Slaying the Giant of Worry.

Matt 6:

 

25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 

The definition for worry.

  1. What the passage is not saying.
  2. What is worry. 

 

The prayer of serenity.

Why about the things that you can change because you can.

Why worry about the things that you cannot change because you cannot.

 

      I.    Facing the giant of Worry.

      A.    Worry is Inconsistent

      B.     Worry is Irrational

      C.     Worry is Ineffective

      D.     Worry is Illogical

      E.     Worry is Irreligious

 

II.                Fighting the Giant of worry.

A.            To win over worry we need a system of priorities

                            33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these       

                      things shall be added unto you

 

B.            To win over worry we need a strategic program.         

How an ocean going vessel stays a float?

1.      Do not worry about tomorrow

2.      Do not worry about yesterday.

a.       Yesterday’s Sins

b.      Yesterday’s Success.

c.       Yesterday’s sorrow

                3.  Enjoy today.

Let us live a worry tight life.

Close the compartments of yesterday and the compartments of tomorrow.