You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.Ģ5 'That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and what you are to wear. If then, the light inside you is darkened, what darkness that will be!Ģ4 'No one can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be attached to the first and despise the second. It follows that if your eye is clear, your whole body will be filled with light.Ģ3 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkness. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.ġ7 But when you fast, put scent on your head and wash your face,ġ8 so that no one will know you are fasting except your Father who sees all that is done in secret and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.ġ9 'Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal.Ģ0 But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal.Ģ1 For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.Ģ2 'The lamp of the body is the eye. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.Ħ But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.ħ 'In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard.Ĩ Do not be like them your Father knows what you need before you ask him.ĩ So you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be held holy,ġ0 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.ġ2 And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven those who are in debt to us.ġ3 And do not put us to the test, but save us from the Evil One.ġ4 'Yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours ġ5 but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either.ġ6 'When you are fasting, do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites do: they go about looking unsightly to let people know they are fasting. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.ģ But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing Ĥ your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.ĥ 'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. Thank You Father and from now on I’m going to set my thoughts on the fact that You care for me and are working this out.1 'Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.Ģ So when you give alms, do not have it trumpeted before you this is what the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win human admiration. And So from now on when I think about it- I say God, you are working on it and I won’t worry about it anymore. I’m asking You to work in this situation for me because I can’t do anything about it. So I’m asking you to give me wisdom to know what to do. Father, I don’t know how to fix it but I know you do. Why not take a moment and simply say “Father, I’ m sorry I’ve been worried about this situation. But right now I want you to know God cares about it. You may be tempted to “ take thought”- or worry about the situation. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?” Matthew 6:25 Jubilee Bible Jesus said “ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Why don’t you just stop thinking about it and start to talk to God about it? Excessive thinking can be a symptom of worry. God knows the answer to your problem and knows how to fix it. Are you living today thinking about a problem? Are your thoughts pre-occupied with a situation and you keep trying to figure out what to do? I have good news for you.
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