Seek God's kingdom first and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:33

DON'T MISS THIS SUNDAY'S SERVICE IN WHICH OUR SENIOR HIGH
YOUTH WILL ASSIST WITH AND/OR LEAD MOST OF THE SERVICE!

TOMORROW, February 27
8:15 pm Choir Rehearsal
9:30 pm Holy Communion - Youth Sunday
10:30 am Fellowship
11 am Sunday School for All Ages
2:15 pm Youth Meet for Winter Jam at Trinity Methodist
4:30 pm Philippians Bible Study/Kessingers
6:15 pm Genesis for Gen-Xers
7 pm Senior High Devotions and Games

MONDAY, February 28
6:30 pm Prayer Meeting - 405 N. Chestnut

WEDNESDAY, March 2
3:30 pm KICK
5:30 pm Family Meal
6:30 pm Mentors
7 pm Confirmation
6:30 pm 13 Apostles Study

THURSDAY, March 3
6:30 pm Children and Youth Ministries Task Force
7:30 pm Worship and Music

FRIDAY, March 4
9:30 am Staff Brunch
1 pm World Day of Prayer
4 pm [Bethany College Social Work Reception]

SATURDAY, March 5
8 am Men’s Bible Study (Family Room)

SUNDAY, March 6
8:15 am Senior Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Service of the Word (ELW 5)
10:30 am Fellowship
11 am Sunday School for all ages
7 pm Senior High Devotions and Games

Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lindsborg, KS

Matthew 6²⁴No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 28And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you — you of little faith? 31Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 32For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
34So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.

What is it that worries you most?

In these verses, Jesus gives at least five why shouldn't worry about food and clothing. Can you find at least that many?

How would your life be different if you didn't worry about money, food and clothing?

What does Jesus mean by "serving wealth"?

What does He mean by serving God? What does it meant to seek/strive for God's kingdom first?

Is it easy to believe that God will give us all we need if we but strive for God's kingdom first?