...for the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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Just listened to a sermon yesterday that was in a similar vein - 1 Peter - about not conforming to the culture around you, but being counter culture Christians. It's where my Spirit wants to be, but I fight the flesh every day which wants new clothes, to eat out at nice restaurants, to buy a hot tub we don't really need, to be skinnier than I am. My flesh desires to get me mired down and stuck in these thoughts. In fact, I often find myself wondering why it is I CAN'T be addicted to something I desire so that I'll chase it until I get it, like being a perfectionist housekeeper or a health nut or other worldly focused things...and I just KNOW that it's because the Holy Spirit that resides in me since my salvation at age 13 is stronger than fleshly desire. Thanks be to God for that! May being in HIS presence be my first desire each day, and also yours. :)
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