Sermon Tone Analysis

Worry free Life

Pray that God would help you have faith in both small and big matters.

Read Matthew 6:1–34.

Reflect on Matthew 6:25–34.

Matthew 6:25-34

In 6:25 Jesus begins a discussion on worry by pointing back (“therefore …”) to what He just said.

How does Jesus’ teaching on worry relate to the accumulation of earthly treasures?

God is not telling us not to plan but not to worry or be anxious.

We are not to be consumed by attaining so much wealth that we literally make it our God .

Jesus said the following Matthew 6:24 “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.

Worry brings sickness

What Happens With Excessive Worrying?

Worrying is feeling uneasy or being overly concerned about a situation or problem.

With excessive worrying, your mind and body go into overdrive as you constantly focus on "what might happen."

In the midst of excessive worrying, you may suffer with high anxiety -- even panic -- during waking hours.

Many chronic worriers tell of feeling a sense of impending doom or unrealistic fears that only increase their worries.

Ultra-sensitive to their environment and to the criticism of others, excessive worriers may see anything -- and anyone -- as a potential threat.

Sermon on the Mount

Gives us everything we need to live a victorious life.

1. Priority is necessary to set around the Kingdom of God

Are you part of God kingdom?

There are rules everywhere Matthew 6:25

2. What worries does Jesus’ mention in 6:25?

What aspects of life cause you to worry?

We are not to worry about: :

1.

Our life

2. What we are going to eat

3. Shelter

Necessities of life

God is faithful Matthew 6:26-27 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[e]?

Are you worried?

Look at the birds , God provides for the bird

They don’t sow or reap but God provides

You are more valuable than the birds.

A. God feeds and clothes you.

Kingdom approach -thank God for his provision

B. Jesus say if you can trust me in the small things then you know where to turn to in the large things

What causes you to worry?

Jesus uses two illustrations from nature to explain why we shouldn’t worry: Birds don’t store up their next meal, but God provides for them; lilies don’t exert any effort to grow, but God makes them beautiful.

Jesus does not say we should neglect planning ahead or being diligent in our work (compare Prov 10:4–5).

Instead, He says we should not be anxious or worry about these matters.

a.

We Need to Distinguish Between Cares

There are literally two different types of cares the Bible gives us.

1.

A care for the world.

There are cares, concerns, which come from just being alive in this world.

They are very worldly in nature, not necessarily sinful, but they spring from life in this world.

This is a principle you need to understand if you're going to understand this message.

Where the heart is, there our concerns lie.

For example, the reason Jesus commands us in Matthew 6 not to worry about what we will eat or what we will wear or even tomorrow, is because He wants us to understand our life does not depend on the things of this world but upon Him.

If we grow concerned about these sometimes-necessary material things we grow dependent upon the world.

Where your concerns are is where your dependency, trust and inclinations will be.

Jesus is saying don't be troubled by earthly things because if that becomes the preoccupation, your heart will be there also.

If you are anxious about anything or, in our vernacular, if you stay up at night worried about things—you have a hard time falling asleep because your mind cannot stop thinking about and fretting over and trying to conceive a pathway out of the circumstance—the world has your heart.

2. A care for the Kingdom of God.

If you are not concerned with the things of the Kingdom then you lose heart for the Kingdom.

In other words, there ought to be some genuine, deep concerns about Kingdom matters.

God wants you to be deeply concerned about issues that involve the Kingdom of God and its advancement.

3.Is there a difference between concerns and worries?

The answer is yes and no.

Yes, having a deep concern, as Paul put it, or being worried is defined very much the same.

However, I want to use these words differently this morning and distinguish between a godly care and a worldly care because there is a difference.

If there were no difference, then why don't we say godly worry?

We don't say that because we know it's not godly to worry.

So, there must be a difference.

a.

There is a test to distinguish whether you are concerned about the Kingdom of God or worried about the things of this world.

However, there is a huge difference between being worried and being deeply concerned.

Being worried always looks to earthly resources for help and therefore a feeling of panic and hopelessness will set in.

Concern looks to God in prayer for resolution and therefore you have hope because you trust the Judge of all the earth will do right.

Care for the world is called worry because the world cannot solve those cares and concerns.

Oh, there might be temporary solutions in this world, but in the end, when it comes to you being able to master every problem that comes to you because of living in this world, there will be some problems you will not be able to manage or correct.

They will overcome you.

That is the sense of panic and hopelessness worry brings with it.

But you can be deeply concerned about the things of God, even about an electric bill being paid, and it is not worry.

How is that?

Because you take it to God in prayer, trusting that the Judge of all the earth will do right.

There is no sense of hopelessness in that.

It is very much full of hope because you have learned to take your cares into the realm of prayer and faith.

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, make your requests be made known to God, with thanksgiving..."

Deep concerns, concerns that seem so close to anxiety are not when we take them to God and don’t try to resolve them on our own through thinking and plotting and strategizing, instead we literally lay them before God.

Is it easier for you to have faith in God for big concerns—things like salvation—than for everyday concerns?

Explain your answer.

Many people find it easier to trust for the big things because it out of there control and only God can.

The small everyday concerns we feel we can mange it and we do not turn to God for peace and solace in those difficult and mundane problems.

Mathew 6:31 the gentile seek but your heavenly Father knows what you need.

· God is faithful

· This morning he was faithful

· Continues to be faithful

· Seek first the kingdom of God

· Don’t worry about tomorrow

· Each day brings its own problems

4. What does Jesus say we should do instead of worrying (6:32)?

32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

We are to live with that assurance that the Father in heaven has our back.

5. How do we go about seeking the kingdom (compare Matthew 5:3–12, Matthew 6:19–20)?