Made it through yesterday! Long day but I took my vitamins and I was fine. Poor Mark coming off a big wedding yesterday is wiped out. I am abit sore myself!
Church was a breath of fresh air….I love going to Bayside….Pastor Ray taught on WORRY! It really was phenomenal….
Anyone worrying about anything??? Here are my notes:
LIVING WITH FAITH AND CONFIDENCE
Matthew 6:25-34
(Jesus on Worry, Anxiety, Fear and Dread)
1. Worry Distracts :
“Therefore 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
We are more worried about the externals than the internals and eternals ….
2.Worry Devalues:
“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 more valuable than they?” Matthew 6:26
3. Worry Doesn’t Work:
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
Matthew 6: 27
4. Worry Dishonors God:
” And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin., Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 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, O you, of little faith.” Matthew 6:28-30
Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves, yesterday’s regret and tomorrow’s worries!
-Warren Weirsbe
How To Make It Through A Storm
1. Relax your response- Storms happen!
facts about storms:
*storms are inevitable- James 1: 2 says, “when you face trials”.
*storms are unpredictable- Matthew 6:24 says, “Without warning a furious storm came up”
*storms are impartial- Matthew 8:24 says, “He sends the rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”
COMMON REACTIONS TO STORMS
*Anxiety
*Panic
*Helplessness
*Hopelessness
“Why are you so afraid?” Mark 4:40 “Teacher don’t you care?” Mark 4:38
We can get stuck at anyone of these places…
but we we can have peace instead…
*REMEMBER GOD’S CLOSENESS*
Then Jesus got in the boat and His disciples followed Him. Mark 4:23
But their eyes were on the storm…
“FEAR NOT, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you ad when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you!”
Isaiah 43:1-2
*REST IN GOD’S CARE*
The disciples said to Him, “Teacher dont you care if we drown?” Mark 4:38
It was their unbelief that caused them to fear and that fear made them question whether or not Jesus cared.
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because HE CARES FOR YOU!”
*REFOCUS ON GOD’S PROMISES*
He (Jesus) said to His disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake” Mark 4:35
“Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves” Quiet! Be still!” then the wind died down and it was completely calm. Mark 4:39
“The men were amazed and asked, “what kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey Him?” Matthew 8:27
Read the whole story in context in Mark 4:35-41…since God’s word is living and powerful it will speak to your heart things that aren’t even written here…
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Worry is so automatic and habitual that it worries me that I don’t do anything about it from day to day and year to year…they pile up and cause nothing but harm. If you want freedom from worry pray with me today that God will open our eyes to His words of truth that are above and beyond our daily worries….let’s cast it all off today!
“An anxious heart weighs a man down”
Proverbs 12:25
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