…Love the LORD your God,
walk in all his ways,
obey his commands,
hold firmly to him,
and serve him with all your heart
and all your soul.
…Love the LORD your God,
walk in all his ways,
obey his commands,
hold firmly to him,
and serve him with all your heart
and all your soul.
“…not to worry about everyday life—
whether you have enough food and drink,
or enough clothes to wear.
Isn’t life more than food,
and your body more than clothing?
Look at the birds.
They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns,
for your heavenly Father feeds them.
And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind
or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon,
for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity
or another—or maybe both.
Don’t store up treasures here on earth,
where moths eat them and rust destroys them,
and where thieves break in and steal.
Store your treasures in heaven,
where moths and rust cannot destroy,
and thieves do not break in and steal.
Wherever your treasure is,
there the desires of your heart will also be.
Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son’s name?
Tell me if you know!
…When you pray,
go away by yourself,
shut the door behind you,
and pray to your Father in private.
Then your Father,
who sees everything,
will reward you.