Old Testament
Psalm 24:1-2
1 The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
Common Good
Trusting God for Energy Needs
Scripture References
Read FirstNew Testament
Matthew 6:25-34
25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
Read 7 more verses
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Thought for the Day
Psalm 24 is a steadying sentence for anxious people: the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. Before any market, any grid, any plan, there is God’s ownership. We live on borrowed ground.
Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, speaks to our most ordinary fears: what will we eat, what will we drink, what will we wear? He does not shame need. He names it. And then he tells us not to be anxious like those who have no Father. He frees us from the tyranny of tomorrow. Look at the birds. Consider the lilies. Seek first the Kingdom.
Show 105 more words
Energy need can make anxiety very concrete: the dread of winter, the letter through the door, the risk of disconnection. Faith does not deny those pressures. It brings them into prayer. Trust makes us calmer and kinder. It gives us room to be generous. It asks God for daily bread, and it also asks for neighbourly arrangements that keep the vulnerable safe.
Lord, teach us to trust you without passivity. Give us courage to ask for help, wisdom to plan, and generosity to share. Make us people who seek your Kingdom first, and who treat our neighbours’ warmth and safety as a matter of love.
Prayer Points
Respond- Give peace to those anxious about bills, winter, and provision; let them know the care of the Father.
- Provide practical help for households in need, and strengthen those who offer support with dignity and steadiness.
- Give wisdom to decision-makers to protect the vulnerable and to plan for resilience.
Show 2 more prayer points
- Deliver us from anxious hoarding; teach us contentment and generosity.
- Help the Church to seek your Kingdom first, and to practise neighbour-love in tangible ways.