The Futility of Worry and the Freedom of the Kingdom [Matthew 6:25-34]

October 25, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 10/25/2026

Preacher: Monty Simao, pastor

Series: Matthew

Key Text: Matthew 6:25-34

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Consider the birds of the air.
Consider the lilies of the field.

…Do THEY worry?

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Monty Simao continues our study
in the Gospel of Matthew —

where Jesus confronts the futility of worry
and calls His disciples to a different kind of security.

We plan.
We prepare.
We try to anticipate what tomorrow might bring.

But somewhere along the way,
responsible preparation can all too easily become anxious obsession —
as though the future rests entirely in our hands.

Yet if our heavenly Father provides
for the birds and the lilies,
how much more will He care for His own children?

And if He has already given us His Son,
what does that tell us about His faithfulness?

Perhaps the answer to tomorrow’s worries
begins with remembering
Whose hands hold tomorrow.

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Fickle Men, Sovereign God [Esther 2:1-22]

September 27, 2026

Sermon Notes

Date: 09/27/2026

Preacher: Josh Peglow, pastor

Series: Esther

Key Text: Esther 2:1-12

Description:

Kings do.

Counselors do.

People do.

But God does not.

Today on Scandia Bible Church Podcast,
Pastor Josh Peglow returns to the book of Esther —

where changing minds,
shifting plans,
and human weakness
keep moving the story forward.

King Ahasuerus reverses course.
His counselors offer another solution.
Esther is drawn into the machinery
of the Persian court.

But while men change,
God does not.

His purposes do not shift.
His faithfulness does not fail.
And His sovereign hand
is never absent from the story.

Because though men are fickle
and earthly rule arbitrary,

God remains sovereign —
and faithful to His people.

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