WINNING AGAINST WORRY (4 OF 7)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33
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Winning Against Worry (4 of 8)
Series: In God We Trust
Tim Badal
Matthew 6:25-33
We’re in the middle of series called ‘‘In God We Trust,’’ in which we’re learning what it means to trust God with all our lives because He is completely trustworthy. To do this, we cannot lean on our own understanding, but must acknowledge Him in all our ways (Proverbs 3:5-6). We also saw that the reason we should trust God is that He is the Owner and Master of all things. He controls every aspect of our lives. Because He is our Creator, we should put ourselves in His hands. Today we’re going to be focusing on the enemy of trust, which is worry, as it’s described in Matthew 6:25-33. All of us struggle with worry. Because our church focus is on God, as we sing His praises and talk about His character, if you were asked if you trust God, most of you would answer, ‘‘Of course I trust God.’’ If you were asked how deeply you trust Him, you would probably answer, ‘‘Very deeply.’’ As Christians, we have put our faith in Jesus to save us from our sins. While we might have an authentic salvation trust-having hope and peace that on judgment day God will invite us to be with Him forever-there’s another sort of trust that we need to talk about today. I’m going to call this sanctifying trust. This is the trust that involves everyday matters in our lives. Even though our salvation trust might be deep, many of us have all kinds of anxieties and worries about the details of our present circumstances. What this means is that we believe the God Whom we say we trust with our place in eternity isn’t quite up for the problems in our temporary world. He’s not strong or sovereign enough to address these issues. It really seems odd that we could trust Him for eternity but not for today, which is exactly what is happening when we worry about everyday things. We need to realize that this is not God’s desire for us. Rather, He calls us to rest in His faithful hands. So we’re going to be looking at this mat ...
Series: In God We Trust
Tim Badal
Matthew 6:25-33
We’re in the middle of series called ‘‘In God We Trust,’’ in which we’re learning what it means to trust God with all our lives because He is completely trustworthy. To do this, we cannot lean on our own understanding, but must acknowledge Him in all our ways (Proverbs 3:5-6). We also saw that the reason we should trust God is that He is the Owner and Master of all things. He controls every aspect of our lives. Because He is our Creator, we should put ourselves in His hands. Today we’re going to be focusing on the enemy of trust, which is worry, as it’s described in Matthew 6:25-33. All of us struggle with worry. Because our church focus is on God, as we sing His praises and talk about His character, if you were asked if you trust God, most of you would answer, ‘‘Of course I trust God.’’ If you were asked how deeply you trust Him, you would probably answer, ‘‘Very deeply.’’ As Christians, we have put our faith in Jesus to save us from our sins. While we might have an authentic salvation trust-having hope and peace that on judgment day God will invite us to be with Him forever-there’s another sort of trust that we need to talk about today. I’m going to call this sanctifying trust. This is the trust that involves everyday matters in our lives. Even though our salvation trust might be deep, many of us have all kinds of anxieties and worries about the details of our present circumstances. What this means is that we believe the God Whom we say we trust with our place in eternity isn’t quite up for the problems in our temporary world. He’s not strong or sovereign enough to address these issues. It really seems odd that we could trust Him for eternity but not for today, which is exactly what is happening when we worry about everyday things. We need to realize that this is not God’s desire for us. Rather, He calls us to rest in His faithful hands. So we’re going to be looking at this mat ...
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