Letting God Meet My Needs
Living in the Goodness of God – Part 1
January 2, 2022
- God Is The Source Of Everything I Need To Live
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I will lack nothing!” Psalm 23:1
- Here Is Nothing I Need That God Can’t Supply
“God will supply all you’ll ever need from his glorious resources in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 (Ph)
- God Doesn’t Want Me Worrying About Anything
“Don’t worry about anything! Instead, pray about everything.” Philippians 4:6a (LB)
Why Does God Tell Me Not To Worry?
(Matthew 6:25-34)
- Worry Is Unreasonable
“Do not worry about your life — what you’ll eat or drink, and don’t worry about your body, or what you’ll wear. Your life is far more important than clothes.” Matthew 6:25
- Worry Is Unnatural
“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?” Matthew 6:26 (NIV)
“And why worry about your clothes? Look at the field lilies! They don’t worry about theirs. Yet King Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as beautifully as they.” Matthew 6:28-29 (LB)
- Worry Is Unhelpful
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” Matthew 6:27 (NIV)
“Worry weighs us down.” Proverbs 12:25a (MSG)
- Worry Is Unnecessary
“If God cares so wonderfully even for the flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you?” Matthew 6:30 (LB)
- Worry Is Unbelief
“People who don’t know God and the way He works — they worry over these things.” Matthew 6:32a (MSG)
Jesus: “Don’t be worried! Believe in God and believe in me!”
John 14:1 (GN)