Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
-Matthew 6:25

How many times have I glibly and matter-of-factly recommend the above verse to people in the throes of worry? Too many to count, I think. It's just so easy to say and it rolls out of the mouth so smoothly. The Bible says do not worry, brother. Sure.Read more

It took Solomon another thirteen years to finish building his own palace complex.
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The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. -Luke17:5-6

How many of us have have expressed the same sentiment? How many of us have been in a situation where our existing level of faith wasn't enough? After receiving God's leading, how many of us have had trouble truly accepting the fullness of it? Certainly, the apostles struggled. They demanded that Jesus increase their faith. Well, he was happy to oblige.
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