{"id":2758,"date":"2016-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/therefore-do-not-be-anxious-about-tomorrow-for-tomorrow-will-be-anxious-for-itself-sufficient-for-the-day-is-its-own-trouble-matthew-634-esv\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"therefore-do-not-be-anxious-about-tomorrow-for-tomorrow-will-be-anxious-for-itself-sufficient-for-the-day-is-its-own-trouble-matthew-634-esv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/therefore-do-not-be-anxious-about-tomorrow-for-tomorrow-will-be-anxious-for-itself-sufficient-for-the-day-is-its-own-trouble-matthew-634-esv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble&#8221; (Matthew 6:34 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Worry is a wasted activity. It is also a sin. For it begins with a lack of faith that doubts God&#8217;s protection and provision. Worry is like a puppy that won&#8217;t return its master&#8217;s slipper, gnawing and growling, it won&#8217;t let go of a shoe that it neither owns nor needs. Can you change your tomorrow with worry? Can you add one hour to your life by being anxious (Matt. 6:27)? Worry is anxious self-talk. Why not use the same effort to turn this inward dialogue upward? Turn your worries into prayers. Give the &#8220;shoe&#8221; back to the Master owns tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worry is a wasted activity. It is also a sin. For it begins with a lack of faith that doubts God&#8217;s protection and provision. Worry is like a puppy that won&#8217;t return its master&#8217;s slipper, gnawing and growling, it won&#8217;t let go of a shoe that it neither owns nor needs. Can you change your tomorrow with worry? Can you add one hour to your life by being anxious (Matt. 6:27)? Worry is anxious self-talk. Why not use the same effort to turn this inward dialogue upward? Turn your worries into prayers. Give the &#8220;shoe&#8221; back to the Master owns tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1307],"scripture-chapter":[1339],"oyb_day":[1534],"location":[],"class_list":["post-2758","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-matthew","scripture-chapter-1339","oyb_day-january-8"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}