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25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:25-34, NIV).
Reflect
Don't worry, be happy! I may have just dated myself with that song reference from the 80's. However, how often do we hear this sentiment in our lives said in different versions. Is it okay that we worry about our grades, our children our finances? I say yes. It is okay. What this verse challenges us with that when we do not take that worry to God and lay it down before him. I worry about ALOT of things but the longer I hang on to them the longer I'm not willing to let God into that situation
Pastor Blain
Pray
- Pray for Terry and Christine Okken, Student Ministries Pastors.
- Pray for our Student Ministry Interns, Dave Schneider, Calvin Elias and Stephen Epp.
- Pray for the International Student Ministries using our facility this evening.
- Pray for the Canadian Bible Society and Gideons International.
- Pray for these missionaries our church supports, Ken and Jerilyn Bayer, working with the Chain of Love Orphanage in Brazil.
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