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 not break  through  nor  steal. For where  thy  treasure  is,  there  is thy  heart also.

“No man  can  serve  two  masters ;  you  cannot  serve  God  and mammon. Therefore, I say  to  you,  be  not  solicitous  for  your life, what  you  shall  eat,  nor  for  your  body,  what  you  shall  put on. Is not  the  life  more  than  the  meat: and  the  body  more  than the raiment? Behold the  birds  of  the  air,  for  they  neither  sow, nor do  they  reap,  nor  gather  into  barns: and  your  heavenly  Father feedeth them. Are not  you  of  much  more  value  than  they? Consider the  lilies of  the  field  how  they  grow: they  labour  not, neither do  they  spin. But I say  to  you  that  not  even  Solomon in all  his  glory  was  arrayed  as  one  of  these. And if  the  grass of the  field,  which  is  to-day  and  to-morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven, God doth  so  clothe:  how  much  more  you,  O ye  of  little  faith? Be not  solicitous,  therefore,  saying:  What  shall  we  eat,  or  what shall we  drink,  or  wherewith  shall  we  be  clothed? For after  all these things  do  the  heathens  seek. For your  Father  knoweth that you  have  need  of  all  these  things. Seek you,  therefore,  first the kingdom  of  God,  and  His  justice,  and  all  these  things  shall be added  unto  you.”

The Goodness  of  God. God  provides  for  all  His  creatures. He feeds the  birds  of  the  air  and  adorns  the  flowers  of  the  field  with beautiful  colours. He is  the  most  loving  Father  to  us  men,  and  Him