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Some Medicine for Worry
“The Lord is at hand, do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6 January 21, 2026 Are we losing our nation? Why is the doctor concerned about my recent blood work? What if I get Alzheimer’s and die
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One Day at a Time
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” Matthew 6:33-34 January 19, 2026 Worry is inconsistent with God’s transforming redemptive work in
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Be Content. Don’t Worry.
“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them.” Matthew 6:31 January 16, 2026 Worry can easily be disguised and even excused. How would you know the difference
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Out-Dazzling Solomon
“And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not stayed like one of these.” Matthew 6:28-29 January 14, 2026 Have you noticed “weed flowers” that grow in the wild on their
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Don’t Worry
“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” Matthew 6:27 January 12, 2025 Would you like some better reasons not to worry? Let’s face it. Worry is irrational. We can spend a lot of wasted mental energy by not leaving the details of life to God.
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Watch the Birds
“Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?” Matthew 6.26 January 9, 2025 “Not to worry.” Those three words have worked their way through our extended family. They come straight from Jesus.
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Singing in a Cave
“I will cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. . . . My heart is stedfast, O God, I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!” Psalm 57:2,7 January 7, 2025 God has given us the “Psalms of darkness,” Lament psalms, to enable us to shape our experience
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The Sovereignty of God
“This Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.” Acts 2:23 January 5, 2035 There are those times when it seems that in this world things are spinning out of control. Biblical Christianity believes that God “does whatever pleases Him and
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Suit Up
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.” Ephesians 6.11 January 2, 2025 There was a time when the football game meant for all players to “suit- up.” It meant putting on everything from shoulder pads, thigh pads, helmets, to cleats. For all