Proverbs 12:25 25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad .

2. Proverbs 12:25 25Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

3. Proverbs 25:28 28Like a city that is broken into and without walls is a man who has no control over his spirit.

4. Matthew 6:25-34 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?

5. Matthew 6:25-34 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? 27And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

6. Matthew 6:25-34 28“And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

7. Matthew 6:25-34 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?

8. Matthew 6:25-34 31“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

9. Matthew 6:25-34 33“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

10. Matthew 6:25-34 34“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

11. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry

12. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures.

13. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. Psalm 3:1-2 1O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me; 2many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God.

14. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses.

15. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. Proverbs 12:25 25Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down…

16. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. Proverbs 25:28 28Like a city that is broken into and without walls is a man who has no control over his spirit.

17. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?”

18. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” Psalm 42:1-5a 1As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

19. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” Psalm 42:1-5a 3My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”

20. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” Psalm 42:1-5a 4These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.

21. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” Psalm 42:1-5a 5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?

22. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry.

23. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more?

24. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air

25. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious?

26. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious? * Consider the lilies of the field

27. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious? * Consider the lilies of the field * You know better than uninformed unbelievers

28. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious? * Consider the lilies of the field * You know better than uninformed unbelievers * Your heavenly Father knows what you need

29. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious? * Consider the lilies of the field * You know better than uninformed unbelievers * Your heavenly Father knows what you need * He has promised to provide what you need

30. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. * Isn’t life more? * Look at the birds of the air * What good will come from being anxious? * Consider the lilies of the field * You know better than uninformed unbelievers * Your heavenly Father knows what you need * He has promised to provide what you need * Be concerned with only what you can impact

31. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father.

32. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father. 1 Peter 5:6-7 6Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

33. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father. 6. Preach to your own soul.

34. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father. 6. Preach to your own soul. Psalm 42:5 5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

35. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father. 6. Preach to your own soul. 7. Do something constructive today.

36. A Game Plan For When We Start To Worry 1. Name the pressures. 2. Identify the responses. 3. Ask yourself, “Why am I anxious?” 4. Remind yourself of Jesus’ reasons not to worry. 5. Talk to your Father. 6. Preach to your own soul. 7. Do something constructive today. Matthew 6:34 34“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

37. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries

38. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries “I can’t do this!”MOSES: “Who am I that I should go?” (Exo 3:11) GOD: “I will be with you” (Exo 3:12)

39. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries “I won’t know what to say!”MOSES: “If they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” (Exo 3:13) GOD: “I AM has sent me to you” (Exo 3:14-15)

40. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries “They won’t believe me anyway!”MOSES: “They will not believe me or listen to my voice” (Exo 4:1) GOD: “I am not sending you unprepared” (Exo 4:2-9)

41. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries “I’m completely inadequate!”MOSES: “I am not eloquent” (Exo 4:10) GOD: “I, the LORD, made your mouth” (Exo 4:11)

42. Learning From God’s Responses to Moses’ Worries “Someone else should take my place!”MOSES: “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else” (Exo 4:13) GOD: “I am not sending you alone” (Exo 4:14-17)

43. Matthew 6:33 33“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”