Pastor Sullivan's Blog

In the Name of the Father and of the Son + and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Dear saints, why do you worry? Your Lord tells you, “ do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on .” Twenty-first century worries seem so much more treacherous and frightening than worrying about clothing, food, and drink. We have mortgage payments and student loans, medical bills and prescription drug costs. There’s the stock market and retirement accounts. Don’t forget health, our spouse’s health, job security, houses, children and grandchildren. I’m sure you could add a few items worthy of our worry to the list. Clothing, food, and drink may seem light years away from what you worry about. But for as simple as they may seem to modern ears, clothing, food, and drink get to the heart of the matter because they are the chief things of this life. Jesus begins by saying, “ Do not worry about your life .” All your worries about all your tomorro...

Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. God our Father does not want us to be as the Gentiles who do not know God. Not knowing God or His promise to provide daily bread, unbelievers worry and fret about what they will eat, what they will drink, and what they will wear tomorrow. But not just tomorrow. Most everyone has food, drink, and clothing for tomorrow. Refrigerators and deep freezes are full of food and when they run low, the grocery store has plenty. Closets and wardrobes are full, often overly full, with all sorts of options for what they can wear tomorrow. Today people aren’t so much worried about tomorrow as they are next week, next month, next year, or every year for the rest of their lives. God promises to provide daily bread, not weekly, monthly, or yearly. But the Gentiles don’t believe this so they have to strive after mammon and worry over it. There are two ways they strive for mammon and worry over it. The first is work....