Winning your Battle against Worry

Bible Text: Matthew 6:25–34 | Presenter: Pastor Joel Jocelyn | Series: Winning your Inner Battles:
The War Within | Series:
“Winning your Inner Battles: The War Within”
Part 2

“Winning your battle against worry.”

Matthew 6:25–34
Worry:

(Verb)
To torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.

Prevalence of worry by age:

Ages 15 – 29: 50% worry a lot
Ages 30 – 49: 52% worry a lot
Ages 50+: 38% worry a lot

You worry about the things to which you devote your mind the most.
Matthew 6: 15–24
Top Four Issues that worry Americans the Most (2015 Gallup Poll):

54% – The availability and affordability of healthcare
53% – The economy
51% – The possibility of future terrorist attacks in the U.S.
46% – The Social Security system

Don’t worry!
You worry about the things to which you devote your mind the most.

Your Life

The length of it.

Your body

How to feed it
How to keep it comfortable

Worry is useless – It does not change the future
Worry is senseless
Matthew 6:26
Matthew 6:27
Charles Mayo of the Mayo Clinic:

“Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, and the whole nervous system. I have never met a man or knew a man to die of overwork, but I have sure known a lot who died of worry.”

God loves me more than He loves birds!
God dresses the flowers.

Matthew 6:28 -30

Worry is a sin.
Worry is a personal attack against God:

His Person – He is your Father
His Promise – He promised to take care of your needs

Philippians 4:19

Stop Worrying

Don’t start worrying

What is the answer to worry?

Rearrange your priorities and focus
Be kingdom minded and obedience focused

Matthew 6:33