1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,560 Let's go ahead and the time we have now to be able to get into 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,080 God's word. I think you had your notes there 3 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,880 before you. If not, we'll, I don't mind if 4 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:10,720 you walk back and get a new copy back there, but you can see your 5 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:15,240 notes there Tonight. I'm going to talk about knowing 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:20,440 our God, knowing our God. This, this is a lifetime study. 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:26,160 And the verse that we had before you can see is Matthew 625 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,520 through 34. But these were actually the 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,760 first verses that I ever learned from Scripture when I was a kid. 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:36,880 And I, I didn't know they're in Matthew chapter 6. 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,480 But my mom didn't know many verses, but she knew this 12 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,440 section of Scripture somehow. And she always taught these 13 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,120 verses to me. And so that's the first part I 14 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,120 ever learned about God's word. My mom, she lived to be 93 years 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,800 old and yesterday we had a funeral. 16 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:56,360 She passed away on July 6th. And I spoke at the grave site to 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:59,320 the people yesterday in attendance about this verse. 18 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,920 And yes, pastor, I started the Ecclesiastes 72 which says what 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,080 is better go to the House of mourning than to go to a House 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,960 of feasting because as the end of every man and the living 21 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,080 takes it to heart. And we had opportunity to share 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,760 the gospel with the people there. 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,840 And I trust that the Lord would use that to change people's 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,280 hearts. But at the gravesite I spoke by 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,080 my mom and the impact of Matthew 625 on my life and the lives of 26 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,520 her children. And let me go ahead and read a 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:48,700 text to you. Matthew 6, 2534 says For this 28 00:01:48,700 --> 00:01:53,540 reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life so as 29 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:56,860 what you would eat or what you would drink, nor for your body 30 00:01:57,460 --> 00:02:02,360 as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food and 31 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,960 the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, 32 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,320 that they do not sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet 33 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,120 your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than 34 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,120 they? And who have you bought by being 35 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,480 worried can add a single cubit to his lifespan? 36 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,960 And why are you worried about clothing? 37 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,760 Observe how the lilies of the field grow. 38 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,480 They do not toil, nor do they spin. 39 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,640 Did I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed 40 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,800 himself like one of these? But if God so clothes the grass 41 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,360 of the field, which is the light today, and tomorrow is going to 42 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,320 the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? 43 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,160 You have little faith. Do not worry then, saying, what 44 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,360 will we eat, or what will we drink, or what will we wear for 45 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:54,400 clothing? For all these things the 46 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,440 Gentiles eagerly seek, but your heavenly Father knows that you 47 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,400 need all these things, but seek first his Kingdom and his 48 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,960 righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 49 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,320 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about 50 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,520 itself. Each day has enough trouble of 51 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,280 its own. My mom would knew this text. 52 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,400 We were poor as a family and often my mom was concerned about 53 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,400 how how his kids would would they be fed and how we even get 54 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,520 through through difficult times. And she she didn't know much 55 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,920 about the Bible, but but this area of the birds of the field, 56 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:37,680 she would, she would quote to me and she would say, Roger, God 57 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,080 takes care of the birds in the air. 58 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,080 He takes care of the lives of the field. 59 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,240 He'll take care of us also. He'll provide for us as he 60 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,240 always has. And, and I would look up at her 61 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,320 and, and see the face. She had a faith upon our Lord 62 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,520 and she would trust our Lord. And I saw what faith looked like 63 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,720 in a person when I was growing up. 64 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,200 And I, I got that, that God did provide for his world. 65 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:04,040 He did provide for the birds. And my mom went to God first in 66 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,840 prayer and she did that. And I, I saw that that 67 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,600 demonstration of her faith through to the scriptures in 68 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,320 Matthew chapter chapter 6. But we didn't have much money 69 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,680 whatsoever. But my mom did shape my views as 70 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,760 to God's word at a very age. And she helped me to see the 71 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,600 very character and nature of God, which is what we look at 72 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,960 tonight. She appoints in your lesson 73 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,800 there God is as a God who, who is sovereign. 74 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,720 He is a God who, who is a good God and he is a God who is 75 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,720 faithful. And that's all what Matthew 76 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,720 chapter 6 is all about. So we didn't have a lot of 77 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,840 money, but there there is no greater greater study that that 78 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,960 we can anybody can do than to study the character and the 79 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,640 nature of God to to know our God at the very heart of our 80 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,120 Christian faith that that that's what we need to be focused upon 81 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,080 in our hearts and mind to know where God and to see who he is 82 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,280 should be where our hearts always let always lay. 83 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,520 And pastor has a great series. If you haven't had opportunity 84 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,080 to go to the the Tate ministry or just on on on the Internet. 85 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,320 It's called God exploring his essence. 86 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,080 And there is no greater study that a pastor can give to their 87 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,480 people than to stay the character and nature and 88 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,520 attributes of God. Why? 89 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,000 Because that affects every aspect of our Christian faith to 90 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,880 see he's a God of goodness, a God of mercy, a God of kindness, 91 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,760 a God of forgiveness effects our hearts and life. 92 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,080 It affects our worship. It affects how we share Christ. 93 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,880 It affects how how we lead our families to say he's sovereign. 94 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,280 He's over all our lives, affects us every single day of our 95 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:44,760 lives. There is no greater study to 96 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,800 have than to see that God is your Savior. 97 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,680 We must see him as his creator. We must see him as holy and 98 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,520 sovereign over all aspects of our lives in order to be saved. 99 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,440 Certainly how you see God determines how you see Christ 100 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,520 his Son. How you see God determines your 101 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:06,440 sanctification and your holiness and how you how how well you 102 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,160 worship him. How you see God determines how 103 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:14,360 you show your faith, how you see him as judge and how you see him 104 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,960 as being a loving God. How you see God determines every 105 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,520 part of of your Christian faith and whether he's coming back or 106 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,240 not. AW told us that his book about 107 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,280 knowing God, the book, the book called the knowledge of the 108 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,280 sorry, the knowledge of the holy. 109 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,840 Excuse me, he says. The history of mankind will 110 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:39,320 probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, 111 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,760 and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no 112 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,480 religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. 113 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:55,040 Worship is pure or base as a worshipper entertains high or 114 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,920 low thoughts of God. For this reason the the gravest 115 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,640 question before the church is always God himself. 116 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:06,440 And the most pretentious fact about any man is not what he at 117 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,960 a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart 118 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,520 conceives God to be like. How do you see your God? 119 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,480 How do you see Him as He rules and reigns over your life? 120 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,120 How do you see Him as he reigns over your family? 121 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,880 How does your wife and your kids see see our Lord, It's our 122 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,480 response to make sure that our family members see God the 123 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:32,600 proper way, that they worship and praise him correctly, that 124 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,000 there is no greater stood than state of character and nature of 125 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,120 God. And that's what I hope we're 126 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,800 going to do tonight. So as you look your notes that 127 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,120 you can see, we're going to talk about the nature of God in 128 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,720 Matthew chapter 6. We spoke about it a little 129 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,200 earlier, but the first point that I want you to see is to 130 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:52,960 talk about not worrying the text here and about the birds of the 131 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,960 air and the layers of the field and about when, about tomorrow 132 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,320 and so on. You got to see that God is a 133 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,760 sovereign God. He's a sovereign God. 134 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,680 And that's that's in verse #25 if you look back over there, our 135 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Lord says for this way, I say to you, do not be worried about 136 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,960 your life. I'm sovereign as to what you eat 137 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,280 or what you would drink, nor for your body as to what you would 138 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,760 put on. It's not like more than food in 139 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,000 the body, more than clothing. Now Lord gives us this beautiful 140 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,920 illustration using the birds to help us to see. 141 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,360 Look at the birds of the air. Do they not sow, nor reap, nor 142 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,560 get into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. 143 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,440 Are you not much more than they God? 144 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,640 God is sovereign over the birds in the air, and He used the 145 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,840 illustration, I think, to help us to see something that we can 146 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,600 see. Every single day we see the 147 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,600 birds flying around in our house. 148 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,800 We have a lot of crows that fly in our house all over the place 149 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,440 and more crows you possibly but like the birds the movie, right? 150 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,640 But God did put those crows in our neighborhood for a reason, 151 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,360 babe. And we have to kind of hear them 152 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,560 crowing and crowing and crowing. But this is a good thing to have 153 00:08:57,560 --> 00:09:00,080 birds in the air. And God is sovereign over over 154 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,680 the over those birds and he controls them. 155 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,760 He controls their life. He controls the life of the 156 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,560 birds and he feeds them and he provides for them. 157 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:12,920 He takes care of them and the birds don't worry about food. 158 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,200 They don't worry about their nest and what where they're 159 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,160 going to go to fly to for a given day. 160 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:20,200 They're not flying around worrying. 161 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:24,120 They just know that they will have food, the text said. 162 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:27,360 They don't sow, they don't gather, they they don't reap 163 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,280 things for themselves. They don't store their food. 164 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,680 They just trust in the sovereignty of God. 165 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,040 Birds, without knowing it, trust in sovereignty of God that God 166 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,000 will take care of them as he takes care of all animals in the 167 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,960 world. It takes care of us, but our 168 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,600 Lord uses the example of of the birds that help us to see God's 169 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,880 a sovereign God who controls every aspect of of our lives. 170 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,360 Then our Lord goes on and say, what about the lives of the 171 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,160 field and why are you worried about clothing? 172 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:58,360 Observe how lives of the field grow. 173 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,720 They do not toil nor do they spin. 174 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,440 The ladies in the field aren't worried. 175 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,520 They don't toil to they don't try to to grow upwards. 176 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,880 They they just grow and God is solvent. 177 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,000 He makes them grow. God waters little fields, he 178 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,560 gives them sunlight, he gives them nutrients from the soil. 179 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,920 He solved and controls every aspect and part of their lives. 180 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:27,200 And Lily's just without knowingly trust upon God's 181 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:30,840 sovereignty, how much more that should we do so is the point 182 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,240 that glory is making to us, and not to worry about whatever 183 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,080 might come before us. The problem with worrying, 184 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,440 though, is that it is sinful that it is not trusting 185 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:46,160 ultimately in God's sovereignty. Philippians 46 says be anxious 186 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:51,640 for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with 187 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,880 Thanksgiving that you request being being be made known to 188 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,160 God. Whenever we don't trust in God's 189 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,920 sovereignty over our lives, we we start to trust and own 190 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,800 abilities and start to see ourselves as being the one who 191 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,160 who rules and reigns over over our own life. 192 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:11,640 And the question in sovereignty ultimately is who's in control? 193 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:16,560 Who's in control of our lives? Who's directing the birds or the 194 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,720 lilies? Who's controlling and directing 195 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,640 our own personal lives as humans? 196 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,920 Certainly people by the very nature want to be in control 197 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,560 over their own lives. We want to be from, from our 198 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:30,640 perspective, the rulers of our own own lives. 199 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,520 We often think that we're in control as we make the choice 200 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,720 that we do upon upon this world. And we think that as as as we 201 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:40,800 work hard to feed our families and achieve the goals what you 202 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,320 have before us, that's us that the animals have been able to do 203 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,120 so. But ultimately, although our 204 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,720 perspective is we're in control, God ultimately is control of 205 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,680 every aspect of our lives. He always has been. 206 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,320 He controls every single breath that we have. 207 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,240 He controls our birthday and our death date. 208 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,680 He controls everything that happens upon until to our world. 209 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,680 And so while men might think they're in control of many 210 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:08,000 aspects, and certainly men have a responsibility to lead their 211 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,480 families while we get that, but God ultimately is control of all 212 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,720 things. He, he is sovereign over all 213 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:17,600 things that happened to us. The word sovereign means to be 214 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:23,080 over or above. First Timothy 615 says God the 215 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:27,520 blessed and only sovereign, King of kings and Lord of Lords. 216 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,560 He sovereign over the universe he created. 217 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,320 He's solving over all aspects of his children's lives. 218 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,840 He does what he wants. Isaiah 4610 says my counsel 219 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,040 should not shall stand. I will do all my pleasure. 220 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,480 Ephesians 111 He works all things according to the counsel 221 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,080 of of his will and he controls this world. 222 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,960 He's above all things in a loving and compassionate way. 223 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,840 He chooses to be merciful and loving to to his creatures. 224 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,320 While he could be cruel and merciless, He chooses to be kind 225 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:06,200 and compassion and loving and graceful and merciful toward us. 226 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,760 Now Lords, Lords want to help us to see that within the text here 227 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,160 of Matthew 6, He's a sovereign God. 228 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,360 He rules and reigns over over all all things, certainly the 229 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,320 birds of the field, certainly and the lilies, but also over 230 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,040 over our lives and as you walk our Christian life as as we as 231 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,240 you go through the difficulties that we come upon. 232 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,000 We need to see that God certainly is solvent over all 233 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,520 aspects of our lives. Romans 828 to say we know that 234 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,680 God works all things according to the goodness of all the work. 235 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:37,600 God works all things according to his plan, all things 236 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,800 according to the plan, right? She called us there's nothing 237 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,320 bad which happens to a Christian. 238 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,240 All things we're together for good in his ultimate plan. 239 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,960 Even that happens to us is a good thing unless we sin, that's 240 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,880 a bad thing. But everything happens to a 241 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,320 Christian. Whether we perceive it as good 242 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:59,760 or bad is irrelevant is a good thing in God's ultimate plan. 243 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,920 And that's the respect means to have all things were to get to 244 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,560 good for good. It was for those who are called 245 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:10,120 according to his his purposes. He saw of our lives or over our 246 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,560 church. He controls every aspect that 247 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:16,080 happens at church and he feeds the birds and he guides the 248 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,920 directs their path and the same way he guides and directs us 249 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,920 within within our church. In Matthew 6, he says the birds 250 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:27,440 of the air that lives the field applied just as well to his 251 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,760 church. And we are called not not to 252 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,520 worry about anything in the process. 253 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,960 But worrying is not trusting upon our Lord. 254 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,160 Worrying is a saying that you're kind of sobbing, but you're not 255 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:42,360 really sobbing when you worry. You're saying you're God, but 256 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,760 you're really not God, right? Because I don't trust you to do 257 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,440 this or that you, you are lowering God to something less 258 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,880 than He is, which is sent for and wrong and being the creator 259 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,400 and the maker of the universe. God will not say that that is 260 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,560 acceptable. He is solving of every molecule 261 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,040 within His universe and He does not like it when His children 262 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,680 doubt Him and question who He is. 263 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,520 We need to see He sees a holy, wonderful, sovereign God over 264 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,040 all things and live our lives in the same manner, thinking that 265 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,600 way, no matter what happens to us good or we might say 266 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,720 difficult and challenging. God is sovereign. 267 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,840 We trust upon him. We trust that God will somehow 268 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,320 and his ultimate plan work out this to be a good thing. 269 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:30,480 And Matthew, Matthew talks about that. 270 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,000 He takes care of the birds, He takes care of their lilies. 271 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:38,880 Point #2 it also talks about the goodness of God, says he clothes 272 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,680 the grass to the field. He provides for them whether 273 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,800 whether whatever they eat, he takes care of the birds, 274 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,720 whatever they drink, whether the lilies are clothed for our God 275 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,800 is a good God. He feeds and takes care of his 276 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,440 creation. He clothes and provides with his 277 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,080 goodness for all of our needs. He meets all that the material 278 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,400 needs of his creation. He meets all all our spiritual 279 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,400 needs. He takes care of all we might 280 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:10,560 have for provisions. What he takes care of us at all 281 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,240 times because he soon is is a good God. 282 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,000 And the word goodness means he's, he's one who is 283 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,680 benevolent. The word goodness means he's a 284 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:23,400 God who is loving and mercy and speaks about his grace as all 285 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,280 parts of God's goodness. He doesn't do good occasionally 286 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,320 to us in our lives. We can't say, oh, God's been 287 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:33,960 good to me today. God's been good to you every 288 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,440 single day. And if something good happens to 289 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:37,920 your life, you might say he's a good God. 290 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Thank you, God, yes, that's a good thing to do so. 291 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,720 But he's a good God when we perceived as being a bad thing. 292 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,200 He's a good God when we see the difficulty come to our lives as 293 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,080 being difficult and challenging our perception of the events 294 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,440 that happened to our lives. And it's not based upon reality. 295 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:59,440 It's based upon what we perceive God is a good, wonderful, giving 296 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,640 God to us, whether we see that or we don't see it. 297 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,960 So he wants us to to give him thanks. 298 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,319 So he wants us to give him praise and and to appreciate him 299 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,760 for what he's done for us. And hopefully our hearts are 300 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:14,160 always directed in that manner to see his characters to see his 301 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:18,200 nature. Psalm 1/19/68 says you are good 302 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:23,040 and you do good. Teach me your statues that he's 303 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,200 a good God. He does good. 304 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,960 When my father passed away, unbeliever, I got my family 305 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,640 against. You know what Psalm 1/19/68 306 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,720 says? You are good and do good. 307 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,480 Teach me your statues. So yes, even when the unbeliever 308 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,440 goes to hell, God is good. He does good. 309 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,560 Christ, he's eternally good. Before there was anyone to be 310 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,760 good about, God was good. We usually need someone to be 311 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,960 good towards, right? You give something towards them. 312 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,760 Before there was even a human being to be around this world to 313 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,560 act upon, God was good. It's his character, it's his 314 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,920 nature, it's who he is. God cannot be bad. 315 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,720 God cannot be merciless. You cannot be one who is cruel 316 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,640 to His creation. His first very act of creation 317 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,960 was after every every single day He created something. 318 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,960 It always sent in a text, and God saw that it was good. 319 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,400 After every day of creation. You can't do it ever do anything 320 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,720 that that is not good. You can't act bad. 321 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,720 You can't and won't do anything bad to His creation or to His 322 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,800 people. And all that happened in this 323 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,200 world is therefore sovereignly good. 324 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,240 And our Lord knows all our needs. 325 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,960 He knows where we where our hearts are. 326 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,080 He knows what he has provided for us. 327 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:45,600 He knows his birds here in the text here. 328 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,400 He knows his lilies, He knows his rulers. 329 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,640 He knows our church, He knows our family. 330 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,400 He knows every aspect of our hearts and our lives. 331 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,640 And that's where our hearts need need to start. 332 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,720 He's a good God. He's always taken care of me 333 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,120 before. He will always provide for me in 334 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:05,000 the future, and He gives to His children abundantly beyond you 335 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,240 could possibly imagine. You can't even see the blessing 336 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,360 our Lord Sonia has given to us, but He's given to us. 337 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:17,040 James 1, James 117. Every good thing given and every 338 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:20,600 perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of 339 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,600 lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 340 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,680 He's a crate of the moon and the planets. 341 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,240 God isn't changed like the shadows on the moon and the 342 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,480 planets. He is is unchangeable. 343 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,400 His goodness did not change. He's not He's not more good to 344 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,200 us because we're good at him. He's not more good to us if we 345 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,720 do, if we if we act as good Christians. 346 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,800 He gives equally to the the believer and to unbeliever and 347 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,400 it gives many promises with his word. 348 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,640 If we follow his word, you'd be blessed by many blessings 349 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,400 afterward. He's he's a good guy. 350 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,560 He knows the gifts he gives to us. 351 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,960 We we give Christmas gifts that that might change or based upon 352 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,520 our yearly finances, you might have more presents or less 353 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,200 presents on the Christmas tree. God's gifts never change. 354 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:13,840 There was. There's no other text says 355 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:18,960 there's no variation and. Or shifting shadow in God's gift 356 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,880 goodness, he doesn't change. There is no changing shadow. 357 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:27,800 All that we are given by God is good for us and must be seen as 358 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,320 good. And my mom, when she, when she 359 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,400 told us about the birds of the air, she wanted me to see God's 360 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,840 goodness. She wanted me to see God's 361 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,160 sovereignty of our lives. And she would use illustration. 362 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,920 She would say, doesn't doesn't God provide for the birds in the 363 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,800 air? I say yes, then he'd take care 364 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,720 of Lily's little field. Yes, he does. 365 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:49,960 Well, don't want you to take care of us. 366 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:53,120 Yes, I do, mom. And then she would make me pray 367 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,920 next to her. She made me pray next to her and 368 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:59,040 that that was a good thing. She always, she always wanted me 369 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,640 to have the right perspective and seeing who God is. 370 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,280 He's also a God who is a faithful God. 371 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,400 The faithfulness of God is seen in 633, which is my second 372 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:14,080 favorite verse in the Bible. But seek first his Kingdom and 373 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,520 his righteousness and all these things we added to you. 374 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,000 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for 375 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,680 itself. Each day has enough trouble of 376 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:28,000 its own. God asked us to to trust in His 377 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,640 faithfulness and He'll provide for all His creation. 378 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,640 We're not to worry about tomorrow and how we'll get our 379 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,920 daily food. God says all these things will 380 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:43,200 be added to you. All of you are in needs provided 381 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:47,400 is trusting God's Word, trusting God to be faithful to His word, 382 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,520 and He will be faithful to provide for us as He as He 383 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,520 always has. Faithfulness is part of of who 384 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:57,400 God is part of His character is part of His nature. 385 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,640 Revelation 3 says that God is faithful and true, and the word 386 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:06,360 faithful means to have firmness. He's a firm God. 387 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,440 He's a it means stability. He's a steady God. 388 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,840 He's a stable God. He's a dependable God. 389 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,160 He never changes. He's reliable. 390 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:18,640 You can count upon him. This is the great text of 391 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:24,040 Scripture. Matthew 633 is the verse you 392 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,280 want to underline your Bible. It's the verse you want to 393 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,320 highlight in your Bible. It's a life verse that I've 394 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,000 always lived my life by. We are called to to seek His 395 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,240 Kingdom and His righteousness and to know that all these 396 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,960 things that will be added to us. We don't worry about the things 397 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:44,000 that we have within our homes and how would God provide for 398 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,760 our families. We don't worry about our 399 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,280 finances or the direction our church would go. 400 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,240 We don't worry about anything Queen of God, it says we'll be 401 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,640 at all. These will be added to you. 402 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,160 God is faithful. He's forgiving in our salvation. 403 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,480 First John 19 his faith forgive us. 404 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,520 His problems are always true. God is faithful in protecting 405 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,200 us. Psalm 8411 for the Lord God is a 406 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,600 son and his shield. The Lord give grace and glory. 407 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,080 No good thing does he behold from those who walk uprights. 408 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,920 There's not anything that God withhold from us if you walk in 409 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,440 his righteousness. God is faithful and helping us 410 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,080 to resist temptation. First Corinthians 10/13 no 411 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,080 temptation. This has overtaken you. 412 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,280 God is faithful when our lie be tempted beyond what you are 413 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,440 able. God is faithful in keeping us. 414 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,040 Second Timothy 112 I'm convinced that he is able to guard 415 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:48,520 whatever entrust to you until that day and the text he said so 416 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,600 do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of 417 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,000 itself. God is faithful in our 418 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,760 glorification. First Thessalonians 523 419 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:03,560 faithfully is he who calls you and he will bring it to pass. 420 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,960 That's our God, a faithful God. God it God is truly faithful. 421 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,920 Psalm 36 five, your loving kind of soul Lord extends to the 422 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,160 heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the 423 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,320 skies. That's pretty good. 424 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,040 Your faithfulness reaches to the skies as far as you could 425 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,040 possibly imagine. He's he's a good God. 426 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,240 He's a sovereign God. And Matthew 6 talks about that 427 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,320 last point. Our notes what what should our 428 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,640 response be to seeing our God, to seeing who he is in his 429 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,680 character? The verse clearly says we are 430 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,800 called to seek his Kingdom and his righteousness and know that 431 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,400 God provides for us. We understand he's he's a 432 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,000 sovereign God over the birds in the air and sovereign over the 433 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,520 lilies of the field. And you tell us our response 434 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,560 should be to seek first his Kingdom. 435 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,920 That's what we're called to do that that should be our response 436 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,720 to seeing who who God is, but not to focus on what we have or 437 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,520 what we what we don't have. We are called to to trust God to 438 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,240 add to our lives according to his all knowing polyphone 439 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,200 knowledge of our lives. He knows it all. 440 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,840 But what does it mean to first of all, to seek his Kingdom, 441 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,360 right? But that is to to focus our 442 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:26,480 hearts and our minds of that which is is eternal, his 443 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,320 Kingdom, the Kingdom of God. There is no great expression 444 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,400 that we that the text has and all the Scripture has when our 445 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,760 Lord said the Kingdom of God. And I think that's forgotten in 446 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,520 our in our Christian communities, that expression, 447 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,800 the Kingdom of God. Christ uses us all the time 448 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,040 throughout the New Testament. He wants to see he's king as we 449 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,440 share Christ. He's saying, oh, he has a 450 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,920 Kingdom, he is a king. And we are far away from from 451 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,040 thinking that way and our society to say that the Kingdom 452 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,040 of God sounds kind of foreign to us, right? 453 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,800 He brings out images of some kings that are rulers in the 454 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,560 wrong way. Latex say he's a king of all 455 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,040 kings, the king of kings and the Lord of Lords. 456 00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:09,920 It's called the Kingdom of God, that which is eternal, that 457 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,720 which is heaven afterwards, and we need to be able to share 458 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,880 that. Christ says this is his Kingdom. 459 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,200 He is the great king. He shall come back someday. 460 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:27,120 Early in chapter 6, we look back in 610, Jesus Christ models to 461 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:32,240 his disciples how to pray, and he told them in Matthew 6, your 462 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:36,680 Kingdom come and you will be done on earth as it is in 463 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,440 heaven. He wants, He wants us to see 464 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,360 that his Father's Kingdom to come to this earth, to exist on 465 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:46,240 this earth as it currently does in heaven right now. 466 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,920 And we want Christ to rule and reign upon this world as it as 467 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,240 it this right now. As believers in Christ, we trust 468 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,880 in Christ, take care of us and provide for us as he provides 469 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,600 for the birds in the air. Certainly. 470 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:04,480 But what our response is Colossians 3/2 an eternal 471 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,440 perspective. Colossians 32 Set your minds of 472 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,560 things above none of the things that on earth. 473 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,040 Our focus is on being citizens of heaven. 474 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,720 Our citizenship is with heaven. Our focus is on doing works that 475 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,760 have eternal consequence. Paul talks about that in First 476 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,000 Corinthians, how we are called to to build upon the foundation 477 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,640 of Christ, to live our lives and do works which have eternal 478 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,200 consequence. To build upon that with gold and 479 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,320 silver and precious stones, the building, so to speak, and not 480 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,400 with wood, hay and stubble which are building material, which are 481 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:44,320 inferior and which are burn it, burn it up eventually upon the 482 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,200 temporary things, this world, that which is gold, silver and 483 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,400 precious stones, that which works, which have eternal 484 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,400 consequence. And we're to build upon the 485 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,760 foundation and make the building of our lives. 486 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:59,080 But upon works which are good, gold, silver, precious stones, 487 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,320 we're to make sure the things we do in our life have eternal 488 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,520 consequences and not things which only have temporary 489 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,440 consequent in this world. It speaks about whether you help 490 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,480 your neighbor to move or you share the gospel with somebody, 491 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,040 right? Whether you have a delicious 492 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,840 meal somewhere which I'll burn up someday, or whether you're 493 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,360 worshiping Christ, right. How do you spend your days? 494 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,120 Are you doing things which have temporary consequences, which 495 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:28,880 are good woods double hey, but those things ultimately shall 496 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:30,840 burn up someday when this world goes away. 497 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,160 We need to make sure that we do think we have eternal 498 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,640 consequence. And my Lord says to us, seek 499 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,800 first his Kingdom. He's saying have an eternal 500 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,800 perspective, see that which is larger, share the gospel, 501 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,360 worship Christ well, make sure your kids see Christ, make them, 502 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,240 make them your priorities. We want Christ to return to this 503 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,600 world to be with us. So that's where our hearts lay. 504 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,000 And Titus 213 tell us where our hearts need to be. 505 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,800 It says looking for the blessed hope and the parent of the glory 506 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,240 of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus who gave himself 507 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,640 for us to redeem us from every lawless deed and to purify for 508 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,120 himself people for his own possession, zealous for for good 509 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,840 works. Our hearts desires that we want 510 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,200 to be with him for heaven, heaven. 511 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,120 We want to be with our Lord for heaven, heaven. 512 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,960 We want his Kingdom to come. We want heaven to begin the 513 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,240 things of this world to to fade away. 514 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:31,680 We're called to to seek his Kingdom and also his 515 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,120 righteousness. That's what we're called to do. 516 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:38,520 That should be our response to seek his righteousness and to 517 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,400 trust our Lord, provide for us as he does what lives the field. 518 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,320 We are to seek his righteousness. 519 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,720 What does that mean to to seek God's righteousness? 520 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,960 The Strong's Concordance describes this verse 521 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:57,400 righteousness as integrity, virtue, purity of life. 522 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,680 We're to seek rightness and correctness in in the world. 523 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,080 Would it seek correct thinking and correct feelings? 524 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,280 Would it seek right and correct acting in our hearts and our 525 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,680 lives? God says to seek his seek his 526 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:19,920 righteousness, to seek to seek God's, to desire holiness, to 527 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:23,520 desire purity upon our lives. We are to live pure and holy 528 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,080 lives before our Lord, that that's where our hearts lay. 529 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,680 We would have a desire for justice upon this world, that 530 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,960 which is good to take place upon this world. 531 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:37,320 To seek His righteousness is to seek to be pure and holy and to 532 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,200 confess our sins and to live lives of purity. 533 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,800 We want, we want to be more like Christ is where hearts lay. 534 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:49,520 We want to obey the leading the Holy Spirit within our lives and 535 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,880 we trust that He will take care of us. 536 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,640 He'll provide for us and all the details that might come our way. 537 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,040 We don't worry about the things that happened to us in our life. 538 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,600 It's not what happened to us. It's important. 539 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,560 It's how we respond to those things. 540 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:09,040 How do you respond to good things we perceive or poor 541 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,800 things? How does your your kids see your 542 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,360 response? How does your wife and husband 543 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,640 see your response? They're looking to us to see, 544 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,200 you know, how do you respond when things go poor and well? 545 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,560 And my mom wasn't a a great scholar of the Bible, but she 546 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,240 she gave that to me. You need to trust our Lord. 547 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,800 You need to see he's over all think, control all the things 548 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,400 and he takes care of the birds and they lose the field. 549 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,720 Roger, he'll take care of you and I, I, I've lived my life 550 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,480 that way. He always had taken care of me 551 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,720 and my wife and our family. We certainly have been so 552 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,600 blessed. He takes care of us, our job to 553 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,400 seek his Kingdom and his righteousness. 554 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,600 Let's go ahead and pray Heavenly Father, so much for God for a 555 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,880 time to give to us Father to focus upon your word Father and 556 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,800 truly who you are. Father, truly you're a great 557 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:05,040 and, and sovereign God over all aspects of our lives that we we 558 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,440 know that Lord forgive us the times in which we didn't act 559 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,200 that way, Father. So you're a God who who's given 560 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,200 us so many wonderful things in our life, Father, And we're 561 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,920 thankful, Father. Thank you for our our wives and 562 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,720 for our husbands and for our children. 563 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,840 Thank you for the homes which you have provided for us and for 564 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,000 this wonderful church. And thank you for our pastor and 565 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,440 for his faithfulness and leading us, Father, and for the 566 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,760 children's ministry and for the men's ministry and so many 567 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,360 things that you have given. But truly you're a great God who 568 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,080 gives, gives, gives a Bunny to us, Father, and we'll thank you 569 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,920 for that, Father. Help us to see our 570 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,520 responsibility afterwards, Father, to communicate your 571 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,400 great gospel to those that know your Father. 572 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,480 Help us, Lord, to always seek your Kingdom, Father. 573 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,840 And how about help that to be first and foremost in our minds, 574 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,880 Father? Help us to have a more eternal 575 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,000 perspective than we have, Father, and help us to seek 576 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,160 lives of holiness and purity before you. 577 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,680 Father, we pray these things in Jesus name, Amen.