Matthew 6:25-34
Do Not Worry
25 “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? 26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 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? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 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.
- Worry will just stay there, but concern will result in action
- The devil's strategy is to put worries into your mind tormenting you and drown you from the purpose of God so that you can't live a blessed life
- Worry = Fruitless exercise > Can't do anything good
= Down payment of a problem that may not exist
- Do not worry > Do not be distracted from carrying out the will of God in life
Matthew 6:22-24
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- The eyes will determine what the mind will think
- Don't store treasures on earth, but store treasures in heaven
3 Ways to Overcome
1. Focus on God
- Cause us to see clearly and do what we ought to do
- Get it fixed and don't cause worries by comparing with other people
- In the midst of trouble, choose to praise God
- What does God want me to learn in this situation?
2. Have Faith in God
- When your confidence is in God, He will get you somewhere
- Most powerful tool that can change your life
- Declare scriptures into tough situations
3. Just do it ✅
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