Sorrows to be Borne Single
Matthew 6:33
But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.


John Newton says: "Sometimes I compare the troubles we have to undergo in the course of a year to a great bundle of fagots, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry to-day, and then another, which we are to carry to-morrow, and so on. This we might easily manage if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our trouble by carrying yesterday's stick over again to-day, and adding to-morrow's burden to our load before we are required to bear it." "Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself."



Parallel Verses
KJV: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

WEB: But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.




Sermon for the Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity
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