Good Day

The lesson for Sunday, May 31, 2026, is titled “Take Dead Aim.”  Please read the scripture from Matthew 6: 25-33.

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink,[a] or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?[b] 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God[c] and his[d] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

From <https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206%3A25-33&version=NRSVUE>

Put God first in your life–let everything you do be aimed in the direction of serving God and God’s kingdom. Not just every now and then but every day. Aim your life toward God!

Take dead aim at having a strong relationship with God. Let God be the driving force in your life.  Let God take the drivers seat–let God take the wheel and guide you and take you in the direction God wants you to go.

Take dead aim at having a strong relationship with your family.  It’s incredibly important that we build strong families and strong moral values. Sadly, family life in many quarters has fallen on hard times and we have to do something about this. When family life is strong, society endures and thrives. But when family life breaks down it devastates society. Education begins at home. Respect and concern and love for God–all of these should begin at home. A nation that destroys the family destroys itself.

Take dead aim at having a strong relationship with your church. We all need spiritual support.  We all need the church.  Sometimes we get out in the world and we think, “I am Superman or Superwoman and I don’t need the church.  But let me tell you with all the feeling I have in my heart:  You need the church–we all need the church!

There are many wonderful organizations and institutions in the world vying for our attention but the church is uniquely special because it exists for one purpose: to give us the love of Jesus Christ.

The message is clear: If you are to strive first for the kingdom of God, you must take dead aim at a strong relationship with God,  your family, and a strong relationship with your church.  If you aim your life toward serving God, everything else will fall in place for you.

Prayer

Dear God, thank you for the gift of deliverance and for all the blessings that come our way each day.  Help us deliver the good news of Jesus to others and to assist people in need.  Open our eyes to opportunities to rise to the occasion, in Jesus name.  Amen

Blessings

Verna