Mar. 08, 2026

Background:

• Instead of worrying, we should give it to the Lord who will give us peace
• Worry, fear, and anxiety are emotions that we will experience
• Worry creates a cycle of fear and reduce focus and robs people of joy and peace
• Worry can cause people to loose their joy and peace and may even end up taking medication
• Worrying is choosing not to trust God
• It warns our present without changing our future
• Anger and worry are two destructive emotions that reveal our lack of faith in God

Key Sermon Points:

1. We need to understand how harmful worry can become

• Do not worry about our life or what we must eat or drink or wear (Matthew 25; Matthew 6:31)
• That counsel is needed so much that Jesus gives it 3 times
• Some don't believe that God can supply our physical and spiritual needs
• We must trust in the Lord with all our heart (Proverbs 3:5-6)
• Worry can affect our health and reduce our productivity and our ability to trust God
• Some worry about our finances, war, family, health issues...and things that we cannot change
• The key is that we must give it to God and take one day at a time
• How is worrying affect us right now?  Are we in a good place?
• Jesus said that we should not worry because God takes care of even the birds and we are more valuable to Him than the birds
• There is a difference between worry and genuine concern
• Worrying paralyzes us, but concern move us into action because we are trusting God to do His part and we focus on doing our part
• When we think like the world, then we act like the world
• The faithful Christian is not excited about anything, but puts our concerns before God (Philippians 4:6)
• We cannot do anything without Jesus
• The cause of contentment is to seek God's kingdom and loose ourselves in obedience
• Abraham demonstrated obedience in faith (Genesis 22)
• When we are obedient, God will bless our obedience
• We must loose ourselves in obedience in order that we may finish our course that we receive from Jesus Christ (Acts 20:24)
• To seek God's kingdom is to seek souls for God's kingdom
• God saved us for a purpose to witness to others and to glorify God

2. Worry is unwise because of our future

• God is the God of tomorrow and today and eternity
• God is loving and kind and compassionate...and His love does not fail
• Some people commit to worry or think about potential problems in the future
• We cannot remove worry until we replace it with something better
• What is better:
  • Prayer - worry less and pray more
  • God's peace (v. 34)
• The believers' response is to trust God
• God is greater than the things that we worry about
• Worry is sin because it denies the love, wisdom, and power of God
• Worry denies God's wisdom and denies that God knows everything
• God created us and knows us (before we were conceived)
• Worry denies God power, which is enough to do what He needs to do
• Worrying is nothing but pain, but the Lord is great and greatly to be praise
• Stop worrying because worrying is destructive...start praying because God is the only one that can change things...give everything to God in prayer