How to Let Go of Worry and Find Peace in God

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about how to handle worry and anxiety in Week twelve

of our series Redefined.

We're gonna talk about anxiety six times, okay, six times

from ninth verses from Matthew six twenty five to thirty four.

Six times this word anxious was actually mentioned. If you

check the another version and IV talks about worry worry?

Do we worry? Worried? What is anxiety? Anxiety is an

emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil something inside.

Maybe you don't see it outside, but something's happening inside,

often accompanied by nervous behavior such as pacing back and forth.

Hindiepooh anxious, I know I'm pacing back and forth. Excited

excited I'm excited, such as pacing back and forth. It

is the subjectivity unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated or

future events. Something's about to happeness in your mind. You're anxious.

You're anxious about tomorrow. Why tomorrow is Monday? Okay, tomorrow,

Monday is starting on school, starting on work week. Marquit

pin arama, mahalmung boss mark you nothing's to do some

you you you you feel anxious already. There was a

translation about anxiety worry that it is characterized by a

person being choked anxiety. You're here, You're like being choked.

You're being choked. I remember I I know of this

person who he was a businessman, and then when he

was doing business that be built up anxiety. Yeah, and

it always starts Saturday evening when Sunday comes. Sometimes they

would go to church. He would be with his family.

He would be with his close family and extended family.

But then most oftentimes his mind won't be with them,

and then magda be built up. Now on towards after lunchtime,

going going to the evening, he would be so reclusive,

notey and sometimes because he's so anxious. He saw anxious

because of the next day, what will happen the next day?

Checks would come in. You don't know if there are

actually funds in your in your account, payables that should

have been paid, You're not sure if it's already paid.

Anxiety builds up. You know that that person I was

telling you about was me years ago, years ago, when

I was a business and I was a business man.

It's something that that I really felt. There's like a choke.

There's like a choke that even when when my children

would come to me, I would embarrass them at times

because I didn't want to talk to them and it

was supposed to be our family day. It was supposed

to be a family day today today, as we read

through the scriptures, as we learn God's word for you

and I, my prayer is just Jesus doesn't only want

to address anxiety, but also release us from anxiety. We

have to be released. You just want to know about

anxiety and anxiety what Jesus had to say. But you're

not to release We ought to be released. In one

one of the studies that I found is that mild

cases of anxiety depression may actually lead to an early death.

Lead on early death. Let's read now in Matthew six

twenty five to thirty four about anxiety sets up says

here 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 the food, and body more than clothing.

Look at the birds of the air. They neither saw,

nor reap, nor gather into barns, And yet your heavenly

Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Verse twenty seven. And which of you, being anxious, can

add a single hour to his span of life? And

why are you being so anxious about clothing? Consider the

leies of the field, how they grow? They neither toil

nor spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon, in all

his glory, was not arrayed like one of these. But

if God so close the grass of the field, which

today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into oven, will

he not much more clothe you, oh you of little faith. Therefore,

do not be anxious, saying what shall we eat, or

what shall we drink? What shall we wear? For the

gentile seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father

knows that you need them all. But seek first the

Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things

will be added to you Therefore, do not be anxious

about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself sufficient,

for the day is its own trouble. So oftentimes, I

know you've read this passage hundreds of times, maybe some

of you thousands of times. Thousands can say version and

version of Babelica. Therefore, do not be anxious. But we

might miss a very big part. The very big part

there is that therefore, therefore that word, therefore, that small

word therefore is therefore a reason we have to settle,

is it? First? Remember last week when you talked about

where do you actually lay your treasures? In heaven or

in earth? That therefore is the verse previous to that

verse twenty four when it said, 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 despite the other. It has to be settled first.

If you're not sure if money is your master or

or God is your master, you have to settle now

before the very word of God settles in our heart,

and only when we have made our choice for heavenly treasure,

for light for God. Therefore, I tell you this is

how must we Behave you have to settle this first

in your very hearts. Kingdom thinking would lead us to kingdom,

living kingdom. Living the way we think will dictate the

way we are gonna live. Our Father in heaven hallow,

do your name your kingdom. Come, Your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven. Then it follows,

give us this day our daily bread. We have to

set the imperative first. Are we living for the kingdom

or are you building your own kingdom? Are we living

for God's kingdom? Or are we living for the heavenly kingdom?

Jesus here address three things about anxiety. First, reasons of

our anxiety? What are the different reasons? I know you

have your reasons. If your anxious right now, if you're

just a bit worried. Verse twenty five said what you

will eat, what you will drink? What? Nor about your body,

what you will put on. Jesus is not just saying here, okay,

this is all These are only that are He's actually

questioning us, Are these the things you're worried about? Menial stuff?

He's telling us menial stuff minia especially for him, because

he could provide over and beyond the art our very need.

He's saying here, if we are worried about our clothing,

the food we eat, the drink that we need to

to drink, cunune lang po lamanathen cunun lang anxious that

ile papan beginning a tim I'm responsibility that what more

the bigger stuff. The question here, the question that he's

asking here is why why are you worried? What are

there different reasons that that that that we are actually anxious?

Basic needs? We say that we needed to survive, and

then then if we if you keep on counting and

then cool, cool. And you have that anxiety now of

being in lack, maybe you're not really in lack. Maybe

you're just looking at the other person, or you're thinking

about what people would tell you we talk about you

and how people would perceive you. That's why you're in lack.

Most of the time, we're anxious because people. We know

that people are looking at us and our stuff. Some

people are actually anxious about their health to the point

that it's actually eating them alive. Some are very anxious

about death. Why are you anxious about death? I'm not

saying I want to die now, but if God takes

me good, are you prepared to die? Have you prepared yourself.

A preparation is not in the money even more. No, no, no, no, no no.

Have you laid out treasures in heaven? Do you know

that you're actually going to heaven? A lot of people

are anxious about calamities, anxious about power, power, that they

don't have power, or they have power, they might lose power.

They're anxious about that also, and uncertainty of the future.

God is asking why what do you actually value? Why

are you anxious? Is not life more than food and

the body more than clothing? Only you can answer that,

he says in verse twenty seven. And which of you,

by being anxious can add a single hour to his

span of life? He's asking us here the question, what

is the reason that you're worried? Don't you know that

you're not actually in control? We are not. If anyone

of you hear anyone of us here think that you

are in control, We're never in control. We think we

are in control, but we're not. We're not in control.

You know, eighty five percent of anxiety, this is research

by science. Eighty five percent of anxiety doesn't actually happen,

only fifteen percent. But then we worry too much? Can

you can you imagine that do you have mathematicians in

the house, you probability only fifteen percent of the time

that you get worried, can it actually happen? Worry is

wasting today's time to clutter up tomorrow's opportunity because you

can't move on. You're thinking about today today. Worry, worry

word don yai yesterday with yesterday's trouble. Mayari olizaren papa.

As parents, I'm I'm a parent. Here you always thinking,

you always be thinking, okay, what what if this happens

to my child as it happened to me. Leave those

worries behind, perfect love, cast out fear. Where do you

put your hope now? Is it in your control? Trying

to control, trying to control your child, trying to control

every child you cannot surely is in control? In your

finances and here and here increase no zero sabank account

mo peri in palabas nang zerodulas lang. Right, we're not

in control. We're never in control. But if you put

your trust in the Lord, you know that he is

in control. I love this group of people that were

once they were slave, slave and they were granted freedom,

and there was a leader who stood up and led

them out. Remember the hundreds of years they were slave,

Now going to their promised land. They started to grumble

along the way in the middle the forty day only

forty day journey, thirteen to forty years of journey. They

still grumbled, grumbled and grumbled and grumbled that they want

to they want to dethrone the leader. They want to say,

can you just step out? We were we were, okay,

a slave, but now that you have led us to

our freedom, it's as if we're gonna die in search

of our freedom. They started grumbling, grumbling. Never did they

think that in the forty years that they were in

the desert, in the wilderness, they never got hungry, They

never got thirsty. They were provided for and even the

very souls of their sandals hind. Those were the Israelites

when they were being led out. They were only thinking

about themselves. They were always saying, okay, b blick Munhao's

Egypt done to taste freedom? Do we worry? How do

we worry? What are the things that are making us

so anxious? Now? What are the things that keep us

so worried that even our health, even our relationships are

are being affected. Yes, relationships can be affected by worrying

about what happened yesterday, and then you cannot move on?

What are those second thing that Jesus addressed, Here is

the root cause of our anxiety? Blatantly, blatantly, he told

us the very root costs. In verse thirty, he says,

but if God so close the grass of the field,

which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

will he not much more clothe view, oh you of

little faith? Zero and saying, you know what, It's not

about the clothes. It's not about the food, it's not

about the drink. It's about your faith. Do you trust me?

Do you do? We trust him? Proof? Proof as people,

very visual proof, he said. Look at the birds of

the air day, neither so nor reap nor gathering barns,

And yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not

more valuable than they are? Proof? And why are you

so anxious about clothing? Consider the dealaise of the field,

how they grow, they neither toil or spill. Yet I

tell you, even Solomon, in all his glory, was not

arrayed like any one of these, oh you of little faith,

talks about us little faith, little faith. When you when

you look at the translation, little faith. The very root

word of little faith is dull in hearing, dull in hearing.

You're dull in hearing or made dull in hearing. Remember

Philippians four six. Do not be anxious about anything, but

in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your

requests be known to God. Philippines four six. That was

on my wall in my office, But never did it

penetrate our heart every morning, every morning before when I

when I was a businessman, it was my It was

my business partner who shared the Gospel to me, and

she told me, why don't you write in the wall,

But you don't get anxious? IM worried, So I would

drighten the wall. I would always read it. But then

it never penetrated my heart dull in hearing. It was

mere words. It never penetated in my heart whiter because

I was dull in hearing, I had little faith. Where

is your faith right now? How strong is our faith

right now? Remember when Peter looked for Jesus and Jesus said, Peter,

come to me when they were on the boat. Remember

that story when Jesus asked him, Come, come over. Peter

might have been excited at first. He was gonna walk

on water, remember that. But when he took a step,

before he actually took that step, suddenly he heard the

wind howling, heard the water splashing before he even set foot.

What happened? He drowned? He almost drowned. Why because instead

of hearing the voice of Jesus, he heard worries, he

heard problems, He heard anxieties. And then it crept In

talks about us as hearing. He talks about the status.

Do you hear your father in heaven? Do you know

that he's your father? What is your status? What is

your status? There's a clue here and saying why why worry?

He said, there your heavenly father. There's a metaphor here

that that God created the birds and provided for them.

But suddenly it shifted and Jesus reminded us he did

not just God did just just created us. But he

is our father. That means I will provide for you.

Have you seen a father not not wanting to provide

for his children? Why worry? There's a comparison, now, are

you a gentile? For the gentile sick? After all these

things and your heavenly father knows that you need them all.

He's asking here, now, do you know that as a

Christ follower, I am your father. As a gentile, we're

not gentiles. We're Christ followers. The question is what is

our status talking about our faith? What is our status

now with God? My prayer is that you can boldly

say that I am a son and a daughter of God.

I am a son or I am a daughter of God.

Let's move now to the third the last thing that

Jesus actually addressed here. Third and last one is the

resolution to our anxiety. How can we resolve this? What

is the What is the solution Jesus wants us to

be released from our anxiety? Church, if you're ready right

now to write notes, okay, pastors, the pastor is gonna

give me step one, step two, step three how to

be released of my anxiety. I'm gonna I'm gonna disappoint you.

There's no step. There's no step one, step two, step three.

It would always go back again to the reason and

to the root. Cause. It would talk about our relationship,

because if we know that he is our father, we

would gladly release to him all our anxiety. Matthew six

thirty three says, seek first the kingdom of God and

his righteousness, and all of this will be added to you.

Your kingdom. Come, Your will be done on earth as

it is in heaven. Lord, your kingdom first before my needs.

Why because I know as you as you are my

Jehovah Father, you are my provider. You are Jehoah of

a gyra that will provide for me. Now I would

do the very will of your kingdom. I would move,

I would help in advancing your kingdom, and everything will

just follow. Put Jesus first. He is our primary. He

is first, and he is our one and only. In Romans,

Paul says it very clearly in Romans eight thirty two,

where he said he who did not spare his own son,

but gave him up for us all, how will he

not also with him graciously give us all things. If

the very reason now you're hearing God's word today is

because of what Jesus did on that cross, how can

he withhold those good things that you're praying for that

you're anxious about. If he God him self did not

spare his son for us to enjoy life here on

earth and in eternity. How can he withhold material things,

minial stuff? How Philippin's four sex Do not be anxious

about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,

Let your requests be known to God. H It's a

purpose why I put this cross here. There are times

that when we worry, we would like to carry the

cross that Jesus actually carried. It's not too heavy now,

but it gets heavier in a while. That's like a

picture of us being anxious. And that's just one cross.

But if there's another worry, another anxiety. First it was parenting,

Next it was about money. You carry another cross again,

and then about sickness. Somebody get really sick in the family.

You grab another cross. Nobody's putting it on you. Remember,

you just grab another cross sometimes freely. Let me take

that cross, And then something happened in the relationship. Let me,

let me, let me, let me carry another cross. Took

it upon ourselves, not realizing that that cross, that very cross,

is the illustration of our freedom. We take across at

a time, across as a time, and we carry it.

We try to do it on our own way, on

our own Remember, I remember a family who's very dear

to us. They're in church now, but before they got

into church, their marriage was was dead. It was actually dead.

They got restored. After that, they found out that one

of their child has who was suffering epilepsy, has to

take medication. The daily medication calame maintenance now because it

didn't she didn't actually grow out of it. Then they

found out that one of their child has actually a

congenital heart disease that they also need medication for. And

just recently they actually found out their last, their bunso

has lupus. Me and my wife and we were just talking.

We're just say we would just asked ourselves why, Lord, why?

And then and that dad actually just survived a brain surgery.

When all of us were actually celebrating, here comes a

news we're celebrating almost almost almost one year now, that

that that that that he's recovering. The marriage is in

fact that they're they're serving the church. The kids are

all serving the church. Oh yeah, your last your youngest

daughter has lupus. We were just asking why. There's no answer.

My wife and I drew strength from the kid's prayer.

What is her prayer? Her prayer is is? She cried

she They cried terribly. As a family. They questioned God.

Sometimes it's okay to question God. It's okay. But after

that you move on, You move on. Hey, I'm not

telling you no looking on armor of God? Hello? Can

we put on the arm more of God? Because nat

in Kayah, I drew strength and console from the from

the child when she said when we ask her, are

you okay? I'm okay? Now why I've released it to

the Lord. I've prayed about it. And look at my parents.

Their marriage is okay. Look at my dad, he's okay

now after brain surgery. Look at my two sisters, they're okay.

With all their congenital diseases. They're okay. Their foundcenting properly.

So I know I will be okay because God is

in control. God is in control. Sometimes we have fears,

we have condemnations, we have doubts, and we have worry.

But Jesus is redefining us here. Jesus redefined our priorities

to release us from all our anxieties. He wants to

release you and I. He wants to release you and I. Yes,

the problem might be there tomorrow when you wake up,

but it should not drag you down and put added weight,

added cross on you. Because remember the empty tomb of Jesus.

When we took all our sins, took all our sufferings

on the cross, he rose again after three days. The

empty tomb of Jesus is the promise that he will

never leave you nor forsake you. That perfect love casts

out fear, that there's no condemnation, there's no shame. Put

it on him, release, release upon the Lord. Can I

just ask everybody, for everybody, everybody, let's participate. Can I

just everybody to just close your eyes? Close your eyes?

When was the last time you actually breathe? When was

the last time that you you breathe normally? When was

the last time that you released everything? You've been in

church for the longest time, You've been in ministry for

the longest time, you've been a volunteer for the longest time,

you've read your Bible the longest time, or this is

your first time to come to church, first time to

hear the gospel, first time to be in a church

community like this. Jesus is asking you, my son and

my daughter, when was the last time you breathe? The

all eyes closed? All eyes closed, breathe in hold it,

hold it, and then release. Just breathe in next two minutes,

breath in hold Lord, it's hold on you, Lord, I

release it to you. Lord. More than you hear the

size of our hearts, you see what's in them. The

Lord is saying, unto you, my son and my daughter,

I don't want you to carry all those weights. They're

not meant for you. I have already tooken it upon

me on that cross, and when I declared it is finished,

it is finished. So why are you carried all those weights?

Release them to me, my sons and my daughters. Release worries,

release those doubts. I would never count any wrong, I

would never shame you. I would uphold you with my

fairy right at hand. Release them to me, the Lord says, Lord,

I pray right now, Lord, for my brothers and my sisters.

If it's about our faith, Lord, make our hearing not

dull but sharp. Make the very words, Lord God, come

to life as we read them in and through our lives. Lord,

make us salt and light by giving us that light,

giving the very path to take, the very direction to take,

Because you are lighting our paths. Thank you, Lord God.

Lord that we are we are told to be, that

we are more than conquerors. It's not about our inability,

it's not about our weaknesses, because when we are weak,

you are strong.

Because your word is true, your word is perfect, Your

word is is consoling us.

Thank you, Lord God, for the Holy Spirit, that he

will never leave us, that he's always there comforting us. Father,

I pray, Lord, that would sharpen us, sharpen our spiritual

ears to know which is yours and which are not yours.

Give us discernment and wisdom. Lord, I pray, Lord, you

give us boldness and courage to fight every battle, knowing,

Lord God, that you are the source of our strength.

You are our banner and our shield, and you fight

those battles with us. So, Lord, I pray, right now,

trample upon the anxieties of our people, trample upon every worry,

every fear, and our doubt, because it is not from you,

the Lord says, it is not from you. Lord, I

declare this over our church right now, each one of us,

each each and every family, Lord God, in this praise.

Right now. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me.

Besides still waters, he restores my soul. He leads me

in pas of righteousness for his namesake. Even though I

walk through the value of the shadow of death, I

will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod,

your stuff. They comfort me. You prepare a table before

me in the presence of my enemies. You annoyed my

head with oil. My cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow me all the days of my life, and

I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

He has asked everybody, just live up your hand's Father.

We declare this over our lives right now.

No fears, no worry, and only you Jesus has redified

how we live, whether we're students, whether we're parents, whether

we're employees, whether we're employers.

Thank you, Lord God that you love us. Thank you,

Lord God that you will never leave us nor forsake us.

Thank you that the victory is yours. Thank you for

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