{"id":26746,"date":"2024-10-13T13:47:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=26746"},"modified":"2024-10-13T13:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:47:38","slug":"what-can-we-do-next","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon=what-can-we-do-next","title":{"rendered":"What can we do next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Gospel&nbsp; <\/u><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew 6.25\u201333<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><em>Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,&nbsp;or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?&nbsp;Look 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?&nbsp;And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?&nbsp;And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,&nbsp;yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his<\/p>\n<p>glory was not clothed like one of these.&nbsp;But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will<\/p>\n<p>he not much more clothe you\u2014you of little faith?&nbsp;Therefore do not worry, saying, \u201cWhat will we eat?\u201d or \u201cWhat will we drink?\u201d or \u201cWhat will we wear?\u201d&nbsp;For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.&nbsp;But strive first for the kingdom of God&nbsp;and his&nbsp;righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the Gospel of the Lord<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>All <\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Praise to you, O Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew 6.25\u201333 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew \u2018Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,&nbsp;or about your body, what you will wear. 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