REAL HOPE FOR REAL LIVES “DO NOT BE ANXIOUS”

1. THE PROBLEM:

• What is worry?

• What it isn’t

• What does it reveal?

• What does it lead to?

2. THE PRESCRIPTION: Matt 6:25-34

• Remember who God is and how He cares v25-6; 31-2

• Recognise that worry doesn’t work v27

• Resolve to trust Him more v28-30

• Reset your heart’s priorities v33

• Rely on today’s grace for todays’ troubles v34

3. THE PRINCIPLE TO LIVE BY

• Real Hope is found in single-minded, wholehearted devotion to Jesus

• Worry is the symptom of a double-minded, divided and distracted person

• Worry weakens our worship, chokes our growth, and feeds our idols

4. SOME PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

• Return to the caring Christ in humble repentance

• Root out the idols and replace them with Jesus

• Work out the difference between faithful planning and unfaithful anxiety

• Invite others to help you