Worry and Anxiety

Our speaker during Family Bible Hour was Mr Jon Gauger of Moody Radio. He is pictured with his wife, Diana, and granddaughter, Josilyn. His message was based on Matthew 6:25-34 ---

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Based on the above, here are 5 Reasons why we must not worry:

1. Worry does not work
2. Worrying causes us to live like pagans
3. Our heavenly Father already knows our needs (thus, is already acting on our behalf)
4. Today has enough challenges without having to add worry to the list
5. The Lord Jesus as asked us to stop worrying 

Mr Gauger's antidote to worry, as well as his complete message, is available on DVD. Please see Romy.