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When you find yourself in an overwhelmingly stressful situation, can you fully trust God with whatever weighs so heavily on your heart? Naturally, many of us tend to hold tightly to worries about finances, the health of our family, security, protection, our children's education and careers, and perhaps our well-being for the future. When we are intent on trying to control life's outcomes of a situation, we burden ourselves with anxiety but also quickly realize that Worry is Worthless! God invites us not to worry, but to fully surrender to Him, just as the birds of the air and the flowers of the field do, and by faith, one step at a time, allow Him to be in control and to fill us with His indescribable peace.
Message Notes 20/10/2024 - Dominique Molver
Do not worry | Turn to the Father | Have faith | Trust Him for your Future
Matthew 6:25-34
Worry is Worthless! "Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but you're not going anywhere"
Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV)
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.
1/ Our Father | Matthew 6:25-34
God wants to redirect our focus from worry to Him
Our assurance of God's attentive care if for each of us
He delights in providing for us
Look to God when you are overwhelmed or worried
When we focus on our Father, we cultivate a sense of security and belonging
The compassionate and gracious God is slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness - Exodus 34:6
God cares about what you care about - you can trust in our faithful Father
2/ Our Faith | Matthew 6:33 | 2 Timothy 1:7
Our faith is greater than our fears
Turn to God for freedom
God gives us a Spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind
Worry makes you anxious and drags you away from God but faith gives you peace
Faith is a journey - one step at a time, and faith fills us with peace
Our faith rises when we know we have God backing us
Fear loses its power when we face it and move bravely forward despite it
3/ Our Future | Matthew 6:34
Worry doesn't protect us from problems, but worry robs us of today's peace
We are invited to live without the burden of future fear
Surrender completely to God - He is enough!
God's compassion and relentless pursuit of our lives help us to surrender to Him and increase our faith
Find peace in knowing that God is already in your future
Choose a path of freedom over a path of fear,
worry, and anxiety as you surrender to our
God of compassion and trust Him with your future.
Worry is worthless, but surrender is priceless!
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
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