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<\/a><\/div>\nMatthew 6:31-34\u00a0(New King James Version)<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n 31<\/sup> \u201cTherefore do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 32<\/sup> For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33<\/sup> But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34<\/sup> Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is<\/i> its own trouble.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead this passage at least a couple of times. If we could really rest on this scripture imagine how it would change our lives. Worry would lose its grip on us. <\/span><\/div>\n
Yet we keep seeking our security in the things the world values\u2014bank accounts, stable jobs, and a strong national and global economy\u2014we are filled with anxiety at every fluctuation.<\/p>\nI can attest that the times I have put His Kingdom first, everything else just fell into place; but I keep slipping back into reliance on worldly things and the anxiety that comes with that.\u00a0 I need to keep in mind that these verses call us to seek two things: His kingdom and His righteousness. His Kingdom is His rule over us and His righteousness is His transformation of us. <\/p>\n
The spiritual benefits of living in God’s will are amazing, but our loving Father doesn’t stop there\u2014He commits to provide for our physical needs as well. So even though each day has its own trouble, I can rest in the faithfulness of the Father and trust Him to keep His Word.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Seek First and Be Blessed.<\/p>\n
Nick<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matthew 6:31-34\u00a0(New King James Version) 31 \u201cTherefore do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Read this passage at least a couple of times. If we could really rest on this scripture imagine how it would change our lives. Worry would lose its grip on us. Yet we keep seeking our security in the things the world values\u2014bank accounts, stable jobs, and a strong national and global economy\u2014we are filled with anxiety at every fluctuation. I can attest that the times I have put His Kingdom first, everything else just fell into place; but I keep slipping back into reliance on worldly things and the anxiety that comes with that.\u00a0 I need to keep in mind that these verses call us to seek two things: His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Yet we keep seeking our security in the things the world values\u2014bank accounts, stable jobs, and a strong national and global economy\u2014we are filled with anxiety at every fluctuation.<\/p>\n
I can attest that the times I have put His Kingdom first, everything else just fell into place; but I keep slipping back into reliance on worldly things and the anxiety that comes with that.\u00a0 I need to keep in mind that these verses call us to seek two things: His kingdom and His righteousness. His Kingdom is His rule over us and His righteousness is His transformation of us. <\/p>\n
The spiritual benefits of living in God’s will are amazing, but our loving Father doesn’t stop there\u2014He commits to provide for our physical needs as well. So even though each day has its own trouble, I can rest in the faithfulness of the Father and trust Him to keep His Word.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Seek First and Be Blessed.<\/p>\n
Nick<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matthew 6:31-34\u00a0(New King James Version) 31 \u201cTherefore do not worry, saying, \u2018What shall we eat?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we drink?\u2019 or \u2018What shall we wear?\u2019 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Read this passage at least a couple of times. If we could really rest on this scripture imagine how it would change our lives. Worry would lose its grip on us. Yet we keep seeking our security in the things the world values\u2014bank accounts, stable jobs, and a strong national and global economy\u2014we are filled with anxiety at every fluctuation. I can attest that the times I have put His Kingdom first, everything else just fell into place; but I keep slipping back into reliance on worldly things and the anxiety that comes with that.\u00a0 I need to keep in mind that these verses call us to seek two things: His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicksigur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}