Overcoming fear and anxiety using biblical principles. Part 2
Opening prayer
You are the creator of all things, the author of life, and our loving Father, kind and compassionate Lord. We appreciate your constant presence in our life, as well as the Word of God.
As we prepare to study your Word together, we ask you to open our minds. Assist us with clearing the clutter and drowning out any outside noises so we can hear only what you want to say.
Please share new ideas and raise awareness. We can be stubborn, arrogant, and closed-minded as a people, God. We have a tendency to act as if we know everything and often believe it. Allow us to understand you, your Holy Word, and your intention for our lives by opening our minds. We ask in your holy name.
Amen.
Matthew 6:25-34
New International Version
Do Not Worry
25 “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? 26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 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? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
