--- title: "Creating Margin For God's Purposes | The Tree Church" url: https://thetree.church/blog/2025/01/23/creating-margin-for-god-s-purposes description: "Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time.    Read Matthew 6. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read.  After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you h..." lang: en --- 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ 721 N. Memorial Drive, Lancaster, OH 43130✦ Main Service: Sunday 9 & 11am✦ Movement Youth Sunday 5:30pm✦ Lancaster & Logan, Ohio✦ Blog (https://thetree.church/blog) Take 20: https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20 # Creating Margin For God's Purposes January 23rd, 2025 by Tree Church Everyday Image: Creating Margin For God's Purposes (https://base44.app/api/apps/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/files/mp/public/6ac2bb755fa612c2228960ca/b9803367f_18228690_1024x1024_2500.jpg) Open by taking 2-3 minutes to pray and ask God to speak to you today through your devotional time. **Read Matthew 6**. Be sure to highlight or note anything that stands out to you while you read. After reading the passage, take the next 5-10 minutes and spend time reflecting on what you read. You can write these things down in a journal or record them in your phone. Be attentive to both what you highlighted in the passage and what is going on in your life. **Jesus teaches us not to worry about our lives, but to seek first God's kingdom and righteousness. This relates to the sermon's emphasis on creating margin in our lives to respond to God's leading. Reflect on areas where worry or overcommitment might be crowding out your ability to seek God's kingdom. Are there areas where you need to trust God more fully?** Now, take 10 minutes to seek God in prayer… 1. Begin your time in prayer by taking 1-3 minutes to sit in silence (You can take longer if you sense the Spirit already beginning to speak to you). 2. Pray for the faith to let go of anxiety and to create space in your life for God's priorities. 3. Close by taking 5 minutes to sit in silence, asking God if there is anything else He wants to speak to you today. Posted in Take 20 (https://thetree.church/blog/category/take-20)Anxiety (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/anxiety)Life Changing Habits (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/life-changing-habits)Margin (https://thetree.church/blog/tag/margin)