Panic Attack: Don’t Worry About Tomorrow: Matthew 6:24-34

 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2 (ESV)

1. Does Worry Make Sense?

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Matthew 6:24-26 (NIV)

2. Does Worry Make Things Better?

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew 6:27 (NIV)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

3. Does Worry Bring Me Closer To God?

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life…
Matthew 6:25 (NIV)

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:31-32 (NIV)

Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him.
Matthew 7:9-11 (CSB)

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:33-34 (NIV)

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Panic Attack: Trust The Process: Psalm 56:3-4

 

Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
James 1:2-4 (CSB)

When I am afraid, I will trust in you.4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 56:3-4 (CSB)

Trust The Process…

1. When I’m Afraid

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.2 My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.
Psalm 56:1-2 (CSB)

The fear of mankind is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.
Proverbs 29:25 (CSB)

2. I Will Trust You

When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 (CSB)

You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
Psalm 56:8 (CSB)

…casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:7 (CSB)

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:36 (CSB)

Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. “I am willing,” He told him. “Be made clean.”
Mark 1:41 (CSB)

3. I Will Not Be Afraid

I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 56:4 (CSB)

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me.
Psalm 56:9 (CSB)

What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 8:31 (CSB)

In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,11 in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
Psalm 56:10 (CSB)

Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.”8 The Lord is the one who will go before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:6,8 (CSB)

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Panic Attack: Keep Your Head Up: Psalm 3:1-8

 

1. I Have Significant Challenges

Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me. 2 Many say about me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah
Psalm 3:1-2 (CSB)

No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
2 Samuel 14:25 (CSB)

2. I Have Divine Resources

But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
Psalm 3:3 (CSB)

I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
Psalm 3:4 (CSB)

I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
Psalm 3:5 (CSB)

I will not be afraid of thousands of people who have taken their stand against me on every side.
Psalm 3:6 (CSB)

3. I Have Great Expectations

Rise up, Lord! Save me, my God! You strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to the Lord; may your blessing be on your people.
Psalm 3:7-8 (CSB)

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Schooled: Who Ya Foolin: Proverbs 26:1-28

 

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 26:1 (CSB)

1. The Rebel Fool Resists Following Authority

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 26:3 (CSB)

Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness, or you’ll be like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his foolishness, or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:4-5 (CSB)

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:6 (CSB)

As a dog returns to its vomit, so also a fool repeats his foolishness.
Proverbs 26:11 (CSB)

2. The Egomaniac Fool Values Their Ideas More Than God’s

Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12 (CSB)

3. The Slacker Fool Looks for the Easiest Way to Get by

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—a lion in the public square!” 14 A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed.15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser than seven who can answer sensibly.
Proverbs 26:13-16 (CSB)

The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 (CSB)

He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
Titus 2:14 (CSB)

4. The Gossip Fool Provokes People by Their Words

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:17 (CSB)

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,19 so is the person who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” 20 Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down. 21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:18-21 (CSB)

A gossip’s words are like choice food that goes down to one’s innermost being. Smooth lips with an evil heart are like glaze on an earthen vessel. A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbors deceit within. When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart. Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly. The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone—it will come back on him. A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 26:24-28 (CSB)

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.
Matthew 12:34 (CSB)

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18 (CSB)

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