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July 1
Thursday


A WORRY LIST

READ:
Matthew 6:25-34
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Do not worry about
tomorrow.
__Matthew 6:34
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I was worrying about a few things as I sat in my car under a shade tree at lunchtime. Then a robin, with a fat worm dangling from its mouth, landed near my door and looked up at me. The robin was a vivid reminder to me of Jesus' words in Matthew 6:25-26, "do not worry about your life....
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Ae you not of more value than they?"

Years ago, in an article in the Denver Seminary magazine Focal Point, Paul Borden gave some helpful suggestions for worriers:

Start a worry list. Write down what you're worried about. The bills. Your job. Your children or grandchildren. Your health. The future.

Turn your worry list into a prayer list. Ask the Lord to work in those situations you're concerned about. Pray specifically for your needs and depend on Him.

Turn your prayer list into an action list. If you have any insight that there's something you can do about your cares, do it. As we turn our worries into prayer and action, Borden says, "Paralyzing anxiety can be replaced by concern for the responsibilities of life."

Why not start you list right now? __Anne Cetas
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``````````````````````Don't fret about the future``````````````````
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`````````````````````Instead take all your worries````````````````
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What you have made a matter of prayer
should cease to be a matter of care.

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Mattheew 6:25-34**********

25 Therefore I say to you,
do not worry about your
life, what you will eat or
what you will drink; nor
about your body, what you
will put on. Is not life more
than food and the body
more than clothing? 26 Look
at the birds of the air, for
they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns; yet
your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more
value than they? 27 Which
of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature?
28 So why do you worry
about clothing? Consider
the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they neither toil
nor spin; 29 and yet I say to
you that even Solomon in
all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes
the grass of the field, which
today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will
He not much more clothe
you, O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not worry,
saying, "What shall we
eat?" or "What shall we
wear?" 32 For after all these
things the Gentiles seek.
For your heavenly Father
knows that you need all
these things. 33 But seek
first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be
added to you. 34 Therefore
do not worry about
tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the
day is its own trouble.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In verse 27, Jesus asks who, through worry, can add a cubit to their
stature. A cubit is a length measuring a mans' forearm from his
elbow to his middle fingertip (about 18 inches). The word stature
can refer either to height or length of life--and neither can be
extended through worry. __BILL CRWODER

[Lani]

*Amen2*


Ahhhhh I sooooo wanted to click this one first!!! Y'all now my motto

"No Worries!!!"

Jeremiah 17:7-9 (NIV)

7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.

8 He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."

9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

Did ya catch that??? Right there, toward the end of Verse 8... "NO WORRIE!"


No matter what we face, the bigger than a bear problems and the smaller than a gnat ones too, God is at Work! He will bring ya through whatever you face.

It is so awesome to have this Family available to us at Oasis! We are never alone cuz God walks with us.... but sometimes, He chooses to speak through others to convey His message. Open your heart and mind to hearing His message regardless of "where" you hear it!

Peace nd Love in Christ,
Lani