"Don't Worry"

God has done it again! I have been very anxious about my upcoming procedure(Friday March 13th). God doesn't want me to be though. He made this morning's message just for me actually! I know that we are all God's children and that He wants the best for all of us. I just really needed this message today. I hope that we can all benefit from it. Just like in past weeks, all scripture will come from the NIV translation and my personal thoughts/notes will be in bold print.



"Don't Worry"
Matthew 6:25-34

Key Scripture Verse:
"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
Matthew 6:33

Matthew 6:25-34
"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 important than food, and the body more important 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? Who are you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lillies 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, O 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."

I. Worrying accomplishes absolutely nothing.(27-29)
Worry changes nothing.

II. Worrying is bad for you.(27)
"An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up."
*Proverbs 12:25
Worry kills. It physically destroys you. It is clinically proven to lead to heart attack, digestive problems, depression, and much more.

III. Worrying is doubting God.(31-32)
Instead of worrying about a situation, pray about the situation. God is in control. He knows the outcome of our trials before we start experiencing them. It is legitimate to be concerned. We need to voice our concerns to God. Turn worry into prayer requests and then pray with tenacity. Our pastor referenced the movie "Secret Life of Bees." I have not seen this movie. He gave a story from the movie where a little girl was faced with a lot of trials. She would write her worries down on paper and then go and place that concerns in the wall outside. It is symbolic of giving our worries over to God. It is arrogate to think that I can handle it all on my own.