Sermon from August 9

Living in God's Prosperity

Matthew 6: 25 - 34

1. When we worry, we are showing that we don't believe God can take care of us. This is a sin.

2. Jesus says that since God takes care of his creation, he can also take care of us, his children.

3. If God can feed wild birds, who do not properly invest, he can feed you.

4. If God can clothe a wild flower, which doesn't do any work, he can clothe you. Ephesians 4:28, 6:7 (these verses remind us that we should work, but God will take care of us if we become unemployed or underemployed...)

5. God knows what you need. Do you have the faith to believe that?

6. God knows what we want, too. Psalm 37:4 (We know what we think we want, God knows what we really want...)

7. Put God first in your life and He will take care of you.