“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust [5] destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, 20 xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 a“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 abut if byour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 c“No one can serve two masters, for
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where ymoth and rust [5] destroy and where thieves zbreak in and steal, 20 xbut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 a“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 abut if byour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 24 c“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and dmoney. [6] Do Not Be Anxious 25 e“Therefore I tell you, fdo not be anxious 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 gLook at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. hAre you not of more value than they? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his ispan of life? [7] 28And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, jeven Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tom...
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Feb 23, 2025
The Promise of Security
2 Kinds of Treasure:
1) earthly
2) heavenly
>>2 Timothy
Treasures are connected to the:
1) heart
2) mind
3) will
>> For me to live is _________? Whatever you fill in the blank with is what you are living for. This is where insecurities start.
Christians should not worry because they understand (not feel):
1) what lifes consists of
2) their value to God
3) worry is totally useless
4) power and wealth will not give them what they need
5) worry reflects the character of the unbeliever
6) worry keeps them from making God #1
7) worry keeps them from dealing with today
Instead of worrying:
1) focus on God
2) need to put God first in our life
3) need to be our faith in God
