“So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” I can see no way to enter into the blessing our Lord commands in this verse except through acquiring a different imagination. First: I do see the command here as blessing....

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your...

The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. I wasn’t sure whether to include the powerful statement, “The Lord is near,” as the end of the last verse – the way it’s marked in...