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Matthew 6:25-34
Hunter Wheatcraft
Part of Kingdom: The Gospel of Matthew—The Sermon on the Mount
June 12, 2022

Kingdom: The Gospel of Matthew

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June 12, 2022
Hunter Wheatcraft, Youth Minister, Farmers Branch Campus
The Branch Church (Farmers Branch)


Matthew 6:25-27 (NIV)
“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 than food, and the body more than clothes?

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


Matthew 6:28-32 (NIV)
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendorwas dressed like one of these.

“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—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.”


Matthew 6:33-34 (NIV)
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”


Exodus 16:15-20 (NIV)
When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”

The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.” However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

Things We Can Do When Worry Creeps In …

  • Talk to the manufacturer.

  • Remember who your Father is.

  • Live on the Word alone.

  • Make a habit of rest.

Communion

  • What is worrying your heart today? What might your worry be teaching you about where your treasure is?

  • What needs to change for you to build regular habits of prayer, worship, and rest into your life?