Alright, if you have your Bibles, turn over to Matthew chapter 6, Matthew chapter 6 this evening, and as you're turning there, let me ask this question. Does anyone here ever overanalyze things? We got some people overanalyze. Does anybody here ever worry about whatever other people think about them? Go ahead and raise your hand, we all do. And does anybody ever worry about tomorrow? Anybody ever have a problem with worrying at all? Does anybody here never worry? Everybody, I think if we're truthful, everybody here worries on occasion, right? And if you say you do not worry, next week we're talking about lying. But worry, and we certainly all have an issue with worry, and I don't know about you, but I like to overanalyze things sometimes. I like to think about it, and think about it, and think about it until I figure it out. What I figured out is totally not what's going on, but we do have issues with that on occasion. And so tonight, I want to look at Matthew chapter 6, and I want to talk about winning the war against worrying. And against worrying. Matthew chapter 6. Look, if you will, at verse 25. Matthew chapter 26, verse 25. The Bible says this, 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, is 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 you not much better than they? Which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto a stature? And why take ye thought for raiment, considering the lilies of the field? How they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin. Yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothed the grass of the field, 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." I don't know about you, but I think all of us, if we are honest with ourselves, we oftentimes find ourselves worrying. And by the way, all you do is turn on the news, and if you listen to the news for very long, you're going to worry. And it's unbelievable how many negative things are going on in our world today, and oftentimes we find ourselves enamored. And oftentimes we find our attention drawn to those things which are negative and we catch ourselves in an attitude of worry. And we worry about financial things, we worry about the state of this country, we worry about our family, we worry about our health, and before long we catch ourselves and all we're doing is we're worrying. And we come to an interesting passage of scripture. We'll look at it this evening a little bit. But how can we win the war against worrying? I think the Lord gives us some answers here tonight. Let's ask Him to bless. Father, I pray just bless this time that we have. I pray that you would speak to our hearts. I pray that we could gather some things tonight that will help us as we live for you. And Lord, we live in some very exciting times and oftentimes it's easy for us to worry, for us to overanalyze. It's easy for us to get into a state where we're just ineffective because our thoughts are on things that we really cannot control. I pray tonight as we look at this passage that you would speak to our hearts. I pray that we could walk out tonight and get back to the place where our eyes are not on our problems and the situations of this life, but rather our eyes are on you. I pray you'd bless and we'll thank you so much for it. In Jesus' name, amen. this week of another pastor who was traveling and he was preaching in a different location and he was preaching in a church in Ohio, believe it or not. And he thought he had done quite a well, a very good job and thought he had preached a pretty good sermon. And so as the service ended, he walked to the back doors and he was greeting people as they left the church. And as he was greeting people, he received some interesting replies. He received one compliment after the other. And he was pretty proud of himself until an older gentleman walked up and he commented with this, he said this, he said, he looked at the preacher in his eyes, he said, you preached too long. He thought, well, that's not nice. And it concerned him just a little bit because everyone else was giving him positive feedback about the message. And little did he know that as he was greeting other people that this same older gentleman got back in line, walked up to him again, and next time when he looked at the pastor, he looked at him in the eyes and he said this. He didn't preach loud enough. And now the preacher was getting a little upset and getting a little concerned about things. And so he watched this older gentleman and lo and behold, would you believe it, he watched it as this gentleman got back in line again. And the gentleman walked up after a few people had greeted him and this time he said this, he said, the words you used were too big. And finally the fella had had just about enough and so he walked up to one of the deacons that was there and he said, hey, do you know that guy over there? And the deacon looked at him and he said this, he said, oh, don't pay attention to him, he just goes around repeating everything else that he hears. All of us have worries, do we not? And by the way, your worries are not necessarily my worries. And my worries aren't necessarily your worries, but the truth is this, we all have worries. We all have concerns. We'll go home tonight and there'll be things that will be on our mind, there'll be things that we will be thinking about, things that we said, interactions that we had with other people, and those things will be on our mind and oftentimes as we begin to analyze these things, as we begin to think about these things, we start to worry. There may be people here tonight that may have some doctor's appointments this week and not exactly sure what the doctor may say. And as we are anticipating the doctor's words, we begin to worry. Some may be here tonight and have financial issues or financial matters. Not sure how you're going to cover this situation or how you're going to take care of that bill and how you're going to put food on the table. And as you begin to think about these things, you begin to worry. There was an old sea captain who was quizzing a few of his new crew members to see how they would do at sea and what steps they would take if there was a storm that was to arise. And so he walked up to a young man and he said this, he said, young man, if there was a storm that arose on the starboard, what would you do? And he said, well, He said, Captain, I would throw out an anchor. And the captain said, that's great, he said this, but he said, what if another storm was to rise up, what would you do? And the young man thought for a second and he said this, he said, I would throw out an anchor. And the fellow said, what about if another storm arose and it was a giant storm, what would you do? And the young man said, I would throw out another anchor. And finally the captain said this, he said, where are you getting all the anchors? To which the young man replied, I'm getting them from the same place that you're getting all the storms. And the truth is that the Bible tells us that life will be full of storms. In fact, as we go through the Word of God, there's been many great men and there's been many great women who have faced storms in the Bible. But the one thing the Bible tells us is this, when it comes to the storms of life, that we need not, or that we should not, worry. Psalm chapter 55 and verse 22, the Bible says, I don't know about you, but I like that. Over in Psalm chapter 62, the Bible says, God is a refuge to us, then he uses this word, he says, Selah. That word Selah means this, it means to stop, to ponder, and to think about that. That's what that word Selah means, that God's there for us. And so, stop and think about that. Every problem that you have in life, can I tell you something, God already knows about it. Every issue, every situation that may arise this week, God has already been there. God already knows the situation. God already knows the problem. God already knows what someone may have said about you. And so, we as individuals need to ponder this thought that God is our refuge. He is our strength in all times. Philippians chapter 4, the Bible says, be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. I'll tell you something, that's where I'm guilty sometimes. I have a problem, I have a situation, and I'll be honest with you, sometimes it seems like the last person I go to is God. I go to somebody else, I try to take care of the issue, I try to take care of the problem, I try to take care of the storm, or the worry, or the problem in my own strength, and I don't know about you, but every time I try to do it in my own strength, I just make things worse. But the Bible says that we are to go to God. 1 Peter 5, verse 7, the Bible says, casting all your care upon Him, get this now, He cares about you. I don't know about you, but God cares about you. He cares about me. He cares about my problems. He cares about my situation, whether it be financial, whether it be health-related, whether it be whatever it may be, God cares about me. Have you ever told somebody a problem that you're having, and you could tell they don't care about it? You tell them what the situation is, you tell them what the problem is, and then they start to talk about the problem, and it's not even the problem you were talking about. And you think to yourself, this person's not even listening. This person doesn't care. Can I tell you something? When you go to God, He does care. He cares about you. And the truth is that worry is a worthless reaction to my problems. And get that now. Worry is a worthless reaction to my problems. One person said this, worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. And that is so true. So often we find ourselves worrying, and our mind is just concentrated on a certain issue, and as a result of that, we become ineffective, whether it be in our Christian life, or whether it be in our family life, all because of worry. And the simple thing is this, worry not only doesn't change what you are facing, it just makes everything you face a lot worse. Corrie Ten Boom said this in her book, she said, In fact, as we read these verses tonight, we see that worry is not just a weakness, but get this now, worry can be wickedness. Worry is not just a weakness. Well, you know what? I just have a problem with worry. Can I raise my hand? I oftentimes catch myself worrying. I don't do it all the time, but there are times that I start to worry about this. I become concerned about that. And when I get to the place where I'm so concentrated on a problem, on a worry, on a storm, on a situation, you know what I'm doing? I'm saying that God's not big enough to take care of my problem. That God's not good enough, that God's not gracious enough, that God's not loving enough to care about me, to care about my situation. And as a result of that, we forget that worry is not just a weakness, but worry is a wickedness because we take our faith in what God can do in our problem. Now we have a lot of things that are going on in our world today. But can I tell you this evening that we do not need to worry. Now you say, that's easier said than done. I understand that. It's easy to say, don't worry. But when the doctor calls us up, it's easy to worry. It's easy to say, don't worry about a financial situation. But when you're in that financial situation, it's easy to worry. But the Bible says that we should not worry. And we see several reasons why. Look, if you will, at chapter 6 here, verse 25. We see, first of all, we have to recognize the reason for our worry. There are several reasons. Look at chapter 6, verse 25. The Bible says this, Now we see the first thing that people worry about is they worry about food. I don't know about you, but one of the things that interested me in the last few years is this, how quickly our food can be shortened. I remember you go back before this COVID situation, whatever it was, I didn't think anything of going to the grocery store and food was there. And all of a sudden here this thing hit. I remember, and maybe you've done the same thing, standing in line with a mask on and around a hundred people hoping that they have enough chicken coming out in a box so that I can grab some. I wasn't about to starve. But all of a sudden I started to think about this just a little bit. And sometimes we see that people worry about food supplies. And certainly we need to be careful about that. Then we see not only do people worry about food, but they worry about fashion. In verse 28, the Bible says this, it says, You know, if God can take care of a fading flower, He can certainly take care of us. One of the things that is wonderful, and I think about this the last couple of days, my mind has been concentrating on this Boundary Waters trip. And I've been out trying to get food for all these people, and I look at these men, I think to myself, oh, there's a lot of food, I've got to have a lot of food here. They're going to eat a lot. But one of the things that I like about that, and even yesterday as we were traveling to Defiance for Ellie's soccer game, was, man, I'll tell you, we live in a beautiful, beautiful earth. And they go up to the boundary waters, we're gonna see beautiful, beautiful things, and you see how God put everything together and how God cares about things. Can I tell you something, Knight? God cares about us. If God cares about a fading flower, certainly cares about us. Not only do you see that in verse 27, not only do people care about fashion, and people care about food, but people care about fitness. You know, he's probably not talking about worrying and making oneself taller. Look at verse 27, the Bible says this, it says, When I was younger, I wanted to do that, but it never was going to happen. But that word stature is probably referring to the length of life. You know, I'm not against eating right. I think we should eat right, and we should exercise, and we should do those things. But can I tell you something? Unless the Lord returns, all of us here are going to die someday. Hebrews 9, verse 27, the Bible says that we have an appointment with death. But we don't have to worry about that. Not only does he talk about fashion and fitness and talk about food, but get this, he talks about the future over in verse 34. He says this, So many people like to borrow trouble from tomorrow. My wife has reminded me of that on occasion. All you're doing is borrowing trouble from tomorrow. So often we like to pull tomorrow's clouds over today's sunshine. So many people, you know, tomorrow this might happen. Hey, God has given us a day to live for. Don't be worried about the future. Can I tell you something? God's got it all under control. He's not lost control of things. I know sometimes you look at the news, you go, what in the world is happening? And you see sin being paraded down the streets, and you see foolish things happening in our government. Can I tell you something? God's got it all figured out still. God's not lost control of this thing. I read a study one time, it said this. They said the average person, talking about the average person that worries, they said 40% of what people worry about, get this now, never happens at all. 30% of what people worry about has already happened in the past. He said this, there's, and by the way, there's nothing you do about the past. They said 12% of what people worry about is criticism. You know, what people say about you. Well, can I tell you something? Most of the time, that's untrue anyways. And then they said this, 10% of worry is about health. And by the way, when you worry about your health, you make things worse. You don't make things better. And so if you add all this together, it's 92%. That means that 8% are real problems. So most of the times, we worry about things we can do absolutely nothing about. So worry is truthfully a futile thing. But can I tell you something, when something arises tomorrow, we'll start to worry. So we see the reasons for worry, not only that, but look at the, we need to remember the ruin that comes with worry. Look at verse 27. The Bible says, which of you, by taking thought, can add one cubit unto his stature? You know the truthful thing, the only thing that we can say about worry is this, is that worry is useless. It's useless. Worry is never dry to tears, you know that? Worry has never lifted a burden. Worry has never solved a problem. It is said that there are two things that we should never worry about. Those things that we can do something about. And the other thing that we should never worry about is that which we can do nothing about. There's a little poem that goes something like this. For every evil under the sun, there is a cure or there is none. If there be one, seek it till you find it. If there be none, never mind it. So the truth is that worry is useless and really, if we're honest with ourselves, worry is harmful. It's harmful to us. Worry is harmful. Worry hurts us physically. Worry hurts us spiritually. Worry hurts us emotionally. Have you ever been there before? You know, something comes up, and here you are, and you're sitting down, and you're worrying about something, and your heart rates up, and your mind's not on the things of God, your mind's not on your family, and your mind is on that problem, and the truth is this. Most times, there's nothing you do about it. But oftentimes, all we do is worry. And remember that worry is not only, we get to the place where we forget that God is in control of things. God knows what's going on in our life, and for us, we need to get to the place where we just trust Him. Not worry, but trust. Worry is harmful to us. Get this now, worry is harmful to others. I don't know about you, but every time I look at the news, it's doom and gloom. Have you noticed that? It's doom and gloom. Every once in a while I'll go out to my house there and I'll be working. I'll put the news on, I'm listening to the news. And you give me about an hour and I'm depressed. And I catch myself thinking, I can't believe that guy's doing that. I can't believe this is going on over here. And I'll tell you something, worry is harmful to others. It's doom and gloom. The world is coming to an end. That's what we think oftentimes. But can I tell you something, God's got everything under control. You ever been in a room somewhere and somebody comes up and you go, oh boy, here we go. I remember years and years ago, there was a fellow and every time I'd come to church, he'd come in there and I'll tell you something, he'd walk up there and for the next 15, 20 minutes, he'd tell you about how bad things were. and he's worried about this, and he's worried about that. And I'd walk away from him, and I'll tell you something, I would be depressed. I'd be like, oh, my wife, what's wrong with you? Oh, I don't know, it's just, things are terrible. Things are, I don't know what I'm going to do. You know what I found out? I just got, he'd walk into the room, I just got to get away from him. Because everything was worry, worry about this, and worry about that. And I'll tell you something, worry is harmful to us. Worry is harmful to other people. Worry hurts us. Worry hurts others. Get this, worry is a wound to the heart of God. Look at verse 30 of chapter 26. The Bible says this, Wherefore, if God so clothed the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you? Get this now, O ye of little faith. When we start to worry, we're insulting God for who He is. God's got everything under control. God cares about us. And when we find ourselves sitting on a couch somewhere, worried about this, we're saying, hey, God doesn't care and God is not in charge. We get to the place where we almost point a finger at God and say Romans chapter 8 verse 28 is not true. Because the Bible says that we know all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. Can I tell you something? Everything that happens, happens according to His purpose. God's got a plan for things. I don't know about you, but sometimes I don't make very good plans. Sometimes I'm scatterbrained. Anybody here get scatterbrained sometimes? Scatterbrained. You know, someone comes up and says something, give me about two minutes, I'll forget about it. And I don't know if that's a good thing, a curse or a blessing, I'm not sure. But can I tell you something? God's got it all figured out. God's not scatterbrained. God's got everything under control. And we as individuals realize that everything that happens in our life is for our good, it is for His glory. All things work together for good to them that love God and to them that are called according to His purpose. And so when we start to worry, when we start to complain, when we start to murmur, we're almost saying God, Romans chapter 8 verse 28, just is not true. So we need to worry, we need to win the war of worry. We need to recognize the reasons for worry. We need to remember the ruin that will happen because of worry. Very quickly, look at this, we have to realize the remedy for worry. Look at verse 32. The Bible says, So how do I win the war against worry? How do I get to the place when something comes into my life that I don't start worrying? Can I give you a real simple answer? Trust in the Lord. Trust in the Lord. Now about you, but that's easier said than done sometimes. When the doctor calls, when the bank calls, when something happens, our automatic response is this, ah, what am I going to do? But can I encourage you with this? When something comes in your life, trust in God. Trust the Lord. Can you believe this? We have a Heavenly Father that cares about us. I don't know about you, but that's special to me. Little old Nate Starr in Finley, Ohio, our Heavenly Father cares about me. He cares about what I may be going through. He cares about my problems. He cares about my needs. Our Heavenly Father cares about us. You think if He cares about a bird, He cares about us? If He knows the hairs of our head, I know for some that's not as hard as others, but If He knows the hairs of our head, do you think He cares about us? Matthew chapter 10, the Bible speaking in verse 29, it says this, Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your father? But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are more value than many sparrows. Man, if God cares about the birds, He cares about us. I love this little poem that goes something like this. Said the robin to the sparrow, I would surely like to know why these anxious human beings rush about and worry so. Said the sparrow to the robin, I think it must be that they have no heavenly father such as watches you and me. If God's watching the sparrows, if God knows about the birds, then He knows about us. We're certainly more important than the sparrows. There's a little song, I don't know if we sing it here or not, but I like the little song. It goes something like this, With Christ in the vessel, I can smile at the storm. Smile at the storm. Smile at the storm. With Christ in the vessel, I can smile at the storm as we go sailing on. One of the things that I've discovered about life is this. We will have problems. We will have storms. I don't know about you, one of the things that makes me nervous is when everything's going okay. I don't know about you. You get to the place, you're like, man, everything's going great. And that my very next thought is this, oh, something's about to happen. Something's going to happen. You may be here today and you're going through a storm. You may be going, you have an issue, you may have a problem. Can I tell you today, with Christ in the vessel, you can smile at that storm. Why? Because He cares about us. And so when that storm comes, when that worry comes, when we want to worry, when we want to fret, when we start to get anxious, can I tell you something? It's so important that we trust in the Lord. Don't get to the place where you trust in yourself or trust in the doctors. Trust in the Lord. The second thing is this. We need to put first things first. Let's be honest, oftentimes the reason that we worry is because our eyes aren't us. Is anybody else guilty of that? I gotta be careful. Sometimes I like to complain if I'm not comfortable. I don't care if everybody else is comfortable, I wanna be comfortable. And so, oftentimes, we get to the place where our eyes get off the Lord Jesus Christ, and our eyes get on us, and because our eyes get on us, we start to fret, and we start to worry. So how do you get rid of worry? Put first things first. What does the Bible say? It says this, Seek ye first the kingdom of God. Don't seek your desires first, don't seek your pleasures first. The Bible says in verse 33, seek ye first the kingdom of God. And one of the reasons why we worry so much is this, that we seek our things first and we seek God's things second. The Lord's supposed to be preeminent in our lives. Colossians chapter 1 verse 18, the Bible says that in all things He might have what? The preeminence. And so I get to the place as an individual, as a Christian, that I realize, as I read the Word of God, that it's not, this life is not about me, but it's about the Lord Jesus Christ. And I'm to seek first the Kingdom of God. Not my desires, not what I want, not what I feel I deserve, but I need to seek first the Kingdom of God. And you know what? When I get to that place where I realize that it's all about the Lord Jesus Christ, my worry starts to fade away. Because it's not about me. It's not about my problems. It's not about my storms. It's about the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to seek Him first. We're to put the Lord first. Let Him take care of things. So how do I get rid of worry? Trust in the Lord. How do I get rid of worry? Put first things first. How do I get rid of worry? Don't borrow trouble. Look if you will at verse 34. The Bible says, When you worry about tomorrow, what you're doing is this, you're borrowing trouble. One person said this, they said, on borrowed trouble. One person said this, if you pull tomorrow's clouds over today's sunshine, you mess things up. Because God gives us strength for today. Deuteronomy chapter 33, the Bible says, And as thy days, so shall thy strength be. And so worry will bury the blessings of today. You say, well, that's easier said than done. I know it is. But if you're like me, it's easy. You know what? I got this going on tomorrow. And before long, we're concentrating on tomorrow and we're borrowing from tomorrow's trouble. Hey, God has given us today. None of us here are guaranteed tomorrow. God has given us today to live for Him. And so it's for us to put Him first, not to put ourselves, not to put our worries and our concerns, but to seek ye first the kingdom of God today. Worry causes us to borrow tomorrow's trouble. Worry causes us to lose strength that is needed for tomorrow. Has anybody here ever worried all night? If you're a human being, you probably have. Maybe not a teenager, but you get to be an adult, you do. You're up all night, your mind's thinking, your mind's roaming, you're not sure if it's the cup of coffee you had, you shouldn't have had at 10 o'clock at night, or if it's that concern, or it's something that somebody said, or it's a problem that you might have, and before long, we find ourselves up all night, and our next day is wasted. Hey, worry. causes us to lose strength that is needed for tomorrow. Job chapter 3, the Bible says, I heard a story about a lady, for several years there was a woman who had trouble getting to sleep at night because she feared burglars. And so she could sleep. And one night, her husband heard a noise downstairs in the house. And so he went downstairs to investigate. And when he got downstairs, would you believe it? He came face to face with a burglar. And he looked at the burglar and he said this. He said, good evening. I am so pleased to see you. He said, come upstairs and meet my wife. She has been waiting 10 years to meet you. Have you ever been behind somebody that's afraid the light's going to turn red? And it always does, because they're going so slow. It's the same idea. You know, sometimes we, you know, ah, you know, I'm just afraid, I'm afraid, you know, this might be a problem. Well, guess what? Eventually there's gonna be a problem. I'm afraid this, you know, this might be a health issue. Well, eventually you will have health issues. I'm afraid this might happen. Well, guess what? Those things will happen. Don't borrow on tomorrow's trouble. Don't let tomorrow's trouble parade on your strength today. There are so many people that go through life concerned about tomorrow. And the Lord doesn't say worry about tomorrow. You say, will trials come? Yeah, trials will come. You say storms will come? Certainly, storms come. They're a part of life. Difficulty? Will difficulties come in the future? Yes, they will. Are there going to be tough days ahead? Yes. but can I give you some encouragement? His grace will always be sufficient. His grace will always be there. I've looked at people before, I've asked them, maybe I'm terrible at this, but there'll be an individual that'll be going through a major health issue, it's gonna take their life. And I will, I'll talk to them, I've had the opportunity to talk to people that are facing death Death is in the near future, within a month or maybe weeks, and I'll ask him, how are you doing? And you know what? A Christian that is right with God, it seems like their words are always the same. His grace is sufficient. And so if they can have that testimony, then certainly as a Christian, as an individual whose eyes are on the Lord Jesus Christ, I have an understanding that when tomorrow's troubles come, whatever they may be, His grace will be sufficient for me too. But you know what? Oftentimes we worry. But can I encourage you with this? Live for Jesus today. Don't worry about tomorrow. Don't let tomorrow's worries steal your blessing. Psalm 118, the Bible says, this is the day which the Lord hath made. I will rejoice and I will be glad. I'll close with this, but the little poem that goes, be not troubled with the thoughts of tomorrow, of duties you surely must do. On the Lord cast your burden of sorrow. It matters to Him about you. Be not weary when trials are given, but trust Him to carry you through. He will make all a pathway to heaven. It matters to Him about you. Then be patient until His appearing. Tis dawn almost now on your view. For the mists of this dark age are clearing, in love He is planning for you. I don't know about you, but I've had people tell me, I've had it preached to me, don't worry. But I've been through some darker days, as have you. And I don't know about you, but it's easy to worry. It's easy for me to start, I take that back, to sit there, and to start pondering, and thinking, and thinking, and thinking, instead of getting my mind off myself, and my problems, putting my eyes on the Lord Jesus Christ. And when I do that, you know what I come to the realization? Whatever may happen here, everything's going to be all right. You know why? He's still in control. He hasn't lost it. And he never will. So I don't know about you, you may be here today, there might be something you are worrying about. Can I encourage you with this? Put your eyes on Jesus. It'll be okay. Let's bow for a word of prayer. Father, we're so thankful for Lord, we're so thankful that you care about us. Lord, if you care about some birds, you care about us. Lord, if you can number the hairs on our head, then certainly you know about us. Lord, we understand that there are things that are going to come up in life. There are storms, there are problems, there are difficulties. It's a part of life. But when those problems and when those storms arise, Lord, help us to get our eyes off ourselves. Help us to put our eyes on you. Help us not to borrow from tomorrow's troubles. Help us to live for you today. And I pray now you'd bless the invitation. We'll thank you for it. In Jesus' name, amen.