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January 15
Wednesday


FOOD IN
THE CUPBOARD

READ:
Matthew 6:25-34
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Do not worry about
your life, what you will
eat or what you will
drink; nor about...
what you will put on.
__Matthew 6:25
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My friend Marcia, the director of the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf, recently illustrated an important way to look at things. In a newsletter article she titled "A Blessed Start," she pointed out that for the first time in 7 years the school began the new year with a surplus. And what was that surplus? A thousand dollars in the bank? No. Enough school supplies for the year? No. It was simply this: A month's supply of food in the cupboard.

When you're in charge of feeding 30 hungry kids on a shoestring budget, that's big! She accompanied her note with this verse from 1 Chronicles 16:34, "Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.


Year after year Marcia trusts God to provide for the children and staff at her school. She never has much__whether it's water or food or school supplies. Yet she is always grateful for what God sends, and she is faithful to believe that He will continue to provide.

As we begin a new year, do we have faith in God's provision? To do so is to take our Savior at His word when He said, "Do not worry about your life...Do not worry about tomorrow" (Matt. 6:25, 34). __Dave Branson

````````````````````````````I don't worry o'er the future,`````````````````````````
````````````````````````````For I know what Jesus said,``````````````````````````
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```````````````````````For He knows what is ahead. __Stanphill````````````````````
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
it empties today of its strength. __Corrie ten Boom

*************************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 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
drink?' 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
tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about its own
thins. Sufficient for the
day is its own trouble.

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In today's passage, we read our Lord's admonition to trust in God's
provision instead of worrying. Managing our troubles by faith one
day at a time is wise counsel indeed: Sufficient for the day is its
own trouble" (v.34). Leaving our struggles in God's hands is a key
to peaceful living.