Sermon on the Mount: Stop Worrying - Matthew 6:25-34 | Pastor Daniel Reese

It's also just man. Y 'all did great. Thank you.

If you've never been here on a Wednesday night

with our worship band, youth worship band, you

just experienced it and I'm just incredibly proud

of all of you and how the Lord is using you in

this place. We also want to make an announcement

that it's graduation season. And we have these

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center. Some people also call this pulled pork

season. And so we have eight graduating seniors

this year, which makes me sad. But we also want

to invite you and encourage you to come celebrate

them and their parties. Just bless them abundantly.

And so please make sure you grab one of those

We'll also put that on our church app here this

week just so you know because there's a lot of

them Just so you know where they are if you have

your Bibles Matthew 6 is where we will be this

morning We're going to finish Matthew chapter

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

6 the words of Jesus that we are looking at this

morning are probably applicable to all of us.

I know it's Mother's Day, but these words are

applicable to all of us. Jesus is going to get

to the heart of our struggle this morning as

He teaches us about anxiousness and as He teaches

us about worrying. And I believe we can all relate

to that. We all worry about something sometime.

But you mothers in particular there's this old

saying about mothers that that you hopefully

or maybe you can relate to It says that it's

a mother's job to worry right like that's your

responsibility But but but the reality is we

all worry about something or someone Some of

you struggle with crippling anxiety Some struggle

with panic attacks and your whole life is spent

in a constant state of worry Several years ago,

when we just had two kids, Sina went to a conference

out of town. I don't remember what it was, but

she was gone for the weekend, and she took Asher

with her, because Asher was still nursing at

the time, so it was just me and Adélie for the

whole weekend. Now, I don't do well just sitting

around the house doing nothing, trying to entertain

a two -year -old. And so I was like, we got to

go out and do something. We can't just sit here

and do nothing. And so Sina was gone. It was

my job to entertain a two -year -old for a few

days. And so I began to make plans. And Adelie

was always up for an adventure. She was always

just a really fun baby to be around. And so she

was always up for it. And I thought it would

be a good idea to take her to the lake for the

day. And so the night before, I'm thinking through

all the things that could go wrong. Me taking

my daughter to the lake. And so I began to make

a list of all the things I need to make sure

I bring and all the things that could possibly

go wrong. And I was a little frustrated because

honestly, Adley wasn't even contributing at all

to this. trip that we were planning together,

right? And so I got food together. I got the

diapers together. I got a couple changes of clothes

because I made that mistake in the past. I made

sure the lights on our trailer were working.

I made sure the tires were in good shape and

everything was secure. I remember I had my wallet

and I had a bunch of cash because you never know

if you will end up at a place that didn't take

cards at the time. Like this was before Venmo.

You couldn't just pay whatever. And so we made

it to the lake. I get our jet ski into the water.

I get Adelie out and make sure she has a clean

diaper Because we don't want that stuff floating

around the lake, right? So make sure she's clean

and then we just go out on the lake We have a

great couple hours on like do you remember this

trip? anyway It's bad when she remembers it,

right? So we just have a great day on the lake

and she was just giggling the whole the whole

day is a great day So we get back to the shore.

I get everything back, put on the trailer, secure

it. I get Adley in her car seat, change her dry

clothes, all that stuff. And everything just

went really great. And I was just really proud

of myself. We began the journey home. And I began

to think, man, I'm worried about nothing. I don't

need no woman in my life telling me how to raise

my kids, right? I'm responsible. I can take care

of Adily without Cena. Like look at me growing

up, right? Like these are the things I had going

through my head. And I pull up to the gas station

because we didn't have any, you know, we were

on empty, we didn't have enough gas to get home.

So I pull up to the gas station to get some gas

and I realize I don't have my wallet. And I know

I had it when we got to the lake because I did

the pat down, right? We all do the pat down.

Make sure we have our stuff with us. I know I

had it. But I assume, while we were bouncing

on the water, my wallet fell out of my shorts

and is at the bottom of the lake somewhere. I

mean, I had nothing. I was an hour away from

home. I'm with my two -year -old daughter. My

wife's out of town, and we are stranded. I mean,

we have cheese sticks and applesauce is all I

have to make it through this night. All of that

worrying, all of that planning. to make sure

that all of my bases were covered and something

still went wrong. For those of us that worry,

Jesus has a lesson for us this morning. And I'm

going to invite Matthew up here this morning

to read our text and then we will dive in. Matthew

is filling in for Jordy who is apparently sick.

So if you will stand as we honor the Lord's word

together. Matthew is going to read verses 25

through 34. 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. It is not life more than food,

and is the body more than clothing. Look at the

birds of the air. They neither reap nor sow nor

gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father

feeds them. Are you not more value than they?

And which of you, by being anxious, can add a

single hour to the span of life? And why are

you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies

of the field how they grow. They neither toil

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

of his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But if God so closes the grass of the field which

today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the

oven He will 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 or what

shall we wear? For the Gentiles 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

herself sufficient for the day is its own trouble

Amen, let's pray father. Thank you for Matthew

Just thank you for the spirit that you've put

inside of him Thank you for how you're using

him in this place I pray God that you continue

to give him a deep desire to know you in your

word. I pray father that as we look at this text

I pray God that you'll speak to our hearts through

it. I pray that you will remind us that you hold

us in your hands We ask all these things in Jesus'

name. Amen. Now, I think it would be fair to

say, I think it would be a fair statement to

say that all of us worry about something. Is

that a fair statement? We all are worried about

something. We worry about money. We worry about

our kids. We worry about our health. We worry

about relationships that we have. We worry about

the future, right? We can acknowledge that we

worry about things. And so and so Jesus in this

text acknowledges the reality that we are going

to worry. We have a tendency to worry. He knows

we are going to worry. He knows our hearts. He

knows the temptations. But here he also challenges

the ineffectiveness of it, that it doesn't work.

So he tells his followers, he's telling you and

I don't be anxious about your life. He then lists

some essential elements of our lives that we

tend to worry about. Now in this culture, in

our country, in this area, maybe we don't worry

about our next meal. We all have access to water

anytime we want it. We have closets full of clothes.

I really expected an amen from some of you men.

But I want to be careful that we don't miss the

heart of this text. We might not worry about

those things, but we do worry about what we can

control when it comes to the essential things

in our lives. What would you consider to be essential

in your life? Your home? Your car? Clothing your

children because they keep out growing things

every three months? I mean, when we worry, it

steals our... peace in who God is. It steals

our peace because He cares for us. It distracts

us and it forces us to take matters into our

own hands. We begin to do things like work overtime

because we need to make a little extra in order

to pay for our lifestyle. We begin to worry about

the types of clothes we wear because we want

to impress others. peer pressure doesn't stop

after high school. Now, back in the time that

Jesus walked the earth, the majority of the people

only had a couple options when it came to eating.

They had bread, and they had fish, and they had

fruit. But even worse, in the wilderness, they

didn't even have those options. They got bread

from heaven. That was the option. For 40 years,

that's what they had. Today, in this culture,

in our life, we have so many options which makes

it difficult to choose what to eat and that alone

creates problems. I mean, how many of you have

gotten into an argument with your spouse because

you can't decide where to eat? You can't decide

which restaurant to go to. Do you want pizza

or do you want a steakhouse? Do we want Mexican

food or do we want Asian food? And then when

you finally decide one of those, they put a menu

in front of you and you have 25 more options

of trying to decide what to eat. Options are

a part of what is killing our dependency on God

providing for us. Because we have so many options,

we fail to rely on God. If we can't afford to

go to a steakhouse this week, that's okay. We

don't need to rely on God. We can go to the grocery

store and pick up a rotisserie chicken for six

bucks and feed the family. Now my kids have never

gone without shoes. Now maybe they've gone without

enough shoes depending on which kid you ask,

but they've never gone without shoes But recently

one of my kids has decided That he can only wear

Air Jordans Now if you're unaware Air Jordans

are not the cheapest shoe and I have a hard time

buying a pair of $150 shoes that he is going

to destroy in a month because he's eight. But

somehow, somehow he's gotten it in his head that

those shoes bring him value. He didn't get that

from us. He didn't get that from us. He's getting

it from the culture in which he interacts with

every single day. He can look at a pair of shoes

from Walmart sitting next to a pair of Air Jordans,

and he's going to think that the Air Jordans

are what he needs. I mean, how many of us are

the same way? What Jesus is doing in this text

is reminding us of the reality of our worry,

and he's inviting us to see the value that we

have through his eyes. He's inviting us to see

that we are worthy because we are His. But why

do we worry? Because I think the reason that

we worry is much different than why the disciples

worry. They would worry out of their scarcity,

where we worry out of our abundance. There's

this old saying from the famous philosopher,

notorious B -I -G. where he says, mo money, mo

problems. Now we don't worry about where our

next meal is going to come from. We have access

to water anytime we want it. Clothing isn't really

an issue because even if we don't have money

to buy clothes, there's clothes closets all around

us that will give you free clothes if you need

it. But somehow, we are the most anxious generation

that has ever existed. Since COVID, anxiety medication

has been prescribed 66 % more than ever. That's

just in the last five years. Emergency room visits

for mental health issues has increased nearly

20%. Suicide rates amongst teenagers has nearly

doubled. over the last five years. At the same

time, home sizes have nearly tripled over the

last 30 years. The percentage of income to transportation

expenses, which includes your car payments, has

nearly doubled in the last 12 years. While all

of this has been happening in the culture around

us, we're seeing a decrease in church attendance

across the country. Now I'm no mental health

professional, but when I look at those statistics,

I become concerned because we have more stuff

than we've ever had before and yet our mental

health is declining. Worry and anxiety are prevalent

throughout the church. in the world. You can't

tell the difference. What I see happening is

our worry has shifted from worrying about essential

things like are we going to eat today or are

we going to drink today or do we have clothes

for our back to worrying about making sure that

we keep the stuff that we have accumulated. I

read a story about a successful businessman who

had it all. He had a thriving company, a beautiful

home, garage full of cars. He lived what many

of us would call a life of abundance. He needed

for nothing. But every night, he'd pace his office

worrying. What if the market crashes? What if

I lose a big client? What if somebody breaks

in and steals my stuff? He had so much to lose.

And his abundance became a burden. One day his

young daughter saw him pacing around and asked

daddy, why are you so scared when we have so

much? Her question stopped him cold. He realized

he was worrying out of his abundance. His fear

of losing what he had was stealing the joy of

what God had given him. He couldn't even enjoy

the stuff that he had because he was so concerned

about losing it. How often do you and I do the

same? Where we let our blessings become the very

source of our anxiety instead of trusting God

with all that we have. Are your things robbing

you of joy? We are the most technologically advanced

generation that has ever lived on the face of

the earth. We have more money than ever before.

We have smaller families than in the past. We

have larger houses than in the past and yet we

are increasingly more anxious. I spoke with a

mental health professional yesterday and she

said that if she works 80 hours a week until

she was 90, so about 20 more years or so. Oh,

more than that. If she worked 80 hours a week

for the next 20 years, she wouldn't even be able

to make it through the waiting list of people

that needed help. You and I are not worried about

our next meal. We are worried out of our abundance.

And because we have so much abundance, our mental

health as a society is crumbling. So Jesus says,

I know you're prone to worry. You have this tendency.

And so if we know that we're prone to worry,

and we know that worry isn't always out of need,

but it's actually out of abundance, how do we

fix that? How do we fix it? Jesus tells us in

verse 33, we are to seek his kingdom first. We

are to seek His righteousness first. And so let's

look at what that looks like practically. Now

we've been talking about this for several weeks

already, but it's always good to be reminded.

Now real quick, a good litmus test for you. To

understanding where your priorities are is by

asking yourself, what is the first thing that

I think about in the morning? What's the first

thing that crosses my mind? Is it the things

that need to get done that day? Is it your to

-do list? Or do you wonder what does God want

to do through me today? Is it what can I accomplish

or what does God want to accomplish through me?

If it's on what we want to accomplish, if it's

on our to -do list, if it's on the things that

we want to control, we're not seeking his kingdom

first, we're seeking our kingdom first. Do you

have any margin built into your day that allows

the Lord to move? Do you have that flexibility?

Do you start your day in prayer by giving God

praise and asking that his will be done in your

life? So if you want to understand the heart

of God, if you want to seek his kingdom first,

you need to spend time in his word. There isn't

a set amount of time that you need to spend,

and there isn't an amount of verses that you

need to go through each and every day in order

to make that happen. I think sometimes we get

burdened by, well, I got to spend an hour long

time in prayer. I got to read through two or

three chapters of God's Word in order to understand

his heart. But I'm going to challenge you on

that. What if, what if for the next week, you

just focused on and prayed over verse 33. But

seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

What if you prayed over that every morning? God,

help me seek your kingdom first today. In everything

I do, help me seek your kingdom first. As you

walk into a meeting, just pray over that. God,

let my righteousness be yours as I have this

conversation. As you make a big decision, God,

show me how this fits into your plan for my life.

Now yesterday, my phone, because we're the most

technologically advanced generation ever, my

phone told me that I picked up my phone 63 times.

Now don't judge me, look at yours. Don't be judging

me. So every time I pick up my phone, I would

see a picture of my children. And I'm not saying

it all like for 63 times, I was like, oh, just

great, you know, praise God for my children,

or I was praying for my, but for sure, several

times throughout the day, I'll look at my phone

and I'll see my children, I'll just give God

praise for them. And so I was thinking about

this last night, and so I changed my home screen,

if you will, and it just says, seek first the

kingdom of God. Just seek first the kingdom of

God. And so hopefully, 63 times today, that just

counted as one. Hopefully, I'll be reminded 63

times at least, seek first the kingdom of God.

So when I wake up, when my alarm goes off in

the morning, before I open any app, before I

make any phone call, before I check any email,

I'll be reminded, seek first his kingdom. I encourage

you to do the same because I need that reminder.

We need to be reminded because the enemy is so

crafty in how he tricks us. Or maybe verse...

33 is not for you. Maybe you need to just focus

on verse 25. Where Jesus says, don't be anxious

about your life. Maybe your life is just full

of worry and you need to be reminded, do not

be anxious, just trust him. God, help me trust

you through this situation. Or maybe you don't

need to be reminded of any of those. Maybe it's

Psalm 46 10 that says, be still and know that

I am God. Because you spend your day, every single

day just chasing your tail. And you need to be

reminded that God speaks in the quiet. You need

to be in His Word. Not necessarily a chapter

a day, but how can you dwell on the Word of God

and understand His heart better? We can also

put God's kingdom and righteousness first by

serving others selflessly. When we take the focus

off of us and we put it on others by serving

them, we soon realize that our problems are minimum

compared to others. I mean, mothers are a great

example of this. Mothers are a perfect example

of this. I hope that my children see in their

mom the sacrificial love that she pours out on

all of us every single day. Sena is the one who

gets up in the middle of the night when River

has low blood sugar. And she sits up and worries

about him. She's the one that gets up at 4 .30

in the morning to take Asher to the Y so that

it can work out. What's funny about all that

is Asher's never once asked me to go work out.

He's like he knows that's not gonna happen, right?

But Cena sacrificially gets up and takes him.

Today she's spending her day at the ballpark

loving on other moms and letting them know that

they are seen and not taking it for herself.

And the fact of the matter is she never once

complains about any of it. She just does it with

joy. It just all comes natural to her. Her joy

comes from serving. Jesus says in Matthew 25,

he says, and whatever you do for the least of

these in the kingdom, you do it for me. If you

want to be kingdom focused and you want to put

that first in your life, serve others. Serve

others that might not ever be able to pay you

back. Serve others that might not ever say thank

you. Quiet sacrifices are a way to love loud.

Serve others. The last way I would encourage

you to put the kingdom of God first in your life

is to worship regularly. Worship shifts our focus

from ourselves and it puts it where it needs

to be. It's taking the command that we see in

Hebrews chapter 10 seriously, where the writer

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says to not neglect the gathering of the saints.

There's something holy that happens when we all

gather together to worship the Lord. I have this

friend back home in Texas. His name is Ricky.

He's a farmer, but he's also a former. In fact,

he was actually the previous pastor of the church

that I came from. His ministry did not end well

for him. And for four years, he thought that

he could manage his walk with the Lord on his

own. He was faithful to study God's word. He

was faithful to seeking after God in prayer,

but he isolated himself. He'd work in the field

all day trying to grow a crop, and then he'd

come home, just him and his family. But over

that four years, life got hard. Difficulties

happened. His wife left him for another man,

and he found himself home alone raising four

little kids by himself. The rains have not come,

and he found it very difficult to grow a crop

with no water. And through all that, he started

to doubt God's presence. He started to doubt

if God really cared for him. Another friend of

mine invited him back to church, back to the

church where he used to preach, back to the church

that left him not wanting to be in church again.

But he came. And he told me on so many occasions.

So many occasions that he didn't realize how

much he missed the community of faith until he

came back Coming to church is never about you

It is always about something bigger it's being

a part of something that has eternal ramifications

I've experienced that sometimes God doesn't speak

to me through worship songs. God doesn't speak

to me through sermons or Bible study. Sometimes

He speaks to me through conversations that I'm

able to have with other people. It lifts my spirits

and it helps me keep me focused on what God is

doing around me. Listen, I've been in church

my whole life. There's a saying, I've been in

church nine months before I was born. That's

my testimony. And because I've been in church

my whole life, I've been hurt by people in the

church. There have been days that I did not want

to be here. There have been seasons where the

church has been a burden to me and my family,

but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I can

honestly say that if it wasn't for the church,

if it wasn't for the people inside the church

throughout my life, I wouldn't be married anymore.

I don't know that I'd even be walking with the

Lord anymore. I know I wouldn't be a minister

anymore. And I'm not talking about sermons and

worship songs when I say the church. I'm talking

about couples that cared for us when we were

struggling. I'm talking about men that called

me out on my sin. and held me accountable and

held me to a higher standard than the rest of

the world. I'm talking about women throughout

my ministry who just showed me an unbelievable

amount of grace and love that I didn't deserve.

When you think of church, I don't want you to

think about the music or the preaching. When

you think of the church, I want you to think

about the body of Christ coming together and

using their gifts for the encouragement of the

saints. There are times when my gifts are used

for the building up of the body of Christ, and

there are so many other times where your gifts

are needed to lift me up. What we do here on

Sunday morning is a small part of what the church

is. And if all you're doing is showing up on

a Sunday morning and then heading out right away,

you are missing out on the abundant life that

God wants to show you. Seek first His kingdom.

Jesus sends this passage by giving us a promise.

It says tomorrow will worry about itself. That's

the promise. Tomorrow's gonna worry about itself.

That promise helps keep us focused. Now I don't

know if you know this or not, but most days...

have enough troubles that I don't need to add

any more troubles. But by thinking about what

tomorrow is going to happen, what's going to

happen tomorrow, there is always a deadline.

There are always going to be things that have

to get done today. There's always going to be

that element of unpredictability where we just

have to pivot and make some decisions. But here's

what has helped me as I've grown in my walk with

the Lord. I have to remind myself to be grateful

for what I have. today. I remind myself to be

grateful for what I have today. I'll give you

an example. Now, I've spoken about this car many

times up here, but we have this car and we call

it glitchy. We call it glitchy because some days

the doors unlock and some days they don't. Some

days the car starts, some days it doesn't. Some

days the radio works good and other times I hit

a bump. And it just shuts off. It's not a good

looking car. My kids have ruined that car. There's

carpet stain. There's this weird smell that we

can't seem to figure out. There's molding that

has been just peeled off the sides. The paint

is chipping. But that car, we've had it for a

long time, that car has been good to my family.

It has taken us all over the country safely.

It has taken my children to school safely more

times than I can count. It's cold in the summer,

and it's warm in the winter. But currently, as

of right now, I have this list here. The check

engine light is on. The oil pressure fluctuates

and starts beeping at me if I accelerate too

fast. The tire monitor sensors tell me that all

the tires are low even when they're not. It tells

me that I need to service my suspension, I need

to check my battery charging system, and I got

a call the other day, somebody was behind me

and my brake lights aren't working. It's glitchy,

it's what it is. Now, I could easily become overwhelmed

by all that needs to be done to that car. It's

one of those situations where it isn't quite

worth the money that I think it's gonna take

to fix all of these things, so I just try to

make it through the day. That's my goal every

day with that car. Just make it through the day.

Because if I began to worry about it and not

be grateful for it, it would become overwhelming.

How in the world are we going to afford another

car right now? What happens if I get stranded

in the middle of nowhere somewhere and seen as

not around? All those questions that come with

those kinds of situations would cause me to stress

out. But every day I get in it. I'm thankful

for another day with it. I think I will genuinely

be sad when we no longer have glitchy Now my

kids won't they'll be they'll be ecstatic, but

but I will be sad So I want to be thankful. I

want to be thankful for what the Lord has provided

And every day that car gets me to where I need

to be it reminds me that he is provider If I

had an abundance of cars, just cars everywhere,

I don't know that I would be as grateful. And

I've realized that worrying, worrying does absolutely

nothing except tempt me to take matters into

my own hands, to try to control the situation.

It's when I'm desperate, it's when I'm desperate

that I realize that God takes good care of me.

Now back to my story at the lake I'm an hour

away from home. I got a two -year -old girl,

and I have absolutely no gas to get home Now

I don't know how the gas stations around the

lakes here are haven't been to very many of them

But typically around the lakes where I was at

the time are Those gas stations tend to be pretty

shady There are the kinds of gas stations that

I would just drive by because I'd worry about

getting robbed at these places, right? So this

is where I find myself in this situation. I'm

at a shady gas station with no gas, no money,

no ID, and a two -year -old little girl who's

in a pretty decent mood for the most part. So

I go inside and I tell the cashier my story.

I tell him I have nothing to offer you. I mean,

I can't even leave you my ID as collateral. I

have nothing that I can offer you. I took Adelie...

With me inside obviously because it's not safe,

and I was hoping that she would Add to my sob

story if you will like maybe he would maybe he

would feel more sorry for me Now I'm sure they

get this all the time just people begging for

money And I tell him my story I have nothing

to offer you And he tells me to go fill up no

charge Go fill up your car. No charge. He didn't

say I had to pay him back There were absolutely

no strings attached. Just fill up and get home.

Now I don't cry very often, but I put Adlai back

in her car seat. I pull up to the pump and tears

flowed down my face as that gas filled that tank.

And I remembered this passage in Matthew chapter

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6. I remember this passage that my heavenly father

knows what I need and he looks out for me. And

I think if I had an abundance of cash or an abundance

of gas in that moment, I wouldn't have realized

how good God has been to me. It's not out of

our abundance that we see God, it's in our blessings.

And so we need to really stop. And our worship

team's gonna lead us in one more song and they're

going to... We're just gonna have time to respond

to the Lord. What's the Lord saying to you this

morning? Where are your priorities? Where are

your worries? Where are your fears? What are

you anxious about? Are you worrying out of your

abundance? Are you worrying because the things

you're trying to control, you just can't seem

to get your hands around? Maybe today's the day

you just throw up your hand and say, God, I'm

going to have to trust you on this. I'm going

to have to trust you with glitchy. I'm going

to have to trust you with my kids. I'm going

to have to trust you with my health. I'm going

to have to trust you with my future. And so I

think for a lot of us, I think we're all guilty

of it. We're all guilty of just worry. I think

we need to repent and confess those things before

the Lord today. I was giving Matthew a hard time

earlier because I was first service. I was looking

down here at the... Why do we do this? This seems

messy. I'm sure there's... Just kidding. Just

kidding. But I was looking at the set list for

service and we're singing Goodness of God and

I thought, I mean, Matthew and I, I just let

Matthew do whatever he wants to do for the service.

But I think that song is highly appropriate for

what we're experiencing today. Just a good reminder.

And in that song it says, all my life you have

been faithful. All my life you have been so,

so... Good. I think it's a good time, a good

day today to remember that. To remember that

God has been faithful to us. And so I'm going

to encourage you to lay your worries down, lay

your burdens down, lay your anxious thoughts

down and pursue Him in all things. So let me

pray for us and we'll have time to respond. Father,

thank you for this day again. Thank you for what

you're doing in this church. Thank you for how

you're growing us and challenging us. I pray

God that right now that as we respond that your

spirit will move in this place. That we will

lay our anxious thoughts before you and trust

you with them. That we will not see value in

what we have or what we can do, but will see

our value because of what you have done for us.

And so Father, I pray for healing. I pray for

those individuals that are just in a constant

state of worrying. God, I pray peace over them.

Help them experience your goodness and your peace.

So as we sing, I pray that you will just speak

directly to our hearts. In Jesus' name, I pray.