GETTING FREE FROM THE WEIGHT OF WORRY (3 OF 3)
by Craig Smith
Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34
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Getting Free From the Weight of Worry (3 of 3)
Series: Travel Light
Craig Smith
Matthew 6:25-34
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Really glad to have you with us this weekend. We're in a series called Travel Light where we're looking at some teaching from Jesus about how to get free from some of the unnecessary weight that we all tend to carry in life.
So far we've looked at the weight of money, or earthly treasure...not because its bad, but because it's temporary and yet it tends to draw our trust to itself. And Jesus teaches us that generosity is the remedy. Through generosity, we can have treasure without coming to trust in it.
We've also looked at the weight of bad bosses...of things that add to our load when we give them our loyalty. And Jesus teaches us that only he lightens our load in return for our loyalty. And one of the primary ways we keep our loyalty with Jesus is by living generously with our time, talent and treasure. Using the first portion of all of those for his purposes.
Today, we're going to tackle the weight of worry. And if you've ever been really worried about something, you know how much worry can weigh us down, right? Maybe you've been worried about something related to your health or the health of someone you love. Maybe it's been financial worries. Or relationship worries. Maybe you're worried about the Coronavirus or maybe you're worried about the impact of the Coronavirus on the stock market or on your company.. I mean, there's so many different things that we can worry about.
And worry takes a huge toll on us. In fact, here's a really good piece of advice: if you are prone to worry, do not, under any circumstances...do not Google how bad worry is for you! Because it will mess you up. Because it turns out worry is really bad for us! Worry actually keeps us in a low-level fight-or-flight mode, which uses up a lot of our body's resources. But the body can't manufacture resources, so it has to divert them.. ...
Series: Travel Light
Craig Smith
Matthew 6:25-34
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. Really glad to have you with us this weekend. We're in a series called Travel Light where we're looking at some teaching from Jesus about how to get free from some of the unnecessary weight that we all tend to carry in life.
So far we've looked at the weight of money, or earthly treasure...not because its bad, but because it's temporary and yet it tends to draw our trust to itself. And Jesus teaches us that generosity is the remedy. Through generosity, we can have treasure without coming to trust in it.
We've also looked at the weight of bad bosses...of things that add to our load when we give them our loyalty. And Jesus teaches us that only he lightens our load in return for our loyalty. And one of the primary ways we keep our loyalty with Jesus is by living generously with our time, talent and treasure. Using the first portion of all of those for his purposes.
Today, we're going to tackle the weight of worry. And if you've ever been really worried about something, you know how much worry can weigh us down, right? Maybe you've been worried about something related to your health or the health of someone you love. Maybe it's been financial worries. Or relationship worries. Maybe you're worried about the Coronavirus or maybe you're worried about the impact of the Coronavirus on the stock market or on your company.. I mean, there's so many different things that we can worry about.
And worry takes a huge toll on us. In fact, here's a really good piece of advice: if you are prone to worry, do not, under any circumstances...do not Google how bad worry is for you! Because it will mess you up. Because it turns out worry is really bad for us! Worry actually keeps us in a low-level fight-or-flight mode, which uses up a lot of our body's resources. But the body can't manufacture resources, so it has to divert them.. ...
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