TRASH

Matthew 6:19-34

or

TREASURE

19 Do not accumulate for yourselves things that are only highly valued on the earth where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in and steal, 20 but accumulate for yourselves things that are highly valued in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is there will your heart be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is working well your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is not working your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light you have is really darkness, how great is that darkness.

No one can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will be bonded to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and material possessions. Because of this I am telling you not to be anxious about your life, what you will eat and what you will drink or how you will be clothed. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing. Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns but your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they are? And which of you by worrying can add a single moment to the span of his life?

As far as clothing is concerned, why are you anxious? Look at the lilies of the field and see how they grow. They neither labour nor spin, yet I am telling you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. So if the grass of the field, which lives for only a day and will be burned in the fire, is given such value, will he not much more provide clothing for you, O person of little faith? Therefore, don’t get anxious saying, “What shall we eat or what shall we drink or with what shall we be clothed All these things are what the people who don’t know God seek after and your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

Instead, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. And don’t be anxious about what will happen tomorrow for tomorrow will have its own separate challenges. Each day’s challenges are enough for you to face at one time.

TRASH or TREASURESTATEMENTS

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19 Do not accumulate for yourselves things that are only highly valued on the earth where moth and rust corrupt and thieves break in and steal, 20 but accumulate for yourselves things that are highly valued in heaven where neither moth nor rust corrupt and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is working well your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is not working your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light you have is really darkness, how great is that darkness.

No one can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other or he will be bonded to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and material possessions.

Because of this I am telling you not to be anxious about your life, what you will eat and what you will drink or how you will be clothed. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing. Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns but your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not of much more value than they are?

And which of you by worrying can add a single moment to the span of his life?

As far as clothing is concerned, why are you anxious? Look at the lilies of the field and see how they grow. They neither labour nor spin, yet I am telling you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. So if the grass of the field, which lives for only a day and will be burned in the fire, is given such value, will he not much more provide clothing for you, O person of little faith?

All these things are what the people who don’t know God seek after

and your heavenly Father knows that you have need

of all these things.

Therefore, don’t get anxious saying, “What

shall we eat or what shall we drink or with what

shall we be clothed

Instead, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.

And don’t be anxious about what will happen

tomorrow

for tomorrow will have its own separate challenges

Each day’s challenges are enough for you to face at

one time.

TRASH or TREASURE STATEMENTS

1. False treasure is anything that can be spoiled or stolen.

2. Real treasure is everything that cannot be spoiled or stolen.

3. Your “treasure” will be what you heart becomes bonded to.

4. False treasure can fool you into thinking that darkness is actually light.

5. It is impossible to have loyalty to both genuine and false treasure at the same time.

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6. God can be trusted to provide the material things you need in as much as he does for the birds of the air.

7. Anxiety in any given situation will never produce anything worthwhile.

8. God can be trusted with regard to your significance as he does for daylilies.

9. Seeking false treasure is an expression of unbelief in God.

TRASH or TREASURE STATEMENTS

10.The way to make sure you are seeking genuine treasure is to know how the kingdom of God and his attitude - in a given situation - and take that attitude and become an agent for that purpose.

11.The way to guarantee God’s future is to deal with the challenges of today faithfully.

Instead, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.

TRASH

Matthew 6:19-34

or

TREASURE