Our Father has promised to give us all that we need... but not if we don't pray! "You have not because you ask not," as the Apostle James put it so succinctly. But doesn't this seem rather cold of God? He knows what we need, He has it ready to ship, but He waits for us to initiate the transaction. Jesus gave us some clues concerning the mysterious relationship between prayer and divine sovereignty. We'll talk about them in a sermon Jim calls God's Secret Promise

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What if you win the rat race, and all you get is a hunk of cheese? We're all pursuing something. We're investing our limited time and energy toward attaining a treasure of some kind. So it's important that the prize be worth the price. As we continue to read through Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, we come to the oft-quoted section about money and possessions - and worry. It may sound a bit different to us than it did to the original audience. Here's Jim with Part 1 of Balancing Your Portfolio.

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