1. Welcome to Hope Fellowship Church Our Mission: “To know the triune God in the person of Jesus Christ and to make Him known.”

2. MESSAGE

3. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33

4. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

5. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

6. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

7. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

8. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ John 3:3-5 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

9. BUT SEEK FIRST… NAS Luke 18:16-17 But Jesus called for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it at all.”

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14. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

15. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Romans 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy IN the Holy Spirit.

16. BUT SEEK FIRST… ESV Mark 12:28-32 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" 29 Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

17. BUT SEEK FIRST… 32 And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. 33 And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God."

18. BUT SEEK FIRST… ESV Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

19. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Matthew 21:43 "Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

20. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Matthew 23:13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

21. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Luke 10:9 "And heal the sick there, and say to them,`The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

22. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Matthew 12:28 "But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.

23. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ 1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. CSB 1 John 3:18 Little children, we must not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth;

24. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Luke 13:20 And again He said, "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 "It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

25. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

26. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

27. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

28. BUT SEEK FIRST… Matthew 6:33 " But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

29. BUT SEEK FIRST… NKJ Mark 10:23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" 24 And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, "Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!

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