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Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah

GIANTS. SLAYING THE. Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah. WORRY. SLAYING. Corrie Ten Boom. Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead. Series Outline. What is it? What does it do to me? How do I kill it?. Secret Weapon Recap. Fear

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Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah

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  1. GIANTS SLAYING THE Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah

  2. WORRY SLAYING

  3. Corrie Ten Boom Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.

  4. Series Outline • What is it? • What does it do to me? • How do I kill it?

  5. Secret Weapon Recap • Fear • Love • Discouragement • Humility • Loneliness • Introspection • Guilt • Acceptance • Worry • Shame

  6. What is it? Anxiety or unease. Mind dwelling on difficulty or problems. Uncertainty over actual or potential problems. Word in the Bible roughly translates to “having a divided mind.” (Spiritual texting) When, oh when, is worry ok?

  7. Good Twin Bad Twin Concern Worry

  8. The Litmus Test Does it belong to you? Does it have levers of control? Does it exist today? Yes to all 3 – “Concern” Otherwise, “Worry”

  9. Acts 5:7-11 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?” “Yes,” she said, “that is the price.” Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.” At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.

  10. Mark 10:17-22 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

  11. Mark 10:17-22 “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.” Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

  12. What does it do to me? • What were the common ROOT sins in these passages? • Our desire to obtain unobtainable control is a root to a host of relationship-destroying, spirit snuffing, paralyzing sins. • We desperately try to repackage it: • “Concern,” but over things in the future or beyond our control. • “Planning.”

  13. What does it do to me? • Worry is also a stealth sin. • We often view our “great concern” (worry) about any and everything as a mark of nobility. • As far as worry bogs us down and steals our joy, we try to pawn it off as a form of dignified suffering or martyrdom. • Worry is a class-A sin, and an insult to God. It deserves a frontal attack.

  14. Matthew 6:25-32 “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 than food, and the body more 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? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

  15. Matthew 6:25-32 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 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.

  16. What does it do to me? • Worry is INCONSISTENT (6:25) • Worrying about the details of your life sends the following message to God:“So, I know you created the universe, and you created my very own body, but I’m not sure about your ability and reliability to provide for my upkeep.”

  17. What does it do to me? • Worry is IRRATIONAL (6:26) • Worrying about the details of your life sends the following message to God:“I realize you provide everything to the birds of the air, but I don’t trust Your character enough to believe you will take care of me in the same way, despite my position in all of creation.”

  18. What does it do to me? • Worry is INEFFECTIVE (6:27) • A cubit = 18 inches. • By worrying, a 5’6” person cannot attain 7’. • Conversely, we cannot add any “length” to life through worrying. In fact, worrying is a sure-fire way to shorten both your posture and your lifespan.

  19. What does it do to me? • Worry is ILLOGICAL (6:28-30) • Solomon is just about the tip of the mountain in examples of earthly comfort and financial security. If we want to worry ourselves to perfection, he’d be a good template to follow. • The flowers of the field K.O.’d him. • Our best efforts can only become a shadow or dim reflection of God’s creation.

  20. What does it do to me? • Worry is IRRELIGIOUS (6:31-32) • By choosing to worry, despite all the evidence and our knowledge of God, we are making ourselves no better (and no more effective) than those who worship wood and iron for their own sense of security. • If those around you perceive worry in your life, how drawn will they be to your walk?

  21. How do I kill it? • Come to accept a few things: • You are not assured of tomorrow. • You do not call the shots. • You do not have the right to outcomes exactly as you see them. (God’s greatest blessings usually result from the opposite). • You cannot mix your priorities successfully. • You are not here for your own comfort and glory.

  22. Matthew 6:33-34 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.

  23. How do I kill it? • Step 1: PRIORITIES • Seek the Kingdom of God first, and He will take care of all the other details. • The loving punishment of our occasional failure to do this sometimes spawns a cycle of worry from our “lack of control.” • What is your biggest priority? • Would an impartial investigation verify this? • Hint: God doesn’t need special counsels.

  24. How do I kill it? • Step 2: The Strategy of TODAY • No one has ever sunk under the burdens of today. Letting yesterdays and tomorrows rush in is what does it! • Seal off your compartment from the waters of yesterday: • Sins • Successes • Sorrows

  25. Bonus Slide The sad, perfect day at the circus. See worry for the ugliness that it is. Give it no quarter. Mercilessly exterminate it in your life. Live for God. Give Him your all today, and do the same tomorrow…if you’re still here!

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