WEBVTT 00:00:00.140 --> 00:00:05.219 therefore i say unto you take no thought for 00:00:05.219 --> 00:00:08.480 your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:13.339 drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put 00:00:13.339 --> 00:00:18.219 on eat not the life more than meat and the body 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:22.500 than raiment behold the fowls of the air for 00:00:22.500 --> 00:00:26.420 they sow not neither do they reap nor gather 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:32.500 into barns yet your heavenly father feedeth them 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:40.880 are ye not much more than they which of you by 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:45.500 taking thought can add one cubit unto a stature 00:00:45.500 --> 00:00:50.799 and why take ye thought for raiment consider 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:54.579 the leaves of the field how they grow they toil 00:00:54.579 --> 00:00:58.020 not Neither do they spin, and yet I say unto 00:00:58.020 --> 00:01:04.239 you that even Solomon in all of his glory was 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:09.019 not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if 00:01:09.019 --> 00:01:13.500 God so clothed the grass that peeled, which today 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:17.620 is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall 00:01:17.620 --> 00:01:24.480 he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 00:01:26.409 --> 00:01:30.689 therefore take no thought saying what shall we 00:01:30.689 --> 00:01:35.689 eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall 00:01:35.689 --> 00:01:41.569 we be clothed for after all these things do the 00:01:41.569 --> 00:01:46.269 gentiles seek for your heavenly father knoweth 00:01:46.269 --> 00:01:52.469 that ye have need of all these things but seek 00:01:52.469 --> 00:01:56.609 ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness 00:01:56.609 --> 00:02:02.890 and all these things shall be added unto you 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:07.069 take therefore no thought for the morrow for 00:02:07.069 --> 00:02:09.430 the morrow shall take thought for the things 00:02:09.430 --> 00:02:15.050 of itself sufficient unto the day is the evil 00:02:15.050 --> 00:02:24.090 thereof all right i have read from the sixth 00:02:24.090 --> 00:02:29.789 chapter of Matthew, and I have read all of that 00:02:29.789 --> 00:02:38.090 to read to you a portion of the prayer that Jesus 00:02:38.090 --> 00:02:46.610 taught us to pray. Give us this day our daily 00:02:46.610 --> 00:02:51.400 bread. And I pray that somehow in the very next 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.719 few minutes, the Holy Spirit, who alone can give 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:59.000 these glorious revelations, shall break through 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:04.699 to your understanding. And I promise you something. 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:07.819 It will be the beginning of a new life, a new 00:03:07.819 --> 00:03:13.419 day. Literally, you will become a new person. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:18.400 There'll be no place for depression. There'll 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.509 be no place. in your life for anxiety and fear 00:03:21.509 --> 00:03:25.050 and worry. Because all of these things are the 00:03:25.050 --> 00:03:28.389 greatest enemies that you can take into your 00:03:28.389 --> 00:03:32.669 mind and into your life and into your everyday 00:03:32.669 --> 00:03:39.069 living. Because we are the children of a loving 00:03:39.069 --> 00:03:42.949 Heavenly Father, we're entitled to expect that 00:03:42.949 --> 00:03:45.800 God will provide for us. fully with everything 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:48.180 that we need. And remember in the prayer that 00:03:48.180 --> 00:03:54.219 Jesus taught us to pray, He began our Father. 00:03:56.039 --> 00:04:00.159 We acknowledge that wonderful relationship of 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:07.919 a father and a child. And as children of a loving 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:12.870 Heavenly Father, we have a right to expect. That 00:04:12.870 --> 00:04:17.709 our Heavenly Father will take care of us. He'll 00:04:17.709 --> 00:04:22.529 provide for our every need. Take your little 00:04:22.529 --> 00:04:28.230 children. Just take children as a whole. Naturally. 00:04:29.129 --> 00:04:32.529 Spontaneously. Look to their human parents to 00:04:32.529 --> 00:04:35.629 supply all of their needs. All of their wants. 00:04:36.750 --> 00:04:41.189 As a little child, I never worried. I never worried. 00:04:41.870 --> 00:04:46.050 Where the bread was coming from? Where the food 00:04:46.050 --> 00:04:49.470 was coming from? I can't ever, as a little girl, 00:04:49.550 --> 00:04:54.829 at home. My papa was alive. Do you ever worry 00:04:54.829 --> 00:04:58.170 about where we were going to get the food from 00:04:58.170 --> 00:05:04.370 on our table? There was papa. I left all the 00:05:04.370 --> 00:05:09.589 worrying with papa, you know. I knew he would 00:05:09.589 --> 00:05:13.600 see that there were... Eggs for breakfast. He 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:16.420 would bring in the cornmeal for the cornbread. 00:05:17.420 --> 00:05:24.240 He would bring in the butter. Sure. When I needed 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.920 new shoes, Papa, I need a new pair of shoes. 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:33.579 Look at the soles of these. They're worn thin. 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.060 Papa would take care of it. In exactly the same 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:43.199 way we come to our Heavenly Father. We look to 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:48.839 God to supply our every need. And if we do so, 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:53.660 in faith and understanding, we shall never look 00:05:53.660 --> 00:06:00.060 in vain. It is the will of God that we as His 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:03.620 children should lead healthy, happy lives, full 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:08.480 of joyous experience. That you and I should be... 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:14.980 develop freely, steadily, day by day, week by 00:06:14.980 --> 00:06:19.620 week. That's our Heavenly Father. That's His 00:06:19.620 --> 00:06:24.220 perfect will. In exactly the same way, when we 00:06:24.220 --> 00:06:28.139 require such things as food, clothing, protection, 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:34.560 all of these things, on and on and on. In prayer, 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:39.449 all of these things are included. under the heading 00:06:39.449 --> 00:06:45.990 of that daily bread. Give us this day our daily 00:06:45.990 --> 00:06:53.509 bread. That's right. But in order to obtain these 00:06:53.509 --> 00:06:59.110 things, we have to claim them. We have to recognize 00:06:59.110 --> 00:07:03.290 God and God alone as the source and the fountainhead 00:07:03.290 --> 00:07:08.600 of all of our good, our life. first of all, be 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:13.199 that transaction, the new birth experience, adopted 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:20.160 to the Father. Jesus, first of all, must be recognized 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:27.660 as the Savior, the Redeemer. Then, after we have 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:31.000 that wonderful experience of salvation, of regeneration, 00:07:31.540 --> 00:07:37.449 automatically, God, the Creator, becomes our 00:07:37.449 --> 00:07:43.550 Heavenly Father. I must remind you that all men 00:07:43.550 --> 00:07:48.449 everywhere do not have the right to this portion 00:07:48.449 --> 00:07:53.589 of the Word of God that I am bringing you. Only 00:07:53.589 --> 00:07:58.189 those who can say, Our Father, and only those 00:07:58.189 --> 00:08:01.730 who have the right to say, Our Father, and who 00:08:01.730 --> 00:08:04.769 have this wonderful fellowship this relationship, 00:08:04.949 --> 00:08:09.769 or those who've had that experience of regeneration 00:08:09.769 --> 00:08:14.810 in Christ Jesus. That's what you think about. 00:08:14.930 --> 00:08:18.050 That's scripture. That's truth. And there it 00:08:18.050 --> 00:08:28.550 is. Lack of any kind in the life of any one of 00:08:28.550 --> 00:08:31.910 God's precious children is always traceable to 00:08:31.910 --> 00:08:35.480 the fact that we have been seeking our supply 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:41.299 from some secondary source instead of from God. 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:49.519 For he is the author, he is the giver of life, 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:55.559 and he cannot fail. Give us this day our daily 00:08:55.559 --> 00:09:00.340 bread. You know, there are thousands of people 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:03.490 living today. who think that their supply is 00:09:03.490 --> 00:09:06.929 coming from certain investments, or from a business, 00:09:07.149 --> 00:09:14.429 some employer perhaps. Whereas these are merely 00:09:14.429 --> 00:09:22.389 the channels through which God works. In the 00:09:22.389 --> 00:09:29.659 final analysis, God is the source. It's just 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:33.759 like men and women feeling so secure in themselves, 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:38.159 a god under themselves, that they receive all 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.159 things through their own efforts and their own 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:49.620 ability. You say, I work for what I get. Do you? 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:56.059 Are you sure? Oh, certainly. There's the physical 00:09:56.059 --> 00:10:00.169 labor involved, of course. Every man, every woman 00:10:00.169 --> 00:10:02.710 should work for a living if they're able to. 00:10:03.889 --> 00:10:07.029 But remember, who gives you the strength in your 00:10:07.029 --> 00:10:10.570 physical body? Who keeps that old heart of yours 00:10:10.570 --> 00:10:16.950 beating? If you are a part of humanity, remember 00:10:16.950 --> 00:10:20.690 you're dependent on the mercy and the grace of 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:24.169 God himself for every beat the old heart takes. 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:32.460 And you work for a living? You supply your own 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:42.259 food? The master of your own life? Stop a minute. 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.299 What would you do if the sun would cease to shine? 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:55.080 If the gentle rains no longer came down? It's 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:59.139 his blessing. He's the one who gives life when 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:06.620 that little seed is planted. He is still God 00:11:06.620 --> 00:11:16.480 Almighty, the master of all things. It's like 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:27.370 that. The number of possible channels is unlimited. 00:11:28.450 --> 00:11:35.190 The channels are literally unlimited. But the 00:11:35.190 --> 00:11:42.289 source is one. There is just one source. The 00:11:42.289 --> 00:11:44.909 particular channel through which you're getting 00:11:44.909 --> 00:11:48.850 your supply is quite likely to change. Because 00:11:48.850 --> 00:11:57.879 change is the law for... But the source is always 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:04.139 the same. The source is unchangeable. And the 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:11.320 source is God. A man, for instance, thinks of 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:16.440 his employment as the source of his income. But 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.700 for some reason or another, he loses it. Maybe 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:22.210 his employer goes out of business. Or he cuts 00:12:22.210 --> 00:12:26.330 down on the staff. Or something happens. Or maybe 00:12:26.330 --> 00:12:29.429 he's dismissed. Now, because he believes that 00:12:29.429 --> 00:12:33.809 his position is the source of his income, the 00:12:33.809 --> 00:12:37.490 loss of that position naturally means the loss 00:12:37.490 --> 00:12:39.629 of the income. And so he has to start looking 00:12:39.629 --> 00:12:42.350 about for another job. And perhaps he has to 00:12:42.350 --> 00:12:44.990 look a long time. Meanwhile, finding himself 00:12:44.990 --> 00:12:50.220 without a parent's supply. If such a man had 00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:55.080 realized that God was his supply and that his 00:12:55.080 --> 00:13:00.000 job, only the particular channel through which 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.440 it came, then upon the closing of that channel, 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:10.220 he would have to find another and probably a 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:16.059 better one. If his belief had been in God, as 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:19.059 his supply, then since God cannot change or fail 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:21.840 or fade out, his supply would have come from 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:26.120 somewhere and would have formed its own channel 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.779 in whatever was the easiest way. When you look 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:35.960 and recognize that God is the source, you will 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.600 never be defeated under any circumstances. Never. 00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:45.450 Never. The only person that you and I are dependent 00:13:45.450 --> 00:13:49.049 upon is God when it comes right down to it. It's 00:13:49.049 --> 00:13:54.169 God. And when you realize that he is your source, 00:13:54.309 --> 00:13:59.509 that he is the one who supplies your daily bread, 00:13:59.669 --> 00:14:04.269 he is the one from whom the supply is given, 00:14:04.509 --> 00:14:10.590 then no matter what happens to you, you'll not 00:14:10.590 --> 00:14:14.980 be defeated. You can look up in the face of adversity 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:19.399 and say, well, God has something better for me. 00:14:21.299 --> 00:14:24.080 And you're not going to go around crying around, 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:30.580 bawling your eyes out, pitying yourself. Self 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:34.519 -pity will never be your master. Why? Because 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:40.299 you cannot be defeated if your source of supply 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:47.759 is gone. He'll never let you down. Never. That's 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.899 the reason, you know, the scripture goes on, 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:57.899 Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, 00:14:58.139 --> 00:15:01.659 and all these things shall be added unto you. 00:15:03.340 --> 00:15:09.960 God first. He is your source. Then all of these 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:14.450 things. What did Jesus mean by all these things 00:15:14.450 --> 00:15:18.970 shall be added unto you? He meant the necessary 00:15:18.970 --> 00:15:22.690 supports of life. Exactly the same thing that 00:15:22.690 --> 00:15:27.029 Jesus meant here in his prayer. Give us this 00:15:27.029 --> 00:15:30.769 day our daily bread. In other words, put God 00:15:30.769 --> 00:15:34.149 first and he'll take care of everything else 00:15:34.149 --> 00:15:37.590 that concerns you. And I believe that with all 00:15:37.590 --> 00:15:43.149 my heart. I have to believe it. I have got to 00:15:43.149 --> 00:15:46.409 believe it because I have experienced it in my 00:15:46.409 --> 00:15:51.649 own life. It's like that. Oh, this is so thrilling. 00:15:51.750 --> 00:15:55.610 Why in the world can't we learn how to live? 00:15:57.649 --> 00:16:02.909 When Jimmy was singing it, his eyes on Sparrow. 00:16:04.330 --> 00:16:10.870 And I know he watches me all the time. sure. 00:16:14.429 --> 00:16:20.570 Therefore I say unto you, Jesus said, this comes 00:16:20.570 --> 00:16:24.090 from the highest authority in heaven and earth. 00:16:25.049 --> 00:16:28.929 Take no thought for your life, what you shall 00:16:28.929 --> 00:16:32.509 eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your 00:16:32.509 --> 00:16:38.330 body, what you shall put on. Is not the life 00:16:39.470 --> 00:16:48.370 More than meat and the body than remains. You 00:16:48.370 --> 00:16:52.950 roll and you toss all night long. You're on the 00:16:52.950 --> 00:16:57.029 very verge of a nervous breakdown. You're taking 00:16:57.029 --> 00:17:01.769 pills for your frustrations and your hours of 00:17:01.769 --> 00:17:08.579 despair. Behold the fowls of the air. they sow 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:13.500 not neither do they reap that little sparrow 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:16.779 outside of my bedroom window isn't worried about 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:25.380 a thing not one thing not a thing your heavenly 00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:31.799 father feedeth them are ye not much better than 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:41.160 they and why take ye thought for raiment consider 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:45.640 the lilies that field how they grow they toil 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:51.720 not neither do they spin and yet jesus said i 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:58.160 say unto you that even solomon look what an illustration 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:06.230 even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 00:18:06.230 --> 00:18:13.930 like one of these. And you spent a lifetime worrying. 00:18:15.750 --> 00:18:26.029 Give us this day our daily bread. That last chapter 00:18:26.029 --> 00:18:35.220 of 2 Kings and the last verse. And his allowance 00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:39.359 was a continual allowance given him by the king. 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:49.500 A daily rate for every day, all the days of his 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:55.940 life. And it makes no difference if he left to 00:18:55.940 --> 00:19:01.480 be 90. You mean to tell me that you are afraid 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:09.180 of... old age? You worry about the future, about 00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:16.880 getting old? You're worrying about the years 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:23.000 that are stepping upon you and leaving you a 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:27.519 year older each time you have a birthday. You'd 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:32.410 be amazed. at the number of people who fear old 00:19:32.410 --> 00:19:39.150 age because they are afraid of poverty. What 00:19:39.150 --> 00:19:44.069 am I going to do when I get to be 75? What will 00:19:44.069 --> 00:19:51.930 happen to me when I'm 83? What if? What if? And 00:19:51.930 --> 00:19:57.470 you spend every waking hour afraid, worried. 00:19:58.299 --> 00:20:06.299 Your mind full of anxiety and fear. Awe. Relax. 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:12.039 You have a heavenly father. You're a child of 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:16.680 his care and his keeping. Go to bed and sleep 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:21.720 at night. Enjoy the food that you have before 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:25.980 you. He'll not let you down. He won't let you 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:32.119 starve. For he's given his promise. His allowance. 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:37.460 And remember from whom that allowance comes. 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:44.059 Why, even if the government of the United States 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:49.220 goes bankrupt, you still have the Heavenly Father 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:55.619 who will never know bankruptcy. And your allowance. 00:20:56.809 --> 00:21:00.750 will be a continual allowance given you of the 00:21:00.750 --> 00:21:06.309 king. A daily rate for every day, all the days 00:21:06.309 --> 00:21:08.250 of your life.