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 arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Jesus uses lilies to make an incredible ...  Read More

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? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Jesus asks an incredible question: "Are you not of more value than the birds?" But anxiety twists that question around and whispers, "So the birds are more blessed th...  Read More

“Therefore I tell you, do 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?" Yesterday I said over 458 million people have connected with the words "my anxiety, can't shake it off of me." That's not just a song lyric. That's a reality for so many of us right now. But here...  Read More

"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." We end this week where we began...with a choice. Because that's what this has always been about. Not information, but decision. Not understanding, but surrender.Jesus makes it clear, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." All. These. Thing...  Read More

"But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load." Let me get vulnerable with you because I need to practice what I'm preaching. I struggle with comparison. Not the kind where I look at someone's car or house and wish I had what they have. It's far worse than that. I compare God's decision to...  Read More

"Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" There's a story Jesus told that makes people uncomfortable, and honestly, it should. A landowner hires workers throughout the day. Some work twelve hours in the burning heat. Others work just one hour. At the end of the day, he pays them all the same amount. The workers who labored all day are furious...  Read More

"The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" Here's what I need you to know...you can be looking right at Jesus and still be completely blind.In the first century, when Jesus said "if your eye is bad," everyone l...  Read More

 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Can I just say something that might make you uncomfortable? You probably don't know what you'r...  Read More

"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fe...  Read More

"And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Here's something you ne...  Read More

"And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. And when you pray, do not heap...  Read More

"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy...  Read More