Therefore… Don’t worry

Message Begins around 34:00

Therefore… Don’t worry

Dave Riddle - 9/4/22

Key Passage: Matthew 6:25-34

Don’t Worry

• Matthew 6:25

• Worry = merimnaō (μεριμνάω) - to be anxious; to be troubled with cares.

  • Mary and Martha

    • Luke 10:41

    • Troubled = thorybazō (θορυβάζω) - troubled, disquieted, turbid.

• Look at the birds

  • Matthew 6:26

What benefit does worrying provide?

• Matthew 6:27

  • Can you add a second to your life or an inch to your height by worrying?

  • When, after worrying, do you feel better about your life?

• Look at the wild flowers

  • Matthew 6:28-30

The Challenge

• Are we willing to trust Him with our lives?

  • Matthew 6:30

  • Look at how much God loves us.

    • “…you of little faith”

• Don’t worry

  • Matthew 6:31-32

  • Paul reiterates this in Philippians 4:6

• Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

  • Mathew 6:33

  • Luke 10:41-42 (Mary and Martha)

    • There is only one thing that matters!

• Why? Because tomorrow will have its own worries, and today has enough trouble of its own.

  • Trouble = kakia (κακία) - badness, malice, wickedness, evil