But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
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… God's righteousness all these things will be added unto you what things clothes for your body what things food to eat what things being all enough yourself all of the things will be added unto you it's a promise that we look forward to and whatever else I want to just shout about right now is that we got so much to look forward to. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. We sure got a lot to look forward to. Even the youth shall faint and be weary. Young folks shall fall, but they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. Mount up with wings as eagles. Run, not get weary. Walk and not faint. We got a whole lot to look forward to. check this out so when I was in my soul reset because because because here's the thing Leona and I we go way back and Leona just been there she my mother will tell you she's probably been to more family gatherings for us than I have uh she just became a part of the family she just just like that. So, so I'm doing my soul reset and I feel the spirit say to me, go to your phone and let Leona talk to you. I said, huh? I said, okay. What is that? You want me to go to my phone to the text messages? And y'all, I went to the text messages. On this phone alone, I go back to 2017 …
… another word for things. And then Jesus said in Matthew chapter 6 and verse 33, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. God will not work in second place. When you put God in second place that is idolatry, and that's the reason the Bible calls covetousness idolatry. We have in God we trust on our money, but we have me first written in the hearts. I heard about a man who loved gold. I mean he just loved it. He had an inordinate affection for gold. Finally he got a lot of gold. And he loved it. And so he put down a golden colored carpet, painted the walls parchment colored, got yellow drapes, got a gold colored bedspread. He bought him some yellow pajamas. Everything. He just loved gold. Everything was gold all around. But then he got sick. He came down with, would you believe? Yellow jaundice. You know what a yellow jaundice is? It turns you yellow. And there he was up in his bedroom. His wife called the doctor and said, Doctor, he's upstairs. The doctor went up to examine him and came back down with a bewildered look. His wife said, Well, how is he? She said, I don't know. I couldn't find him. People who get lost in things can't find themselves. Now folks, this is what destroys family contentment. And that is covetousness, unlawful desire. Not wrong to have things, but unlawful desire, a spirit of dissatisfaction. Number two, …
… VERSE 33, SEEK YOU FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. THE BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 127 AND VERSE 2, IT'S VEIN TO RISE UP EARLY, TO STAY UP LATE, TO EAT THE BREAD OF SORROWS. LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION. DO YOU DWELL ON FAILURE OR DO YOU SIMPLY LEARN FROM IT? THE PERFECTIONIST CAN'T LET GO OF HIS FAILURES. HE JUST CAN'T DO IT. HE, HE, HE HE FEELS THAT HE HAS TO PUNISH HIMSELF BECAUSE HE FAILED. AFTER ALL, GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE HIM. SO WHY SHOULD HE FORGIVE HIMSELF? BUT THE APOSTLE PAUL WHO SAID, I AM WHAT I AM BY THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SAID, I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH. I MADE HAVOC OF THE CHURCH, BUT I AM WHAT I AM BY THE GRACE OF GOD. HE WAS ABLE TO LET GO. HE SAID IN PHILIPPIANS 3 VERSE 13, BRETHREN, I COUNT NOT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED, BUT THIS ONE THING I DO FOR GETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE PRESENT, I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE." HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LET GO OF THE PAST? YOU SAY, WHAT A FOOL I WAS, WHAT A FOOL I WAS. WHY DON'T YOU START SAYING, WHAT A FOOL I AM FOR SAYING, WHAT A FOOL I WAS? LEARN THIS, YOU CAN FAIL AND NOT be a failure. …
… GONNA LEARN? MATTHEW SIX VERSE 33, BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU. YOU SAY, WELL, PASTOR, A MAN'S GOT TO LIVE. NO, HE'S GOT TO DIE. AND AFTER HE DIES HE'S GOT TO FACE GOD. BUT THERE WAS SODOM, AND SODOM WAS SATAN'S MASTERPIECE. REMEMBER THE SCRIPTURE, FIRST JOHN TWO VERSE 16, FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH AND THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE IS NOT OF THE FATHER BUT OF THE WORLD. THERE WAS THE LUST OF THE FLESH, SODOM WITH ITS PLEASURES. THERE WAS THE LUST OF THE EYES, SODOM WITH ITS POSSESSIONS. THERE WAS THE PRIDE OF LIFE, SODOM WITH ITS PHILOSOPHY. NOW LOT'S SIN IS NOT A SIN THAT ONLY THE RICH HAVE. YOU CAN BE POOR AND BE COVETOUS. YOU CAN BE IN A MEAGER SALARY AND BE COVETOUS. THIS OLD WORLD FLIRTED WITH LOT. HE WAS ENTICED. HE BECAME A FRIEND OF THE WORLD AND COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH GOD. THOSE SAME FORCES THAT WORKED ON LOT ARE WORKING ON YOU AND ME DAY BY DAY. …
… proper justice. And we're going to look again in Matthew chapter 6 and verse 33. 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. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. I want to speak to you today on this subject, the incredible power of proper priorities. The incredible power of proper priorities. Our Lord here is speaking about priorities. He's telling us what to put first. And he says, seek ye first the kingdom of God. Now if ever, ever a message were needed, this one is in this generation, in this day, in this age, and in this place. Ours is a nation and ours is a city of vanishing values and therefore pathetic priorities. You see, listen, values determine priorities and priorities always determine success or failure. …
… 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. NOW, WORRY IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE IGNORANT WORRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ENOUGH. THE SMART WORRY BECAUSE THEY KNOW TOO MUCH. THE, THE RICH WORRY BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE AFRAID OF LOSING WHAT THEY HAVE. AND THE POOR WORRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. THE OLD WORRY BECAUSE, HA, HA, HA, THEY'RE FACING DEATH AND THE YOUNG WORRY BECAUSE THEY'RE FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. BACK TO THE OLD, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WE USED TO WORRY THAT WE WERE GETTING OLDER AND WHEN WE GET OLD WE WORRY THAT WE WON'T GET OLDER. AND SO WE JUST CONTINUE TO WORRY. AND, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO WE ARE AND WHAT CATEGORY WE ARE, WE CAN FIND SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. NOW WHEN OUR LORD SAYS, TAKE NO THOUGHT, THE WORD FOR THOUGHT THERE IS A WORD THAT, UH, MAYBE TRANSLATED WORRY. IT'S A ROOT WORD WHICH MEANS TO DIVIDE. THAT IS, WORRY DIVIDES OUR MINDS. IT IS A DISTRACTING THING. IT IS A DIVIDING THING. AND YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE APOSTLE JAMES SAID IN JAMES CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 8, THAT A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN IS UNSTABLE IN ALL OF HIS WAYS AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE DESTABILIZING THAN WORRY. NOW, WHEN OUR LORD SAYS, TAKE NO THOUGHT, HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT …
… And then Jesus said in Matthew chapter 6 and verse 33, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. God will not work in second place. When you put God in second place, that is idolatry. And that's the reason the Bible calls covetousness idolatry. We have, in God we trust on our money, but we have me first written in our hearts. Let me give you a verse that proves beyond the shadow of any doubt that covetousness is idolatry. Colossians 3 verse 5. Mortify, that means put to death, therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness which is idolatry. Now remember, covetousness is a very deceitful thing. Many of us would not say that we're covetous. But covetousness, according to Paul here in this passage to Timothy, is like an octopus. It just wraps its tentacles around you and drags you down. Many people get their identification by what they own, what they possess. …