Why are you anxious?
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Anxiety
Why are you Anxious? worry
Matt 6:25-34
In general terms, anxiety is defined as:
A feeling of worry, unease, apprehension, or nervousness about an imminent event or future situation with an uncertain outcome.Distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear or danger or misfortune.[2]A state of apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from anticipation of a realistic or fantasized threatening event or situation, often impairing physical and psychological functioning.
Anxiety occurs when we behave (think and act) in an apprehensive manner, such as when worrying about a future situation or circumstance.
nervousness,
restlessness, or being tense feelings of danger, p
rapid heart rate
rapid breathing
heavy sweating
trembling or
muscle twitching weakness and lethargy
difficulty focusing or thinking clearly about anything other than the thing you’re worried about,
insomnia
In the recent survey, conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of Yahoo Canada, 1500 canadian
34 per cent of adult men and 47 per cent of women strongly or somewhat agreed that “I consider myself someone who struggles with anxiety.” Among those aged 30 and under, 71 per cent of females reported being anxious, versus 53 per cent of men. Among 18 to 29-year-olds, 63 per cent reported having anxiety.
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before we dive into what Jesus says about worry/anxiety. I want to say that there are some case when you need to talk to and seek help for a Doc. God has given us the wonderful thing Doc.
mat6:25-34
part way in the sermon on the mod,
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
therefore? The verse right before here is talk about lay up treasures in heaven. instead of storing thing on earth where moth and rust destroy them. store them in heaven. earthly thing do not matter.
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
What could causes anxiety?
letting the wants of the world control you
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Lacking condience in God will take care of us
1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
letting your sin run your life.
Abandoning God
Anxiety can lead us away from God
we start
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
What can we do to help with anxiety?
keep God First-
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Prayer
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Trust that God will take care you your.
26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Closing
how he loves