{"id":11646,"date":"2024-10-01T10:32:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=11646"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:12:12","slug":"worry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=11646","title":{"rendered":"Worry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Matthew Chapter 6: 25 &#8211; 34 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Do Not Worry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not worry\u00a0about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.\u00a0Are you not much more valuable than they?\u00a0<sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cAnd why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor\u00a0was dressed like one of these.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you\u2014you of little faith?\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>So do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019\u00a0<sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>But seek first his kingdom\u00a0and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Luke  Chapter 12: 22 &#8211; 34<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Do Not Worry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus said to his disciples:\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.\u00a0<sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.\u00a0<sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.\u00a0And how much more valuable you are than birds!\u00a0<sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life<sup>[<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%2012&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-25485b\\\">b<\/a>]<\/sup>?\u00a0<sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cConsider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor\u00a0was dressed like one of these.\u00a0<sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you\u2014you of little faith!\u00a0<sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it.\u00a0<sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father\u00a0knows that you need them.\u00a0<sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>But seek his kingdom,\u00a0and these things will be given to you as well.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>32\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cDo not be afraid,\u00a0little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.\u00a0<sup>33\u00a0<\/sup>Sell your possessions and give to the poor.\u00a0Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven\u00a0that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.\u00a0<sup>34\u00a0<\/sup>For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">John Chapter 14: 1 &#8211; 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\">Jesus Comforts His Disciples<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><strong>1\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled.\u00a0You believe\u00a0in God\u00a0believe also in me.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>My Father\u2019s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there\u00a0to prepare a place for you?\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back\u00a0and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>You know the way to the place where I am going.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Chapter 6: 25 &#8211; 34 Do Not Worry 25\u00a0\u201cTherefore I tell you, do not worry\u00a0about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. 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