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put</c><00:19:08.960><c> on</c><00:19:09.619><c> is</c><00:19:10.660><c> not</c><00:19:11.079><c> life,</c><00:19:11.980><c> more</c><00:19:12.299><c> than</c><00:19:12.519><c> food</c><00:19:12.799><c> in</c> 00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:15.359 x the<00:19:13.160><c> body,</c><00:19:13.740><c> more</c><00:19:14.119><c> than</c><00:19:14.359><c> clothing.</c> 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:23.839 x Our<00:19:19.859><c> Heavenly</c><00:19:20.240><c> Father's</c><00:19:20.819><c> faithful.</c><00:19:21.980><c> He's</c><00:19:22.500><c> given</c><00:19:22.720><c> us</c><00:19:23.299><c> what</c><00:19:23.559><c> we</c> 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.819 x need.<00:19:24.160><c> We</c><00:19:24.500><c> can</c><00:19:24.819><c> trust</c><00:19:25.039><c> that</c><00:19:25.259><c> he's</c><00:19:25.460><c> going</c><00:19:25.599><c> to</c> 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:30.500 x give<00:19:25.980><c> these</c><00:19:26.240><c> things</c><00:19:26.619><c> to</c><00:19:26.900><c> us.</c><00:19:29.519><c> You</c><00:19:29.619><c> know</c><00:19:29.839><c> you</c><00:19:29.839><c> think,</c><00:19:30.119><c> I</c><00:19:30.279><c> think</c> 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:34.420 x of<00:19:31.579><c> Hananiah,</c><00:19:32.440><c> Azariah,</c><00:19:33.180><c> and</c><00:19:33.359><c> Mishael.</c> 00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:40.599 x They<00:19:36.920><c> even</c><00:19:37.480><c> said</c><00:19:38.000><c> to</c><00:19:38.559><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:19:39.400><c> go</c><00:19:39.460><c> ahead</c><00:19:39.680><c> take</c><00:19:40.140><c> our</c> 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.619 x life,<00:19:40.900><c> we're</c><00:19:41.039><c> not</c><00:19:41.259><c> going</c><00:19:41.440><c> to</c><00:19:41.559><c> worship</c><00:19:41.839><c> you.</c> 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:47.579 x Even<00:19:44.319><c> if</c><00:19:44.519><c> God</c><00:19:44.799><c> doesn't</c><00:19:45.380><c> rescue</c><00:19:45.859><c> us,</c><00:19:46.220><c> even</c><00:19:46.420><c> if</c><00:19:46.559><c> God</c><00:19:46.839><c> doesn't</c><00:19:47.180><c> give</c><00:19:47.359><c> us</c> 00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.420 x our<00:19:47.779><c> daily</c><00:19:48.059><c> bread,</c> 00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:54.539 x even<00:19:49.079><c> if</c><00:19:49.299><c> God</c><00:19:49.599><c> doesn't</c><00:19:49.940><c> give</c><00:19:50.119><c> us</c><00:19:50.359><c> a</c><00:19:50.480><c> job,</c><00:19:51.759><c> even</c><00:19:52.140><c> if</c><00:19:52.519><c> God</c><00:19:53.180><c> doesn't</c><00:19:53.819><c> keep</c><00:19:54.079><c> us</c><00:19:54.319><c> in</c><00:19:54.420><c> a</c> 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.519 x peaceful<00:19:55.019><c> home</c> 00:19:55.519 --> 00:20:02.859 x and<00:19:55.940><c> place,</c><00:19:57.559><c> we're</c><00:19:58.019><c> still</c><00:19:58.259><c> not</c><00:19:58.500><c> going</c><00:19:58.660><c> to</c><00:19:58.779><c> bow</c><00:19:58.960><c> down</c><00:19:59.299><c> to</c><00:19:59.480><c> money,</c><00:20:00.900><c> to</c><00:20:01.619><c> the</c><00:20:02.019><c> mortgage,</c><00:20:02.680><c> to</c> 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.940 x the<00:20:03.339><c> Lexus,</c><00:20:03.940><c> to</c><00:20:04.079><c> whatever.</c> 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:11.900 x Jesus<00:20:08.000><c> said</c><00:20:08.319><c> to</c><00:20:08.660><c> look</c><00:20:09.099><c> up</c><00:20:09.839><c> at</c><00:20:10.680><c> the</c><00:20:10.859><c> birds</c><00:20:11.059><c> of</c><00:20:11.220><c> the</c><00:20:11.400><c> air.</c><00:20:11.599><c> They</c> 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:14.900 x neither<00:20:12.240><c> sow</c><00:20:12.779><c> nor</c><00:20:13.079><c> reap</c><00:20:13.480><c> or</c><00:20:13.900><c> gather</c><00:20:14.220><c> into</c><00:20:14.460><c> barns,</c> 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:21.579 x but<00:20:15.079><c> our</c><00:20:15.319><c> Heavenly</c><00:20:15.660><c> Father</c><00:20:16.720><c> feeds</c><00:20:17.140><c> them.</c><00:20:19.700><c> He</c><00:20:20.140><c> created</c><00:20:20.619><c> all</c><00:20:20.960><c> creatures.</c><00:20:21.420><c> He</c> 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by</c><00:20:39.440><c> being</c><00:20:39.779><c> anxious,</c><00:20:40.259><c> can</c><00:20:40.480><c> add</c><00:20:40.700><c> a</c><00:20:40.920><c> single</c> 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:50.319 x hour<00:20:41.980><c> to</c><00:20:42.680><c> his</c><00:20:43.119><c> span</c><00:20:43.460><c> of</c><00:20:43.819><c> life?</c><00:20:45.720><c> It's</c><00:20:46.180><c> probably</c><00:20:46.420><c> true</c><00:20:46.660><c> that</c><00:20:46.940><c> worrying</c><00:20:47.279><c> takes</c><00:20:47.720><c> away</c><00:20:48.259><c> minutes</c><00:20:48.799><c> from</c><00:20:49.140><c> our</c><00:20:49.339><c> life.</c> 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:53.920 x And<00:20:52.099><c> then</c><00:20:52.259><c> you</c><00:20:52.400><c> look</c><00:20:52.539><c> at</c><00:20:52.680><c> the</c><00:20:52.920><c> flowers,</c><00:20:53.259><c> the</c><00:20:53.480><c> same</c><00:20:53.700><c> thing,</c> 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:55.400 x they're<00:20:54.160><c> beautiful.</c> 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:01.299 x 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our</c><00:21:16.579><c> Heavenly</c><00:21:16.940><c> Father</c><00:21:17.400><c> from</c><00:21:17.660><c> verses</c><00:21:18.140><c> 31</c> 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:21.619 x and<00:21:19.220><c> 2.</c><00:21:20.039><c> Therefore,</c><00:21:20.420><c> don't</c><00:21:20.660><c> be</c><00:21:20.880><c> anxious</c> 00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:25.559 x saying,<00:21:22.720><c> what</c><00:21:22.720><c> shall</c><00:21:22.980><c> we</c><00:21:23.140><c> eat</c><00:21:23.339><c> or</c><00:21:23.539><c> drink</c><00:21:24.059><c> or</c><00:21:24.599><c> wear?</c><00:21:25.099><c> For</c><00:21:25.319><c> the</c> 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:28.359 x Gentiles<00:21:26.640><c> seek</c><00:21:27.079><c> after</c><00:21:27.460><c> all</c><00:21:27.740><c> these</c><00:21:28.059><c> things,</c> 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:32.539 x and<00:21:28.500><c> your</c><00:21:28.640><c> Heavenly</c><00:21:28.980><c> Father</c><00:21:29.279><c> knows</c><00:21:29.700><c> that</c><00:21:29.920><c> you</c><00:21:30.140><c> 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from</c><00:21:51.400><c> gleaning.</c><00:21:52.180><c> The</c> 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:54.220 x Moabitess<00:21:53.140><c> Ruth</c><00:21:53.500><c> returns</c> 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:58.940 x to<00:21:54.799><c> her</c><00:21:55.039><c> mother</c><00:21:55.299><c>-in</c><00:21:55.539><c>-law</c><00:21:56.099><c> after</c><00:21:56.720><c> being</c><00:21:57.039><c> in</c><00:21:57.259><c> Boaz</c><00:21:57.640><c> Field,</c><00:21:57.980><c> and</c><00:21:58.119><c> she</c><00:21:58.279><c> comes</c><00:21:58.539><c> back.</c><00:21:58.859><c> I</c> 00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:00.279 x think<00:21:59.119><c> the</c><00:21:59.440><c> translation</c> 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:09.900 x obscures<00:22:01.220><c> how</c><00:22:01.400><c> much</c><00:22:01.640><c> she</c><00:22:02.000><c> had.</c><00:22:04.079><c> It</c><00:22:04.079><c> says,</c><00:22:04.900><c> I</c><00:22:05.460><c> found</c><00:22:05.759><c> a</c><00:22:06.039><c> translation</c><00:22:06.559><c> or</c><00:22:07.819><c> 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much</c><00:22:35.779><c> as</c><00:22:35.900><c> Mackenzie,</c><00:22:37.400><c> and</c> 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:39.160 x that<00:22:37.460><c> was</c><00:22:37.680><c> just</c><00:22:37.980><c> from</c><00:22:38.259><c> gleaning.</c><00:22:39.119><c> It's</c> 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:41.460 x just<00:22:39.440><c> going</c><00:22:39.619><c> on</c><00:22:39.839><c> the</c><00:22:39.960><c> edge</c><00:22:40.079><c> of</c><00:22:40.339><c> the</c><00:22:40.400><c> field,</c><00:22:40.759><c> picking</c><00:22:40.980><c> up</c><00:22:41.240><c> the</c> 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:45.319 x leftovers.<00:22:43.519><c> That</c><00:22:43.680><c> was</c><00:22:43.819><c> just</c><00:22:44.039><c> the</c><00:22:44.279><c> leftovers.</c> 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:51.980 x They<00:22:47.319><c> were</c><00:22:47.740><c> starving.</c><00:22:49.680><c> They</c><00:22:50.160><c> left</c><00:22:50.460><c> the</c><00:22:50.680><c> house</c><00:22:50.880><c> of</c><00:22:51.160><c> bread.</c><00:22:51.319><c> They</c><00:22:51.480><c> went</c><00:22:51.740><c> to</c> 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:54.099 x Moab<00:22:52.299><c> and</c><00:22:52.539><c> were</c><00:22:52.880><c> starving</c> 00:22:54.620 --> 00:23:00.240 x spiritually.<00:22:55.799><c> We</c><00:22:56.319><c> can</c><00:22:56.640><c> count</c><00:22:56.900><c> on</c><00:22:57.200><c> God</c><00:22:57.460><c> when</c><00:22:57.599><c> we're</c><00:22:57.920><c> just</c><00:22:58.160><c> gleaning,</c><00:22:58.859><c> right?</c><00:22:59.000><c> We're</c><00:22:59.279><c> aliens.</c><00:23:00.119><c> We</c> 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.819 x don't<00:23:00.460><c> belong</c> 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:03.519 x here.<00:23:01.480><c> This</c><00:23:01.660><c> land</c><00:23:01.980><c> isn't</c><00:23:02.240><c> ours,</c><00:23:02.579><c> but</c><00:23:02.680><c> he's</c><00:23:02.900><c> going</c><00:23:03.039><c> to</c><00:23:03.160><c> give</c><00:23:03.259><c> us</c> 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:06.960 x everything<00:23:03.880><c> we</c><00:23:04.160><c> need</c><00:23:04.660><c> and</c><00:23:05.700><c> so</c><00:23:05.960><c> much</c><00:23:06.160><c> more.</c> 00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:14.579 x Imagine<00:23:09.880><c> Naomi</c><00:23:10.400><c> seeing</c><00:23:10.960><c> that</c><00:23:11.220><c> when</c><00:23:11.359><c> she</c><00:23:11.519><c> comes</c><00:23:11.819><c> back.</c><00:23:13.519><c> We</c><00:23:14.039><c> would</c><00:23:14.279><c> tend</c><00:23:14.440><c> to</c> 00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.819 x think,<00:23:14.759><c> oh,</c><00:23:14.900><c> I</c><00:23:15.059><c> worked</c><00:23:15.259><c> really</c><00:23:15.599><c> hard,</c> 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:24.380 x but<00:23:15.960><c> it's</c><00:23:16.220><c> not</c><00:23:16.480><c> true.</c><00:23:18.180><c> She</c><00:23:18.839><c> says,</c><00:23:19.480><c> blessed</c><00:23:19.940><c> be</c><00:23:20.480><c> he</c><00:23:20.819><c> of</c><00:23:21.059><c> the</c><00:23:21.259><c> Lord,</c><00:23:23.000><c> Boaz,</c><00:23:24.259><c> for</c> 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:26.579 x blessing<00:23:25.000><c> Ruth</c><00:23:25.539><c> and</c><00:23:25.759><c> Naomi,</c> 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:31.740 x who<00:23:26.859><c> hath</c><00:23:27.119><c> not</c><00:23:27.519><c> left</c><00:23:27.819><c> off</c><00:23:28.480><c> his</c><00:23:28.940><c> kindness</c><00:23:29.400><c> to</c><00:23:29.680><c> us.</c><00:23:31.220><c> They</c><00:23:31.500><c> didn't</c> 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.240 x have<00:23:32.099><c> to</c><00:23:32.339><c> worry.</c> 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:37.599 x So<00:23:35.920><c> back</c><00:23:36.160><c> to</c><00:23:36.359><c> Matthew</c><00:23:36.700><c> 6.</c> 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:43.700 x Earlier<00:23:40.819><c> in</c><00:23:41.000><c> the</c><00:23:41.160><c> chapter,</c><00:23:41.460><c> we</c><00:23:41.680><c> skipped</c><00:23:41.880><c> over</c><00:23:42.220><c> the</c><00:23:42.440><c> Lord's</c><00:23:43.180><c> prayer</c><00:23:43.440><c> or</c> 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.559 x the<00:23:43.900><c> disciple's</c><00:23:44.420><c> prayer,</c> 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.619 x whatever<00:23:44.819><c> we</c><00:23:45.059><c> want</c><00:23:45.279><c> to</c><00:23:45.440><c> call</c><00:23:45.599><c> it.</c><00:23:46.500><c> Give</c><00:23:46.559><c> us</c><00:23:46.940><c> this</c><00:23:47.160><c> day</c><00:23:47.380><c> our</c> 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.900 x daily<00:23:47.900><c> bread,</c> 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:56.559 x and<00:23:51.180><c> we</c><00:23:51.299><c> know</c><00:23:51.660><c> we</c><00:23:51.920><c> should</c><00:23:52.160><c> pray</c><00:23:53.019><c> first</c><00:23:54.539><c> for</c><00:23:54.799><c> the</c><00:23:55.000><c> kingdom</c><00:23:55.400><c> from</c> 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:58.740 x verse<00:23:56.880><c> 10.</c><00:23:57.339><c> Your</c><00:23:57.420><c> kingdom</c><00:23:57.779><c> come,</c> 00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:02.099 x your<00:23:59.099><c> will</c><00:23:59.299><c> be</c><00:23:59.559><c> done</c><00:23:59.799><c> on</c><00:24:00.079><c> earth</c><00:24:00.480><c> as</c><00:24:00.759><c> it</c><00:24:00.880><c> is</c><00:24:01.079><c> in</c><00:24:01.240><c> heaven.</c> 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:08.059 x And<00:24:04.519><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:05.220><c> in</c><00:24:05.559><c> the</c><00:24:05.779><c> end</c><00:24:05.960><c> of</c><00:24:06.099><c> the</c><00:24:06.220><c> chapter,</c><00:24:06.579><c> makes</c><00:24:06.880><c> this</c><00:24:07.160><c> emphasis.</c><00:24:07.680><c> Seek</c> 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.319 x first<00:24:08.400><c> the</c><00:24:08.539><c> kingdom</c><00:24:08.859><c> of</c><00:24:09.079><c> God.</c> 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:13.960 x Brother<00:24:09.680><c> Mark</c><00:24:09.920><c> did</c><00:24:10.180><c> a</c><00:24:10.380><c> talk</c><00:24:10.599><c> on</c><00:24:10.759><c> that</c><00:24:11.059><c> a</c><00:24:11.200><c> short</c><00:24:11.359><c> while</c><00:24:11.640><c> ago.</c><00:24:12.859><c> Seek</c><00:24:12.940><c> first</c><00:24:13.240><c> the</c><00:24:13.420><c> kingdom</c><00:24:13.700><c> of</c> 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.559 x God<00:24:14.180><c> and</c><00:24:14.359><c> his</c> 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:18.359 x righteousness<00:24:15.220><c> and</c><00:24:16.119><c> all</c><00:24:16.539><c> of</c><00:24:16.720><c> these</c><00:24:16.960><c> things.</c><00:24:17.559><c> So</c><00:24:17.559><c> that's,</c><00:24:18.299><c> you</c> 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:20.579 x know,<00:24:18.619><c> whatever</c><00:24:18.839><c> else</c><00:24:19.180><c> was</c><00:24:19.359><c> in</c><00:24:19.559><c> this</c><00:24:19.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.319><c> ahead</c> 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:23.960 x of<00:24:20.759><c> time</c><00:24:20.960><c> that</c><00:24:21.359><c> people</c><00:24:21.700><c> worried</c><00:24:22.079><c> about,</c><00:24:23.240><c> they'll</c><00:24:23.519><c> be</c><00:24:23.759><c> given</c> 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:28.500 x to<00:24:24.259><c> us</c><00:24:24.940><c> as</c><00:24:25.539><c> we</c><00:24:25.819><c> need,</c><00:24:27.000><c> but</c><00:24:27.140><c> we</c><00:24:27.359><c> first</c><00:24:27.619><c> have</c><00:24:27.819><c> to</c><00:24:28.019><c> seek</c> 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:36.279 x the<00:24:28.960><c> kingdom.</c><00:24:33.839><c> Jesus</c><00:24:34.339><c> finishes</c><00:24:34.819><c> the</c><00:24:35.119><c> section</c><00:24:35.400><c> with</c><00:24:35.619><c> the</c><00:24:35.799><c> words</c><00:24:36.039><c> of</c> 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.539 x advice<00:24:36.640><c> in</c><00:24:36.839><c> verse</c><00:24:37.079><c> 34.</c><00:24:37.640><c> Don't</c><00:24:37.880><c> be</c><00:24:38.119><c> anxious,</c> 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:42.420 x therefore,<00:24:39.500><c> about</c><00:24:39.660><c> tomorrow,</c><00:24:40.680><c> for</c><00:24:40.799><c> tomorrow</c><00:24:41.440><c> will</c><00:24:42.279><c> bring</c> 00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:46.440 x its<00:24:42.680><c> own</c><00:24:42.940><c> anxieties.</c><00:24:44.700><c> Enough</c><00:24:45.200><c> for</c><00:24:45.759><c> each</c><00:24:46.079><c> day</c> 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:51.539 x is<00:24:46.779><c> its</c><00:24:47.019><c> own</c><00:24:47.259><c> troubles.</c><00:24:49.339><c> Why</c><00:24:49.859><c> should</c><00:24:50.099><c> we</c><00:24:50.599><c> be</c><00:24:50.839><c> anxious</c><00:24:51.200><c> about</c> 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:54.819 x tomorrow?<00:24:53.079><c> Do</c><00:24:53.240><c> we</c><00:24:53.420><c> really</c><00:24:53.740><c> believe</c><00:24:54.240><c> and</c><00:24:54.519><c> accept</c> 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:58.740 x that<00:24:55.000><c> our</c><00:24:55.140><c> Heavenly</c><00:24:55.480><c> Father</c><00:24:55.839><c> knows</c><00:24:56.400><c> what</c><00:24:57.180><c> we</c><00:24:57.460><c> need</c><00:24:57.980><c> and</c><00:24:58.400><c> will</c> 00:24:58.740 --> 00:25:03.160 x provide<00:24:59.140><c> for</c><00:24:59.380><c> us?</c><00:25:01.859><c> And</c><00:25:02.200><c> again,</c><00:25:02.400><c> the</c><00:25:02.599><c> trouble</c><00:25:02.819><c> comes</c> 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:06.500 x between<00:25:03.619><c> wanting</c><00:25:04.039><c> and</c><00:25:04.339><c> needing,</c><00:25:04.839><c> right?</c><00:25:05.880><c> It's</c><00:25:06.099><c> a</c><00:25:06.259><c> different</c> 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:11.460 x set.<00:25:09.680><c> We're</c><00:25:10.059><c> often</c><00:25:10.380><c> thinking</c><00:25:10.720><c> about</c><00:25:11.119><c> what</c> 00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:14.359 x we<00:25:11.960><c> want,</c><00:25:12.319><c> but</c><00:25:12.440><c> our</c><00:25:12.579><c> Heavenly</c><00:25:12.880><c> Father</c><00:25:13.240><c> knows</c><00:25:13.640><c> exactly</c><00:25:14.160><c> what</c> 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:20.079 x we<00:25:14.579><c> need.</c><00:25:16.839><c> And</c><00:25:17.319><c> what</c><00:25:17.480><c> is</c><00:25:17.799><c> our</c><00:25:18.079><c> need?</c><00:25:19.039><c> Our</c><00:25:19.319><c> need</c><00:25:19.539><c> is</c> 00:25:20.079 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