Why Worry?
Published on Mar 05, 2021
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Worry....
- Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but won’t get you anywhere – Vance Havner
- Ulcers are what you get from climbing mountains over molehills – The Bible Friend
- Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them. - Author Unknown
Ulcers are what you get from climbing mountains over molehills – The Bible Friend
Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them. ~Author Unknown
Worry is the advanced interest you pay on troubles that seldom come – Vance Havner
Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them. ~Author Unknown
Worry is the advanced interest you pay on troubles that seldom come – Vance Havner
Worry....
- Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~Leo Buscaglia
- I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ~Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz)
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. ~Leo Buscaglia
I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ~Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz)
Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but won’t get you anywhere – Vance Havner
I've developed a new philosophy... I only dread one day at a time. ~Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz)
Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but won’t get you anywhere – Vance Havner
Matthew 6:25-34
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Worry
Getting to the heart of it
Word we get psyche or psychology from
our soul, our heart, the innermost workings of who we are
Worry pierces us to the very core
Can lead to:
emotional paralysis
indecision
anxiousness about what to do
frantic activity
confused thinking
outright fear
our soul, our heart, the innermost workings of who we are
Worry pierces us to the very core
Can lead to:
emotional paralysis
indecision
anxiousness about what to do
frantic activity
confused thinking
outright fear
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Who told you....?
- To prioritize the physical?
- You are not "worth it?"
- Life will last longer?
- God can't be trusted?
- Frantic activity is fruitful?
- God doesn't know anything?
- The Godly "are losers?"
To prioritze the physical? what we eat, drink, or wear? vs. 25
You are not worth it? vs. 26
Life will last longer if you worry more? vs. 27
God can't be trusted - vs. 26, and vs. 30 - if God cares for plants that are here today and gone tomorrow, he will certainly take care of us, who are eternal
God puts examples of His provision right in front of us
Frantic activity is fruitful - Black Friday is a great example of this principle - run after....to aggressively seek after, chase down
God doesn't know anything - When we believe that God does not provide, we will be as frantic as those who do not believe in God
If we follow God, do what is right before the Lord, and actively seek Him - we will miss out.....somehow....
God doesn't know anything - vs. 32
You are not worth it? vs. 26
Life will last longer if you worry more? vs. 27
God can't be trusted - vs. 26, and vs. 30 - if God cares for plants that are here today and gone tomorrow, he will certainly take care of us, who are eternal
God puts examples of His provision right in front of us
Frantic activity is fruitful - Black Friday is a great example of this principle - run after....to aggressively seek after, chase down
God doesn't know anything - When we believe that God does not provide, we will be as frantic as those who do not believe in God
If we follow God, do what is right before the Lord, and actively seek Him - we will miss out.....somehow....
God doesn't know anything - vs. 32
STOP Worrying
Jesus says
Present imperative
I myself - emphasizing vs. 25, 29 his personal attention to this matter of chronically worrying
implies we have been worrying
to live with a divided mind
to have our energies dissipated thorugh indecision
to be in place physically but our minds are somewhere else
I myself - emphasizing vs. 25, 29 his personal attention to this matter of chronically worrying
implies we have been worrying
to live with a divided mind
to have our energies dissipated thorugh indecision
to be in place physically but our minds are somewhere else
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Bird Watching
do some
Bird watching - if you think you do not have enough "stuff stored up" - watch the birds and learn....
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Wild flowers
catalogue some wildflowers
a plant in general that has large flowers.....
more specific to the region of the middle east, common wildflowers
you ever look at the beauty in a sunflower......the amazing structure, etc....
more amazing than anything Solomon ever wore......
than anything that ever walked down the fashion runway....
(Illus. ecosystems are great illustrations of interdependence an dindividuality - how God has created systems of life to thrive - unless man has done something to damage that)
the purpose of these two exercises is to build your trust in God
more specific to the region of the middle east, common wildflowers
you ever look at the beauty in a sunflower......the amazing structure, etc....
more amazing than anything Solomon ever wore......
than anything that ever walked down the fashion runway....
(Illus. ecosystems are great illustrations of interdependence an dindividuality - how God has created systems of life to thrive - unless man has done something to damage that)
the purpose of these two exercises is to build your trust in God
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TRUST
build your trust in God
since the essence of worry is a lack of faith in God's ability and willingness to provide
little faith is a way of saying your faith numbers are too small
word used to describe amount
so work on your numbers!!
little faith is a way of saying your faith numbers are too small
word used to describe amount
so work on your numbers!!
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Build Your Trust
- Pray
- Join/Start a Bible study
- Prioritze God
- Live today
Pray - talk to God and tell Him what you are worried about
Practice living out Phil 4:4-8
Join/Start a Bible Study
In person/Zoom it
Attend Sunday school
Come Sunday night
Seek, run after God
Devour His perspective more and the world around us less
Change wehre you get your news from - from a place of fear to a place of faith
Live today!! - Read Wesley's admonition about living in the day
Close with Seek Ye First
Practice living out Phil 4:4-8
Join/Start a Bible Study
In person/Zoom it
Attend Sunday school
Come Sunday night
Seek, run after God
Devour His perspective more and the world around us less
Change wehre you get your news from - from a place of fear to a place of faith
Live today!! - Read Wesley's admonition about living in the day
Close with Seek Ye First
