Tough Questions: How Can I Stop Worrying?

February 9, 2020   /   Christ Church on Harvard

                                 Tough Questions:  How can I stop worrying?

                                                     Matthew 6:25-34

 

What Jesus had to say about worry:

 

  1. It’s

 

    “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?    Matthew 6:25 (NIV) 

 

  1. It’s

 

    “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?” Matthew 6:26 (NIV) 

 

  1. It’s

 

    “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”   Matthew 6:27 (NIV) 

 

  1. It’s

 

    “And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!”  Matthew 6:30 (NLT) 

 

How do I stop worrying?

 

  1. Get to

 

    “People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.” Matthew 6:32 (Msg) 

 

  1. Put in every area of my life

 

    “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”     Matthew 6:33 (NIV) 

 

  1. Live at a time

 

    “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”   Matthew 6:34 (NIV) 

 

  1. Trust God

 

    “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”    1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) 

 

 

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