WHAT TO DO WITH WORRY
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WHAT TO DO WITH WORRY
WHAT TO DO WITH WORRY
34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 21:34
I wonder how many of you this morning are weighed down? I wonder how many this morning are focused on the wrong things, are suffering silently from depression, who are robbed of genuine peace and contentment and are filled with anxiety. The Word of God predicted that the days that lead up to the return of the Word of God will be days that are filled with stress, worry, and rampant wickedness. The author of the Woord of God, the Lord Jesus Christ prophecied that these days would be troubling.
2 Timothy-= For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (james)
In fact here is Luke chapter 21 Jesus is prophesying his return and speaks of the distress of nations… and with that unrest it trickles its way into our homes… And Jesus warned that we need to watch over ourselves… We can’t change others, we waste our time, and health worrying about others, the key to others is not worry it is prayer.
What doe it mean to WATCH?
By chasing after it many have pierced themselves through with sorrow.
Greek word is prosecho- The H is silent
Proseco- to be in a continuous state of readiness to learn of any future danger, need, or error, and to respond appropriately—‘to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on one’s guard against.’
And Jesus warned that you and I need to watch.... Our hearts.... Do you know that according to scripture your heart is the key to hapiness, your heart is the key to healthiness. Your heart is the key to abundant living. And it is the heart that the the object of a long and brutal war.
Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, pp. 332–333). New York: United Bible Societies. We
Look again at verse 34 again… watch, lest you heart be weighed down with dissipation, this word dissipation means to be weighed down with drukness that leads to immoral living. When you are down you have to be intentional about getting back up. Not allowing your life to be ensnared by drunkenness and weighed down with the cares of this life.... Can everyone agree that the cares of this life can be heavy… and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 27.59 προσέχω; ἐπέχω
27.59 προσέχωa; ἐπέχωa: to be in a continuous state of readiness to learn of any future danger, need, or error, and to respond appropriately—‘to pay attention to, to keep on the lookout for, to be alert for, to be on one’s guard against.’
προσέχωa: προσέχετε δὲ τὴν δικαιοσύνην ὑμῶν μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ‘make certain that you do not perform your religious duties in public’ Mt 6:1.ἐπέχωa: ἔπεχε σεαυτῷ καὶ τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ ‘watch yourself and watch your teaching’ 1 Tm 4:16.
Now He is speaking to believers.... There is a sense where a person is immediately and forever saved upon conversion… I believe in the security of the believer. But listen the Bible warns that it must not stop there, you must not get weighed down and fall back… There is a fight to fight and a war to be won, and he says
Detours
Today I want you and I to be free from anxiety. Free from the cares of this life.
Talk about how the enemy wants to carve us off the path. In in essence He carves us away from the flock. we Need each other. If you don’t have anyone around you when you are drowning you will just drown. The enemy will push your head under the water.
Jesus said the way to life is narrow and hard, and there be few that find it. But he did not say that it is impossible. He did say that it is hard but it is worth it.
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew 6:19
I. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A PROPER PRIORITY
I. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A PROPER PRIORITY
This whole passage is about faith and relationship
I. Definite priority needs to be established
God needs to be priority in your life....
In fact
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
God will not take the back seat. He will not be your co pilot. He will not take second place in your life. If you and I are going to live a life free from anxiety and worry. If we are going to have the inner strength and the fortituede to live in victory, God must be a priority. He needs to be a priority in your marriage. He will not take back seat to your wife and kids. He will not take back seat to your job. He will not take back seat to your hobbies, to your fishing, or your hunting or anything else.
And more than anything He will not take back seat in your finances.
LOOK AGAIN AT VERSE 19
MATTHEW 6:19-20
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
So many people are battling depression because of debt, they are battling anxiety because of this principle right here. their treasure are laid up right here… a place where moths and rust destroy, and that s if thieves don’t first break in and steal it. The key to abundant living is giving to the Kingdom of God. Being focused on him. I own and run a business, a business that is becoming quite profitable… But you know what that business is not about me. That business is about Him. it alllows me to give to the Kingdom. It allows me to get into peoples homes where I can minister and pray with them. And I have learned this lesson over the years, you cannot out give God. Sometimes I give until it hurts, but He always provides
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
1 Timothy
If your eye is healthy- Now many people have a hard time with this saying because it seems like it is disconnected with the verses before and after…
When jesus says the eye is the lamp of the body , so if your eye is healthy or good your whole body will be full of light but if your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness.
This saying is actually an ancient jewish idiom that has to do with your generosity… Wha tjesus is saying is that if you are a stingy person, your going to have a dark soul. But if you are a generous person then your soul will be full of light. Things will break forth for you.
Do you know why God instituted tithing? Its not because He needs your money. It is actually his gift to you. because Tithing, and giving and just being a geneous person works selfishness out of you ....
And jesus is saying that if you are a selfish person a stingy person… if your eye is bad… Look at verse 23
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matt
And what you have is darkness… Spiritual darkness. A carnal mind, a carnal heart....
Hold your place right there and go over to the book of James
old your place right there and go over to the book of James
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:13
This is is what the darkened heart looks like…
full of bitter jealousy.... and selfish ambition… Do you know what the problem in America is today? It is preaching that fosters this type of bitter jealousy and selfish ambition. tODAY PREACHING PANDERS TO PEOPLES PETTINESS. IT PROPS UP
Listen IF YOU HAVE AN EYE THAT IS BAD. if the Light that is in you is actuallly darkness. IF YOU ARE A SELF CENTERED, ALWAYS AT WAR WITH OTHERS, ALWAYS NEEDING YOUR OPINION TO BE HEARD, Motivated by power and control, if you are the type of person that has to push theirself to the front of the line.
There is little that I can do to build up your confidence. there is little I can do to get you free.... The only solution for your problem is to repent. There is no side stepping
Preaching that helps people feel better about themselves, instead of preaching that addresses the real problem. And the real problem is that most churches are full of selfish people, who are self indulgent, who are always at war with one another.... and what does James say?
This type of wisdom is not from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic
And look at verse 16… for where there are these things there will also be disorder and every vile practice....
2. There Is a Renewing Transformation
Now, watch what happens when you do that. When there is a reasonable presentation, then there is a renewing transformation. Look at the Scripture here now in verse 2. He says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”—“be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed.” () Now, look at that word transformed. It is translated in another place in the Bible “transfigured.” It is the same word. When Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration, remember, He took Peter, James, and John and went up to a high mountain. And there, He was transfigured, and His garments became white as snow, glistening like the sun. And, there Jesus’ glory was manifested. The Bible, describing that term, says that Jesus was “transfigured,” (; ) but it’s the same word that is translated “transformed” here. And, both this word transfigured and this word transformed come from a word that we get our English word metamorphosis from. Do you know what a metamorphosis is? A metamorphosis is a transformation that takes place in an animal, an organism, or a person. It actually means “a change of form”—a metamorphosis, “a change of form.”
•For example, when a caterpillar goes into that chrysalis, that cocoon, and sleeps awhile and then comes out, and he emerges as a beautiful monarch butterfly, that caterpillar has gone through a transformation, a transfiguration. A metamorphosis is when the inner nature comes to the surface. The inner nature of that caterpillar is a butterfly, but it has to go through a metamorphosis.•
Rogers, A. (2017). Knowing and Doing the Will of God. In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (). Signal Hill,
YOU CANNOT HAVE TWO MASTERS
23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Matthew
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive 2. There Is a Renewing Transformation
2. There Is a Renewing Transformation
Now, watch what happens when you do that. When there is a reasonable presentation, then there is a renewing transformation. Look at the Scripture here now in verse 2. He says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind”—“be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed.” (Romans 12:2) Now, look at that word transformed. It is translated in another place in the Bible “transfigured.” It is the same word. When Jesus was on the Mount of Transfiguration, remember, He took Peter, James, and John and went up to a high mountain. And there, He was transfigured, and His garments became white as snow, glistening like the sun. And, there Jesus’ glory was manifested. The Bible, describing that term, says that Jesus was “transfigured,” (Matthew 17:2; Mark 9:2–3) but it’s the same word that is translated “transformed” here. And, both this word transfigured and this word transformed come from a word that we get our English word metamorphosis from. Do you know what a metamorphosis is? A metamorphosis is a transformation that takes place in an animal, an organism, or a person. It actually means “a change of form”—a metamorphosis, “a change of form.”
•For example, when a caterpillar goes into that chrysalis, that cocoon, and sleeps awhile and then comes out, and he emerges as a beautiful monarch butterfly, that caterpillar has gone through a transformation, a transfiguration. A metamorphosis is when the inner nature comes to the surface. The inner nature of that caterpillar is a butterfly, but it has to go through a metamorphosis.•
Now, what is mammon? Just an Aramaic word for “possessions.” It came to be the god of wealth, the god of personal possessions. You can’t serve both. Now, Jesus, here, did not say, “You ought not to try to have two masters. Jesus didn’t say, “It’s better not to have two masters.” What Jesus Christ here is talking about is an impossibility: you can’t serve two masters. It’s absolutely impossible
ESV9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
ESV9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive III. We Must Practice True Worship
Jesus didn’t say, “It’s better not to have two masters.” What Jesus Christ here is talking about is an impossibility: you can’t serve two masters. It’s absolutely impossible
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
A life that is full of darkness, a life that is selfish, not generous, is a life of darkness.... It is a life filled with worry. It is a life that is always going to be at war with everybody else, because truth be told it is at war within itself....
It is a life filled with Worry
Worry is needless
Worry is needless
The whole point of this passage is if you are children, you do not have to live like orphans. the whole chapter here in Matthew is about faith. in a few previous verses Jesus teaches how to pray.... And that prayer is to Almighty, awesom , unapproachable one?
No it is a prayer to a Father
9 Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Matthew 6
A Father that wants to give us our daily bread, He wants to bless you, He wants to givew you those things that give you strenght. YOU MUST BE A CHILD OF HIS
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
He wants to forgive you of all your debts all your sins, but that is in accordance of how you forgive others
Matt 6:
12 and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Do you know that you can ask God to forgive you, and He not forgive you? His forgiveness is contingent. What is it contingent on? How we forgive others. you know that you can mumble the words with sincerity and it be withed. Why? Because you have a problem with someone inside your church, someone at your workplace. That someone may be your spouse, your mother, your brother, or a brother from another mother!
Oh how many people would be unshackled from the torment of worry if they would just learn how to forgive, forgive often, forgive easily, and forgive quickly.... after all if you belong to Christ your life is no longer your own. You have no rights, you are commanded to take a cross… Yes a cross like the one that the lord bared. A cross that while he was carrying on his beaten and battered body, people were around him mocking and spitting. Cursing and condemning. And if he is our example he said Father forgive them they know not what they do!!!
Worry is Senseless
Worry is Senseless
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
The logic here is Jesus is saying look at these birds
He is saying look at those birds over there. They neither sow nor do they reap, and yet the Father feeds them… He is saying, listen are you not more valuable than they?
Now notice again the use of the word Father. All this that I am speaking about is for the children of God. You say well isn’t everybody children of God. No God is every ones creator. But not everyone is God’s child. Jesus called some of the Pharoisees children of the devil
Worry is Pagan
Worry is Pagan
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:
Ask and it will be Given you, Seek it out, Knock and things will be opened
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
MATTHEW 7:
Matthew
28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Things we need to stay strong in this day
Major Depressive Disorder
The leading cause of disability in the U.S. for ages 15 to 44.3.
MDD affects more than 16.1 million American adults, or about 6.7%of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year.
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More prevalent in women than in men.
You need a strong church family. Listen you are not smarter than the Lord. There is a lot of hating on the body of Christ but you need to understand something
You need a close walk with the Lord
You need a healthy diet of the Word
You need a strong prayer life
You need a generous heart