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 eat not the life more than meat and the body
than raiment behold the fowls of the air for
they sow not neither do they reap nor gather
into barns yet your heavenly father feedeth them
are ye not much more than they which of you by
taking thought can add one cubit unto a stature
and why take ye thought for raiment consider
the leaves of the field how they grow they toil
not Neither do they spin, and yet I say unto
you that even Solomon in all of his glory was
not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if
God so clothed the grass that peeled, which today
is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall
he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
therefore take no thought saying what shall we
eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall
we be clothed for after all these things do the
gentiles seek for your heavenly father knoweth
that ye have need of all these things but seek
ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness
and all these things shall be added unto you
take therefore no thought for the morrow for
the morrow shall take thought for the things
of itself sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof all right i have read from the sixth
chapter of Matthew, and I have read all of that
to read to you a portion of the prayer that Jesus
taught us to pray. Give us this day our daily
bread. And I pray that somehow in the very next
few minutes, the Holy Spirit, who alone can give
these glorious revelations, shall break through
to your understanding. And I promise you something.
It will be the beginning of a new life, a new
day. Literally, you will become a new person.
There'll be no place for depression. There'll
be no place. in your life for anxiety and fear
and worry. Because all of these things are the
greatest enemies that you can take into your
mind and into your life and into your everyday
living. Because we are the children of a loving
Heavenly Father, we're entitled to expect that
God will provide for us. fully with everything
that we need. And remember in the prayer that
Jesus taught us to pray, He began our Father.
We acknowledge that wonderful relationship of
a father and a child. And as children of a loving
Heavenly Father, we have a right to expect. That
our Heavenly Father will take care of us. He'll
provide for our every need. Take your little
children. Just take children as a whole. Naturally.
Spontaneously. Look to their human parents to
supply all of their needs. All of their wants.
As a little child, I never worried. I never worried.
Where the bread was coming from? Where the food
was coming from? I can't ever, as a little girl,
at home. My papa was alive. Do you ever worry
about where we were going to get the food from
on our table? There was papa. I left all the
worrying with papa, you know. I knew he would
see that there were... Eggs for breakfast. He
would bring in the cornmeal for the cornbread.
He would bring in the butter. Sure. When I needed
new shoes, Papa, I need a new pair of shoes.
Look at the soles of these. They're worn thin.
Papa would take care of it. In exactly the same
way we come to our Heavenly Father. We look to
God to supply our every need. And if we do so,
in faith and understanding, we shall never look
in vain. It is the will of God that we as His
children should lead healthy, happy lives, full
of joyous experience. That you and I should be...
develop freely, steadily, day by day, week by
week. That's our Heavenly Father. That's His
perfect will. In exactly the same way, when we
require such things as food, clothing, protection,
all of these things, on and on and on. In prayer,
all of these things are included. under the heading
of that daily bread. Give us this day our daily
bread. That's right. But in order to obtain these
things, we have to claim them. We have to recognize
God and God alone as the source and the fountainhead
of all of our good, our life. first of all, be
that transaction, the new birth experience, adopted
to the Father. Jesus, first of all, must be recognized
as the Savior, the Redeemer. Then, after we have
that wonderful experience of salvation, of regeneration,
automatically, God, the Creator, becomes our
Heavenly Father. I must remind you that all men
everywhere do not have the right to this portion
of the Word of God that I am bringing you. Only
those who can say, Our Father, and only those
who have the right to say, Our Father, and who
have this wonderful fellowship this relationship,
or those who've had that experience of regeneration
in Christ Jesus. That's what you think about.
That's scripture. That's truth. And there it
is. Lack of any kind in the life of any one of
God's precious children is always traceable to
the fact that we have been seeking our supply
from some secondary source instead of from God.
For he is the author, he is the giver of life,
and he cannot fail. Give us this day our daily
bread. You know, there are thousands of people
living today. who think that their supply is
coming from certain investments, or from a business,
some employer perhaps. Whereas these are merely
the channels through which God works. In the
final analysis, God is the source. It's just
like men and women feeling so secure in themselves,
a god under themselves, that they receive all
things through their own efforts and their own
ability. You say, I work for what I get. Do you?
Are you sure? Oh, certainly. There's the physical
labor involved, of course. Every man, every woman
should work for a living if they're able to.
But remember, who gives you the strength in your
physical body? Who keeps that old heart of yours
beating? If you are a part of humanity, remember
you're dependent on the mercy and the grace of
God himself for every beat the old heart takes.
And you work for a living? You supply your own
food? The master of your own life? Stop a minute.
What would you do if the sun would cease to shine?
If the gentle rains no longer came down? It's
his blessing. He's the one who gives life when
that little seed is planted. He is still God
Almighty, the master of all things. It's like
that. The number of possible channels is unlimited.
The channels are literally unlimited. But the
source is one. There is just one source. The
particular channel through which you're getting
your supply is quite likely to change. Because
change is the law for... But the source is always
the same. The source is unchangeable. And the
source is God. A man, for instance, thinks of
his employment as the source of his income. But
for some reason or another, he loses it. Maybe
his employer goes out of business. Or he cuts
down on the staff. Or something happens. Or maybe
he's dismissed. Now, because he believes that
his position is the source of his income, the
loss of that position naturally means the loss
of the income. And so he has to start looking
about for another job. And perhaps he has to
look a long time. Meanwhile, finding himself
without a parent's supply. If such a man had
realized that God was his supply and that his
job, only the particular channel through which
it came, then upon the closing of that channel,
he would have to find another and probably a
better one. If his belief had been in God, as
his supply, then since God cannot change or fail
or fade out, his supply would have come from
somewhere and would have formed its own channel
in whatever was the easiest way. When you look
and recognize that God is the source, you will
never be defeated under any circumstances. Never.
Never. The only person that you and I are dependent
upon is God when it comes right down to it. It's
God. And when you realize that he is your source,
that he is the one who supplies your daily bread,
he is the one from whom the supply is given,
then no matter what happens to you, you'll not
be defeated. You can look up in the face of adversity
and say, well, God has something better for me.
And you're not going to go around crying around,
bawling your eyes out, pitying yourself. Self
-pity will never be your master. Why? Because
you cannot be defeated if your source of supply
is gone. He'll never let you down. Never. That's
the reason, you know, the scripture goes on,
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you.
God first. He is your source. Then all of these
things. What did Jesus mean by all these things
shall be added unto you? He meant the necessary
supports of life. Exactly the same thing that
Jesus meant here in his prayer. Give us this
day our daily bread. In other words, put God
first and he'll take care of everything else
that concerns you. And I believe that with all
my heart. I have to believe it. I have got to
believe it because I have experienced it in my
own life. It's like that. Oh, this is so thrilling.
Why in the world can't we learn how to live?
When Jimmy was singing it, his eyes on Sparrow.
And I know he watches me all the time. sure.
Therefore I say unto you, Jesus said, this comes
from the highest authority in heaven and earth.
Take no thought for your life, what you shall
eat or what you shall drink, nor yet for your
body, what you shall put on. Is not the life
More than meat and the body than remains. You
roll and you toss all night long. You're on the
very verge of a nervous breakdown. You're taking
pills for your frustrations and your hours of
despair. Behold the fowls of the air. they sow
not neither do they reap that little sparrow
outside of my bedroom window isn't worried about
a thing not one thing not a thing your heavenly
father feedeth them are ye not much better than
they and why take ye thought for raiment consider
the lilies that field how they grow they toil
not neither do they spin and yet jesus said i
say unto you that even solomon look what an illustration
even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. And you spent a lifetime worrying.
Give us this day our daily bread. That last chapter
of 2 Kings and the last verse. And his allowance
was a continual allowance given him by the king.
A daily rate for every day, all the days of his
life. And it makes no difference if he left to
be 90. You mean to tell me that you are afraid
of... old age? You worry about the future, about
getting old? You're worrying about the years
that are stepping upon you and leaving you a
year older each time you have a birthday. You'd
be amazed. at the number of people who fear old
age because they are afraid of poverty. What
am I going to do when I get to be 75? What will
happen to me when I'm 83? What if? What if? And
you spend every waking hour afraid, worried.
Your mind full of anxiety and fear. Awe. Relax.
You have a heavenly father. You're a child of
his care and his keeping. Go to bed and sleep
at night. Enjoy the food that you have before
you. He'll not let you down. He won't let you
starve. For he's given his promise. His allowance.
And remember from whom that allowance comes.
Why, even if the government of the United States
goes bankrupt, you still have the Heavenly Father
who will never know bankruptcy. And your allowance.
will be a continual allowance given you of the
king. A daily rate for every day, all the days
of your life.