Superior To Angels - [Hebrews 1:4]

Please turn your Bibles to Matthew chapter 6 this morning as you know we're working through Hebrews. And I'm all set for Hebrews, and it's a very important transitional time in Hebrews verse 4 of chapter 1 and following set the stage for the rest of chapter 1 of Hebrews and chapter 2 of Hebrews and Every year I have two sermons prepared kind of as backup.

I call them snow sermons so and not a lot of folks show up I still will preach to you in a vital passage. But I save Hebrews for when we have all the elect here not just some. But seriously I didn't want to preach the Hebrews passage when many people I knew weren't going to be here.

And so today we're gonna look at Matthew chapter 6 and what does the Bible say about worry? Do you worry? Do you have anxiety? Angst. Do you have your palms sweat you have distress in your life fidgeting foreboding nervousness.

I Think that's what my grandmother used to call it. I'm nervous. Unease and apprehension. After all I almost don't blame you for being nervous and having anxiety because we've got the politics of the world.

We have the terrorist of the world this is a fallen world and bad things happen all the time. When I look at the word worry in the Dictionaries an antonym of worry antonyms would be calm. Relaxation security tranquility assurance.

The good news is let's take a look at what Jesus says about worry. And what he says about the Father's provision in light of that so that we can a think rightly about worry. Confess it as sin, and then look to who God is for forgiveness.

I Think when people say the Bible is not relevant. I don't think they've ever read it when you look at Matthew chapter 6. Especially as Jesus the master preacher the prince of preachers preaches. He just does it in such a way.

It's not only convicting. It's not only hope-filled, but it's also very memorable. One man said why has the pulpit for so long maintained a criminal silence? About worry instead of condemning this flagrant sin.

So I think what we'll do today sometimes I give out long lines sometimes I don't sometimes with alliteration sometimes without let me give you today God's prescription for worry. God's solution for anxiety and Worry, and we're going to give you probably six charges in light of who you are in Christ not to worry.

This is God's over-the-counter. Prescription if you will for worry, and you do need a doctor though. And he's going to be the great physician. And for those of you that probably want me to say something about politics these days.

Here's as good as it gets right here. You ready. This is better than Obamacare. Okay. That's all I'm gonna say. That's all I'm gonna say simple. Before we get into the text as we address Christians about worry, and what are the solutions to worry?

I want to say early on though if you're not a Christian. This is just not going to work for you. These are for Christians. These admonitions and these encouragements are for Christians. And if you're not a Christian in one sense you should worry.

When that man came into my office and said I've got all these problems in life. And I try to help him with those problems. He wasn't a believer, and then I said to him by the way before you go I have something important to talk to you about and he said yes, I said now you told me you live with your girlfriend.

Yes, how long have you lived with a girlfriend? Six years. I assume you're sleeping together. You're not just roommate splitting the rent of course we're sleeping together. I said by the way before you leave I want you to know that first Corinthians chapter 6 is very clear that fornicators those who have sex before marriage.

Fornicators will not inherit the kingdom of God don't be deceived. And if you die tonight based on your own profession, you're not going to go to heaven you're gonna go straight to hell. And that particular man looked shocked, and I said by the way there is repentance found there is forgiveness found.

You don't have to keep doing this. There's the gospel for you and that man walked out of my office. And then he walked into a hospital later that night for an anxiety disorder because of this very fact.

In a sense I was glad not because I want anybody to go to the hospital. But his conscience was Convicting him his conscience knew I am unrighteous and the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God.

And so if you're not a Christian today You should be worried concerned. Fretting foreboding that your last breath will usher you not into Christ's presence of grace and mercy but you will be in his presence as judge jury and executioner and.

So your only hope today if you're not a Christian is not well, I'd like to worry less as an unbeliever. I'd like you to worry more so that you'll be so concerned you have to run from worry and to the cross so that you Might believe on the Lord Jesus Christ today, it's for Warriors as Jesus says the you my children.

Here's how a Christian deals with worry number one the first prescription. Maybe you like to take a tablet in Germany. I think they're tabletons. Is that correct? No German speakers. Okay. What do they call them in the in Ukraine?

Okay. All right. Let's go open our Bibles to Hebrews chapter 1. I Have another icon right here. It'll work out. Well Number one admit that all worry and anxiety is sinful Matthew chapter 6 verse 25. We're gonna make these ABCDE very simple there should be six of them a Admit that all worry and anxiety is sinful.

Acquiring God's perspective on worry now this great preacher Jesus comes and preaches this message as Sermon on the Mount his fame was increasing in chapter 4. He was healing people here the Messiah Jesus Begins to teach them about Worry in chapter 6 verse 25 and we pick it up here long after the Beatitudes.

Long after giving to the needy and praying the disciples prayer laying up treasures in heaven. And he says because of the laying up in laying up treasures in heaven section for this reason 625 are therefore I tell you Do not be anxious about your life.

Let's just stop there don't be anxious for your life. He just got done saying in verse 21 about Treasures did he not verse 21 of the same chapter for where your treasure is there your heart will be. Also when it comes to choosing between Riches and the trusting God we know we have to make sure we're not serving money not worshiping Money not being anxious for money and therefore he says do not be anxious about your life.

It's a command. It's a present tense command. It's an ongoing command. It means if you are worrying stop. Never ever worry and that word worry means to be concerned about. It means to be anxious about.

It means to be divided. I've got kind of divided concern something's broken in half and I'm thinking about how to put the two things together and As things are divided and broken. It almost has a little nuance to it and if it doesn't in the Greek it does in your own in your own heart and in your own language.

It starts to mean choke. It means to throttle it means to Strangulate. Gary Gilley said we've all experienced this strangulation. Those feelings that tie us into knots and dominate us to such a degree that we can think of nothing else.

We have all lain awake at night disturbed about something our hands may sweat our Stomachs may churn churn. We may be unable to eat our worse. We can't stop eating. We call this worry anxiety our fear and it is one of the great enemies of joy and contentment in our lives in quote.

And here Jesus says Stop don't this is sinful if you continue. Do you notice what the text goes on to say what does our Lord say? Don't be anxious about your life. What you will eat or what you will drink nor about your body what you will put on.

God has given you life. God has given you breath. God has given you your body. Won't he give you everything else? Maybe the Trinity of cares John Stott of the world is what you eat what you drink and what you wear.

Aren't those things temporal. Aren't those things material. Aren't those things? Physical are they the end all and be all of the Christian? What about life? How would we worry about our life? How long I'm gonna live?

What am I gonna die of? What about my health issues? What about what will I eat? What about food? What about drink and water? If we're not supposed to worry about what I'm supposed to wear what I'm supposed to eat what I'm supposed to drink how much.

Less should I then worry about what kind of car I drive? Kind of suit I wear less essential things and Immediately I can hear the refrain because I'm part of the refrain. Easy for you to say but you don't know about my circumstance.

My doctor said it was okay. I can't help it. I don't worry as much as the other person. My support group says it's fine and natural friends. Jesus said Jesus said don't worry. Jesus said you can see it for your with your own eyes.

Do not worry. When David sinned it was a different sin. But it's the Lord's goodness when we confess our sins. He's what? Faithful and just to forgive our sins. David said in Psalm 38 for I confess my iniquity.

I am full of anxiety because of my sin. And let me just confess it God and let me just agree confession is agree. God. You said worry is a sin. I'm saying it's a sin. I'm sinning against you. I shouldn't you take care of me.

You've done everything for me. If you say not to sin Lord, forgive me. I don't want to sin anymore. Help me. That is so much different than what the society says, well, you know what. Have you ever been bothered by any of these for six months?

This is what the Psychologist would say. Have you ever been bothered by restlessness? Are you easily tired so far? I'm two for two. Problems concentrating. I'm three for three. Irritability me never okay three four four.

Muscle tension trouble falling asleep are staying asleep. I mean they got you coming or going. It's like, you know in the old days you had three categories extrovert introvert and Normal, so how do we make everybody sick?

There's no more normal. You're just either extrovert or introvert. Is does anxiety interfere with your daily life? If you've answered yes to at least three of these questions You may have generalized anxiety disorder.

Dad, that's what it's called Anxiety calm says do you have two or more of these symptoms easily fatigued difficult concentrating? Unsatisfying sleep. Are you afraid when you speak up when you take a test when you work in public when you eat in public?

When you ask someone for a date The world has its solutions and yet again, Jesus says do not worry. Proverbs 12 25 it says anxiety in the heart of a man weighs it down, but a good word Makes it glad. Anxiety wears anxiety corrodes anxiety rusts if you're worrying as My mother we used to call people probably she even called me this she called me a worry wart.

I Think there's the children's Christian children's Character and he's worry warthog. Have you ever seen him worry warthog? Yes, of course you have Lord if you say worry is sinful I'm just gonna start saying it's sinful and the second I say it's sinful and then I'll say and Lord Would you please forgive me for not trusting in you?

That's where we have to start. We have to acknowledge that sin is sin. Say well is concern. Okay. Yes Paul said in Philippians 2 for I have no one else of kindred spirit who will generally be Genuinely be concerned for your welfare.

There's a concern. That's certainly fine. Is there any Anxiousness in the Bible, that's good. Well, it's a different Greek word, but Jude verse 21 says keep yourselves in the love of God. Waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

I can't wait for the Lord to come back. That'll be a great day. That's not sinful anxiety. Now let's go back to Matthew chapter 6 verse 25. Look at the question Jesus asked at the end of verse 25. I Love it how he asked these questions.

Makes you think. You can feel Nathan's finger finger on your sternum with questions like this is not life more than food and the body than clothing. ESV says is not life more than food and the body more than clothing.

And if the answer is yes is the answer yes. Then live in light of that answer, that's the point 100 years from now. It will make no difference. Where you ate? What you ate? With whom you ate if you drink Evian water for breakfast.

Where are money and Kenneth Cole and Calvin Klein? I don't even know who the new brands are. Do we even know? I don't know. 100 years from now. You'll be clothed with Christ perfect righteousness. I don't think you'll be thinking about clothes.

God's prescription for worry from Jesus's own words number one admit that all worry is sinful. Number two found in verses 26 through 32. This is the positive side. Believe that your father in heaven is loving good and provides everything you need.

Christian believe that all that your father is loving good and provides all that you need. Now the world knows if you're not going to worry you need to do something else. I think they see the flicker of Scripture where it's put off and then put on.

Stop doing one thing and start doing the other. Ephesians. Paul would say don't lie. Tell the truth. Don't steal. Work and if we're not going to worry we need to do something else instead. Just stopping something isn't going to be enough and that's where we focus in verses 26 through 32.

The world has their stress reducers. I found a few here's their put-ons. Keep a duplicate car key in your wallet. Not bad. 30 minutes of brisk walking. Put brain and gear before opening mouth. Laugh G Gordon Liddy has a different approach.

Remember he was afraid of heights electricity and rats. So we climbed a power pole and ate a rat at the top of it. You could call anxiety disorders one eight eight eight. Anxiety, what if I forget the number?

Xanax Valium bus bar. Librium Ativan. From their own mouths the psychologist and Others say quote medications, although not cures. Can be very effective at relieving anxiety symptoms. That is very true.

Isn't it? That is very true. They're not cure. So so but what if I'd like a cure. I want to be cured. Minneth Meyer psychologist Christian psychologist said we suggest setting aside 15 minutes in the morning and another 15 minutes in the evening for active worry.

We all worry so why not designate a time slot of 1 of a 12-hour day and The book is entitled worry free living. So just I'd start to worry at like noon. I thinking I didn't already worry for 15 minutes now.

I'm like worried again. Among the professionals who can help our psychiatrists psychologists social workers and counselors. However, it says online it's best to look for a professional who has specialized training in cognitive Behavioral or behavioral therapy and who is open to the use of medications.

Should they be needed? Did you know the cure for anxiety is found in doctrine? It's about doctrine and it's about theology proper to be technical. That is who is God? Who is he? What has he done? What are his attributes?

Who is God when you worry we say, okay worry sinful I'll admit it. But now I need to do something else with all that pent-up energy and worry I have to replace it. And so now the movement here you're gonna see in this text is look to who God is.

God takes care of what he's made. 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. Is it really true Jesus that when you say we worry it's essentially maligning the character of God Jesus.

Could it be true that when you say when you worry you're saying God's not good. God's not faithful. God doesn't provide. God provides for birds, but he doesn't provide for me Jesus are you really saying that?

You know you we question God's sustaining providential love when we worry. I think we know the answers to those questions and Jesus with another imperative look. It's a command look at the birds of the air.

This word means to look right at it to stare at it. To look directly upon it to gaze upon it. So what as you as you look at it you begin to think you begin to ponder you begin to consider. When I sit in the morning in my chair and have a cup of coffee and I look outside a couple days ago I saw Cardinal and this word means to look at the Cardinal and then go.

Oh, it's red. It's cool. Go big red. No, it means to look at it and just kind of think wait a second. Look at that made it through the winter. God provides for it. Martin Lloyd-jones says the essence of worry is the absence of thought a failure to think and Jesus says look at the birds, so you think about it in Luke 12 when Jesus talks about the same topic.

He says consider the Ravens. God even takes care of unclean birds ritually unclean birds. Won't he take care of you? Now when you look at a bird the response is not I'm gonna mimic a bird. That's not what he's wanting you to think about but he wants you to observe God's providential care.

Birds aren't made in God's likeness birds aren't made in God's image birds. Don't have souls birds. Don't have spirits. Later Jesus says in Matthew 10 are not two sparrows sold for a cent and yet not one of them will fall to the ground.

Apart from your father the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore. Do not fear you are of more value than many sparrows. Friends when's the last time you saw a line of birds outside of Sam's Club.

Stocking up for y2k you say yeah, but birds stockpile. I know but not because they're worried, but it's by instinct. God feeds birds. He feeds sparrows. Will he not feed you? You know you can just imagine if you if you've got little kids and.

And you you hear some commotion going on in the bedroom and one hour later two hours later. And you go in and why can't you fall asleep? Daddy I'm worried. Why why are you worried? Well? I'm worried that you daddy won't provide breakfast for me in the morning.

And I would think I've provided breakfast for you every day. You've never missed a meal, and if I'm faithful to provide for my own children. How much more will the Lord provide sustain nourish support and feed not just birds?

Psalm 147 says he gives to the beasts its food and to the young ravens which cry. Say well, I'm all worried. Okay, get your mind off. You're worried and then begin to think about God his goodness his care his generosity.

Tozer said God's goodness is what disposes him to be kind and benevolent and full of goodwill toward men. He is tender-hearted and of quick sympathy and his unfailing attitude toward all moral beings is open frank and friendly.

Tozer said by his nature God is inclined to bestow blessedness, and he takes holy Pleasure and the happiness of his people. It is true that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. Coming down from the father of heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows.

God is good, and there's nothing about him. That isn't good. Luther you see He is making the birds our schoolmasters and teachers. It is a great and abiding disgrace to us that in the gospel a Helpless sparrow should become a theologian and a preacher to the wisest of men.

Whenever you listen to a nightingale therefore you are listening to an excellent preacher. I Told you before I never really wanted to be a bird watcher because I always thought that was for the older generation.

When I would watch wrestling on TV when I was a kid they sold something called Geritol. And I figured that was always for older people. They said they were the ones that were the bird watchers. But now that I am old I can tell you it's true.

Look at the birds. Let's just make it as practical as possible. If you're a worrywart, and you're begin to worry. I mean, I worry too. The best thing you can do if you're able is you just go outside and take a walk.

You're at work. You've got an hour off for lunch or a half hour and you walk outside and you begin to think and you begin to look. And you think wait a second this whole system the world Ecosystem everything else.

God takes care of those birds. It's amazing of course he's going to take care of me. First John 3 see how great of love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God and such we are.

See the thing about worry when you begin to worry. It doesn't get to get you very far. Look at verse 27. It's unproductive. Well, it might be productive, but in a negative fashion. And which of you by being anxious.

Can add a single hour to his span of? life. NASS can add a single cubit to his life's span. Oh. There's some arguing about. Is this about your life or your height. Worry won't help you with either. Quite frankly God created you and he will sustain you.

You didn't make yourself. He made you no wonder Stonewall Jackson said is it okay to confo to quote a Confederate here. Well, you either you either quote Confederates or Americans, so I'll quote a Confederate.

I Had to think about how to say that before I said it. My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that. All this worry.

Will it make my life go longer or shorter. Of course. He gives another illustration. Verse 28. Do you see it, and why are you anxious about clothing? Consider or observe. The lilies 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 clothes the grass of the field which today is alive tomorrow's thrown in the oven.

Here's the argument again. Notice how he preaches. Will he not much more much more clothed you oh you of little faith. All right, I'm worrying God. I know where he's a sin. I admit it. Please forgive me and now I've got to do something.

That's more positive. I'm going to look number one at the birds and number two look at the lilies. This is a different word for look, but it still means to consider. It means to study. It means more like you take a magnifying glass.

I never I never could understand why my grandparents always had magnifying glasses around because they were only good for one thing and that Was burning ants to death. Our other game in Nebraska. You could tell how culture I was.

As if you pull the legs off a grasshopper and put it in a spider web interesting things happen. Now it's just this right. I have no idea what I was talking about. Oh Magnifying glasses. This is take a magnifying glass to kind of examine things closely.

What are they. At least you're listening? What do you call those things that they look at diamonds with around the neck of a jeweler a loop? This is taking that loop out and taking a close look. This is take a picture it lasts longer.

Kind of thing stare. God in his grace. Common grace adorns these flowers with splendor. He goes above and beyond. If anyone had a great kingdom it was Solomon. If anyone had Glitz it was Solomon. If anyone had glamour It was Solomon.

And you read 2nd Chronicles chapter 9 and you see that all the horses he had all the chariots he had. King Solomon made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and those of you that have been in Jerusalem know how many stones are there.

He made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees and Yet these lilies that are here today and gone tomorrow. Show much more. God's lavish meticulous care in something that just perishes. When you worry you say God you you provide for the birds you provide for the flowers, but you do not provide for me.

Questions God's character questions God provision. I'd be heartbroken if one of my children said dad I just don't know if you can provide food and clothing and shelter for me. I know you have for the last 20 years, but I don't know about today.

You say how does it question God's character? Do you see there at the end of verse 30. Oh? Man of little faith. Mark this down well congregation because I know I need to mark it down the root. Cause of anxiety is unbelief.

It's unbelief. I'm supposed to take you at your word God that you'll provide that if you've given me salvation. You've sent your best you've sent your son. You love me in eternity past and so did the Sun and and you you so love the world.

You sent your son to die for someone like me. You gave me the greatest gift as an enemy as Helpless as Weak. If God loves his enemies with the greatest valued treasure his son. That's Romans 5. Won't he give me everything else now as son our daughter and when we begin to say you know I'm worried.

What we're really saying is God. I don't take you at your word. Oh Oh Men of little faith you of little faith you see it there. I could I could maybe translate it this way. I Don't really like it because I know it's directed to me as well.

You little mini believer you little tiny believer you'd have greater faith. God loves us if he loves us spiritually by having a son lay down his life for us. That's how we know what love is. Won't he take care of everything else.

Mueller. George Mueller the beginning of anxiety is the end of faith and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. Verse 31 gives us a nice little summary. Therefore do not be anxious saying what should we what should we drink?

What should we wear? The Gentiles seek after all these things and your Heavenly Father knows see he knows that you need them all. All Pagans worried. Gentiles worry. Unbelievers worry. We learned today in Sunday school.

God is omniscient. He knows exactly what we need. I love first Peter chapter 5. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you at the proper time. Casting all your anxiety upon him because he what?

Cares for you. And when you walk outside and you see the birds and you see the lilies you go. You know what? God cares for his creatures. God cares for his creatures. And if he cares for them, he's gonna care for me.

I wish it'd be translated differently, but it's not Psalm 23. Yahweh is my shepherd. I shall not what? Want here's what he really means. Yahweh is my shepherd. I lack nothing. Everything's provided. Has nothing to do with.

I want something. I'd like an upgrade. I'd like the new iPhone 8. I know there's not one there will be. Everything I need you've provided Spiritual blessings in the heavenly places. They've all been provided for me.

God didn't spare his own son, but delivered him up for us all. How will he not with him freely give us all? Things liberally bountifully completely. Number one admit that all sin. All anxiety rather as sin.

Number two believe that your father in heaven is loving good and provides. Number three. See chase after God his will and his glory. Verse 33 all that bound-up energy needs to go somewhere and Here we see in verse 33 of Matthew 6.

But seek first the kingdom of God in his righteousness and all these things will be added to you. People are worried and they become paralyzed and they become petrified and then they don't do the right thing.

That is seek after God's kingdom. You're on this earth not to just fossilize over here with fear. But to chase after God and his kingdom, do you know the kingdom matters more than material things? Cory ten boom knew it worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows.

It empties today of its strength so instead of consuming yourself with you yourself and and I. Me myself and I I've got to go do something. I can't just sit here because if I sit here, I know I'm gonna worry.

God Forgive me for my worry. I'm gonna have to look to you and I'm gonna have to go do things for you in the kingdom for others. It's serve not being selfish. Track down that word means to seek. It means to to follow it means to.

If I was in England I would say release the hounds. Track them down be absorbed with. So so I want to be paralyzed. I mean, I've been there and it's almost like I think I just drank like 90 cups of coffee.

That's how I feel. Short breath instead of that. It's like, okay, I may feel that way, but now I've got to think differently. God I know you're good. And now it's all about other people. This kind of this orbit that just cycles into myself and I'm worried and I'm more worried and I'm worried more and more.

I Mean, I think my grandparents as much as I love them. They used to have the like the weather channel and this little box a little radio shack box and they just push it. It would give them something to worry about that day.

I mean, that's how you get people coming back to the weather channel. It's just make people worried. What can I worry about today? What can I be concerned about today? Oh, it's the weather. It's my kids.

It's this it's that and friend I don't care what the worry is and you say it's easy for me to say it, but I'll say because it's true my health my mom salvation my husband salvation my kid salvation. Every one of those and everything in between if you'd like them to be saved.

That's the heart of God if it's I'm gonna worry and fret. It's sinful. You cannot do that. You must not do that. This word is used in Matthew later. Listen for chapter 26 and from then on Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

Sizing things up. Where's a window? Where's a porthole so I can try to seize Jesus. It means to pursue with preserving effort. So much so that you've got to get when it comes to me and and my worry. I'll admit that it's sinful.

I've got to think about who God the Father is and then it's time for kingdom business. I'm gonna live all out for the Lord and he's gonna have to provide for me. It's in the context of won't he give you everything else if you live as a Missionary if you live as a housewife if you live as an engineer for the glory of God, won't he take care of you?

All these things will be added to you your life food clothing. It's all added. This is Philippians 4 language and my God shall supply all your needs According to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. I could put it this way.

You should be too busy to worry. Or if you're worrying get busy do something get the prayer list begin to read scripture. Call somebody to try to encourage them. Number four a admit that all Anxiety of sin be believe your father's good see chase after God's will.

D. Number four don't worry about the future. Don't worry about the future. Don't borrow trouble. I read someplace that these are the common anxieties that people focus on. 40 of things that will never happen.

People worry about. 30 things about the past that can't be changed. 12 things about criticism by others many of its untrue most of its untrue. 10 about health which you only get more unhealthy with more stress and Then it said in this particular survey 8 of what people worry about Actually will be a real problem that the person has to face that day.

Therefore Jesus says Matthew 6 verse 34. Do you notice it therefore? Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow. For tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own Trouble it's almost like you know, I I have to be anxious about something.

I have nothing to anxious to be about today. So maybe there's something bad that's gonna happen tomorrow. So I can do something Lloyd-jones if it cannot get to us to be anxious and burdened and bored down by the state and condition of things that actually are Confronting us anxiety will take the next step.

It will go into the future many have Wisely said things like fears may be liars worry doubles trouble. By the way tomorrow when there is something bad that might happen is God going to be there for you tomorrow as the Emmanuel God with us Supplying everything you need.

Yes, he'll be there so maybe the best thing we can do is Be busy today serving the Lord and not think about tomorrow and we can be like that African proverb Lord Jesus make my heart sit down. Number five e here's the good news today.

We don't have two services so I don't have to be done in thirty nine and a half minutes. And if you've braved the weather then we're just gonna finish the sermon. So see this right here. See this watch right here I usually have up here.

It's going right in this pocket right here. Don't worry about it sit. Not worrying about tomorrow not worrying about what's gonna happen in five minutes. If you need to be excused you may be excused e Number five and treat God to help you.

Pray, that's what I want to say, but I needed an e so in treat. But it is easy to remember when you think admit believe chase. Don't borrow any trouble and then in treat God pray. This is also part of the positive the putting on where you think okay I just need to pray under the Lord.

I need to trust God. But I also need to pray you want to worry less pray more. Now, let's go to Philippians chapter 4. You probably thought to yourself earlier on, you know Philippians 4 you can hear the echo of Jesus in Paul the Apostle.

Well, that's true for many reasons. But because this is Jesus has sent out Apostle. You can be sure you're gonna hear the echoes of what Jesus taught the other Apostles. Philippians chapter 4 where is Paul by the way as he writes this that might be a good consideration for you to Develop mentally.

See when I read Philippians chapter 4 verses 6 and 7 if you you pick up the put on put off. See if you pick up the stop doing one thing and do the other. Notice in the Bible so that we don't get just stuck saying I have to stop worrying.

I have to stop worrying. I can't stop can't stop myself. I must stop myself. There's something on the positive side. The Christian sanctification is who you are in Christ and union with Christ gives you motivation to obey.