WEBVTT 00:05.178 --> 00:12.687 [SPEAKER_00]: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God. 00:13.247 --> 00:18.714 [SPEAKER_00]: And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds and Christ Jesus. 00:19.855 --> 00:21.918 [SPEAKER_00]: Bill of Beans 4, 6 through 7. 00:21.938 --> 00:35.033 [SPEAKER_00]: If that is how God closed the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire. 00:35.924 --> 00:49.457 [SPEAKER_00]: Matthew 6, 30 Lord God, your word tells me to be anxious about nothing, to not worry about what I will eat or drink or wear. 00:50.738 --> 00:56.323 [SPEAKER_00]: Christ, you encourage me to pause and reflect upon the flowers that scatter through the fields. 00:57.524 --> 01:03.670 [SPEAKER_00]: Though they are left exposed to the elements, they fear nothing, because they know you supply everything. 01:05.455 --> 01:07.781 [SPEAKER_00]: I must confess that I am so blessed. 01:07.921 --> 01:12.572 [SPEAKER_00]: I rarely stalk my prayers with pleas for bare essentials. 01:14.216 --> 01:17.063 [SPEAKER_00]: Riture than food, water and clothes. 01:17.604 --> 01:22.215 [SPEAKER_00]: You have provided my soul with shelter from life's beating wind and rain. 01:23.073 --> 01:28.181 [SPEAKER_00]: everlasting water for scorching seasons, and spiritual sustenance from your word. 01:29.163 --> 01:39.781 [SPEAKER_00]: Too easily, I take these indescribable gifts for granted, neglecting Thanksgiving, and instead offering prayers as pleased for life's extra. 01:40.842 --> 01:44.288 [SPEAKER_00]: More money, more cloud, more me. 01:46.006 --> 01:57.024 [SPEAKER_00]: God grant me the humility to thank you for not only the bare necessities, but for sustaining and fulfilling my heart's desires in ways that you know our best. 01:58.246 --> 02:04.656 [SPEAKER_00]: Allow me to recall that I truly have little to worry about when you supply everything I need and more. 02:05.952 --> 02:15.962 [SPEAKER_00]: Meanwhile, bless me with patience when I grow worried about my surplus when unexpected bills wreck my plans are bolted doors alter my course. 02:17.464 --> 02:25.772 [SPEAKER_00]: Help me accept that in my pursuit of over-bundance, I'm consumed with the world's fears, what ifs and need for control. 02:26.833 --> 02:31.318 [SPEAKER_00]: Allow my heart to pause and remember the flowers scattered in the fields for there. 02:32.260 --> 02:34.442 [SPEAKER_00]: They never need an ever abundance to grow. 02:35.403 --> 02:39.206 [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, they don't want too much water or too much sun. 02:39.967 --> 02:44.291 [SPEAKER_00]: They find peace and purpose and let a use apply just what they need. 02:45.793 --> 02:51.698 [SPEAKER_00]: Their peace comes from the steady assurance that you are the one who can supply the perfect measure of blessings. 02:52.399 --> 02:59.145 [SPEAKER_00]: And as a good guide, a surplus isn't found solely in what you pour out or shine on us, but in who you are. 03:00.188 --> 03:08.848 [SPEAKER_00]: make me anxious about nothing, because who you are is everything that I need, and you're only name I pray Jesus.