us in

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.160
 Christ Jesus,

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.039
 we would never

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.500
 doubt again that

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.819
 he would ever

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.720
 provide for us.

00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:16.119
 You think God

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.900
 is short on

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.299
 cash?

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:18.940
 Do you think he

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.880
 forgets things,

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.740
 that he lets

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.480
 things slide?

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.500
 He will always

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.160
 provide for his

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.500
 people.

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:24.680
 Always.

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.160
 Take these

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.019
 words of the

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.440
 Lord Jesus

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.140
 Christ and

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.820
 hammer them

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.400
 deep into

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.820
 your heart.

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.460
 Preach them

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.100
 to yourself.

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.039
 Say, God is

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.860
 my Father, he

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.440
 will provide.

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.420
 God is my

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.980
 Father, he

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.539
 will provide.

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.700
 God is my

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.759
 Father, he

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.320
 will provide.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.700
 He knows

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.559
 everything that

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.259
 I need and

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.799
 he will provide

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.220
 it for me in

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.880
 Christ Jesus.

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.360
 To put it

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:48.940
 another way,

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.180
 Christian, you

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.519
 are free to

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.539
 not worry about

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:52.980
 your life.

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.839
 You have

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.779
 concerns, you

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.100
 still have to

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.579
 plan for the

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.299
 future, there

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.539
 are still

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.180
 problems to be

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.700
 dealt with.

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.839
 This is not

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:01.140
 don't worry, be

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.839
 happy, catchy

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.759
 song approach to

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.079
 life.

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.839
 But it is to

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.339
 say in the

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.539
 worry and the

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.559
 stresses of life

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.319
 that we don't

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.900
 have to worry

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.380
 about these

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.799
 things.

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.480
 The alternative

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.120
 to worry,

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.680
 according to

00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.799
 Jesus, isn't

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.460
 caring about

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.680
 nothing, it's

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.299
 caring about

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.779
 the right

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.799
 things in

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.099
 the right

00:28:21.099 --> 00:28:21.440
 order.

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.079
 It's a life

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.680
 where we keep

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.259
 the first

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.059
 things first.

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.639
 That's why he

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.159
 says at the

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.460
 end there,

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.139
 verse 33,

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:31.480
 seek first the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.919
 kingdom of

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.359
 God and his

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:34.019
 righteousness and

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.180
 then all these

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.539
 things will be

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.099
 added to you.

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.559
 He's not saying

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:37.940
 don't go

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.399
 shopping.

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.159
 Like, God

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.539
 will provide

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.740
 for me, I

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.039
 don't have to

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.500
 go shopping.

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.720
 Of course you

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:42.879
 do.

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.779
 You've got to

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.279
 plan for your

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.819
 future, you've

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:45.440
 got to plan

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.139
 financially, you've

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.820
 got to be smart

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.280
 and use the

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:47.740
 brain that God

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.200
 gave you.

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.259
 You don't have

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.880
 to worry about

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.060
 these things, seek

00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.580
 first the

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.880
 kingdom.

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.500
 If you want

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.360
 to worry less,

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.680
 don't just say,

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.560
 I want to

00:28:59.560 --> 00:29:00.140
 worry less.

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:02.280
 Pray and ask

00:29:02.280 --> 00:29:02.980
 God to help

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:04.880
 you to

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.900
 recalibrate your

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.840
 heart, to

00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.500
 maybe correct

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.200
 the compass

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.620
 back to the

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.100
 things that are

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.960
 most important.

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:14.040
 Him and his

00:29:14.040 --> 00:29:15.460
 kingdom and

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.019
 seeking his

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.519
 righteousness.

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.240
 You can

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.940
 trust God

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.860
 with everything

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.840
 else.

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.380
 Yes, you're

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.759
 going to work

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.340
 a job, you're

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.660
 going to pay

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:24.279
 your bills, deal

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.079
 with stress and

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.740
 setbacks and

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.600
 uncertainties, but

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.039
 you're not going

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.660
 to let that take

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.400
 over your life and

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:28.980
 let that be the

00:29:28.980 --> 00:29:29.660
 be all and end

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:29.860
 all.

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.100
 Instead, resolve

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.039
 to seek first the

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:35.620
 kingdom, to

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.759
 submit to Jesus

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:39.420
 as your king, and

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.819
 to lay up

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.400
 treasure in

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:40.680
 heaven.

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:44.060
 Jesus ends

00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.640
 this teaching

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.060
 with this

00:29:45.060 --> 00:29:45.900
 concluding point

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.779
 in verse 34.

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.420
 He says,

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.880
 therefore, in

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.080
 light of

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.420
 everything that

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.640
 I've just

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:52.060
 told you, don't

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:52.759
 be anxious about

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:55.360
 tomorrow, for

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:56.000
 tomorrow will be

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.580
 anxious for

00:29:56.580 --> 00:29:57.560
 itself, sufficient

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.480
 for the day is

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.480
 its own trouble.

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.240
 I love the way

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.180
 that Jesus limits

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.740
 us as his

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.460
 disciples in this

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.799
 verse.

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:07.740
 He says, don't

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.180
 worry about

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:08.559
 tomorrow.

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.799
 Don't worry about

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.740
 next week, or how

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:10.980
 are you going to

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.960
 provide for this, or

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.279
 how are you going

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.399
 to get that, and

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.079
 if that's ever going

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.279
 to happen, how am I

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.859
 going to provide for

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.339
 my children?

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.059
 He says, just focus

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.079
 on today, that's

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.519
 plenty.

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.619
 Don't let the

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.139
 worries of the

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.279
 future stop you

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.240
 from following me

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.159
 and trusting me

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.559
 today.

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.119
 Worry is a

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.940
 powerful thing.

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:33.419
 Jesus is greater

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.299
 and more powerful

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:37.440
 than our worries, and

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.039
 he will provide

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.940
 everything that we

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.339
 need.

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.099
 If you're here this

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.599
 morning and you're

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.440
 not a Christian, I

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.940
 wonder if you've

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.559
 ever thought about

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.700
 the Christian life in

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.460
 these terms.

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.139
 I hope that by

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:49.619
 looking at God's

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.359
 word, the Bible,

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.799
 with us this

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.480
 morning, you've

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.460
 seen that life is

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.519
 about so much more

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.539
 than just stuff.

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.859
 It's about living

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.619
 with God and for

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:01.359
 God, and how

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.559
 freeing that is.

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:05.179
 I pray for us all

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:06.500
 this morning as we

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.200
 look ahead to the

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:08.059
 future, as you look

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.779
 ahead to the future,

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.359
 is that you will

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.000
 treasure what is

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:13.940
 good and true, that

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.899
 you will lay up

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.539
 treasure in heaven, and

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.299
 that you will trust

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.179
 Jesus the King.

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.619
 You keep your eyes

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.799
 fixed on him, serve

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:24.139
 him, one day at a

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:26.039
 time until you see

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.279
 him.

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:28.399
 As we've sung already

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.779
 this morning, riches I

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:31.079
 heed not, nor man's

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.019
 empty praise.

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.960
 Thou my inheritance,

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.519
 now and always.

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.659
 Thou and thou only

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:39.480
 the first in my

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.859
 heart.

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.779
 Thou high King of

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.519
 heaven, my treasure

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.799
 thou art.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.299
 Let's pray.

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.199
 Father in heaven, we

00:31:52.199 --> 00:31:53.000
 pray that you would

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.439
 help us to take the

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.919
 teaching of Jesus

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:58.060
 Christ, our Lord, to

00:31:58.060 --> 00:31:58.660
 heart.

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.580
 Lord, I pray where

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:03.640
 our compass is off

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:05.320
 and where we are out

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.300
 of alignment and our

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:07.600
 priorities have slipped

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.980
 and been jumbled, we

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.019
 pray, Lord, that by your

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.940
 spirit you would help us

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.640
 correct them.

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.080
 Pray for those, Lord, who

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:15.259
 are this morning worried

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:17.160
 about serious problems

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.120
 and anxious for the

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.960
 future, that you would

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.620
 calm their hearts.

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.620
 We thank you that Jesus'

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.720
 words here are not

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.140
 trite and superficial,

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.700
 but deep because they

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:28.539
 point us towards you, the

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:30.720
 fount of all wisdom and

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.019
 glory and love and

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.420
 provision.

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.860
 Father, you have made us

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:36.960
 and we trust that as you

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.819
 are our Father in heaven,

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:39.220
 you will provide for us all

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.559
 of our needs in your Son,

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.900
 Jesus Christ.

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:45.019
 Help us, we pray, day to

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.240
 day.

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:47.160
 And we pray that your

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.940
 kingdom and your

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:49.620
 righteousness would come in

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:51.439
 our lives and in

00:32:51.439 --> 00:32:52.539
 Carrig Line and in

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.559
 Carrig Tool and around

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:55.659
 this world, we pray for

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.519
 the glory of Jesus.

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.759
 Amen.

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.379
 Amen.

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.219
 Thank you, Kevin.

00:33:10.979 --> 00:33:12.559
 We are going to sing in

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.139
 response.

00:33:13.979 --> 00:33:15.339
 It's another catchy tune,

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:18.740
 but it's not full of bad

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.220
 advice.

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:21.299
 It is going to...