Why do Christians worry? Does worry do any good? Worry really is unproductive.

1. Unproductive Worry
Matthew 6:27-34
Do you remember
Alfred E. Newman from
Mad Magazine?
Why do we worry?
Does it do any good to
worry about things?

2. Worry Studies
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40% - Would never happen
30% - Have already happened, water
under the bridge
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12% - Others opinions
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10% - Needless health worries
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8% - Legitimate concerns

3. Two Categories
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Unproductive – There is no answer,
worry does not prevent
Productive – Drives us to take steps to a
solution.
Jesus said – ALL worry is unproductive.

4. Matthew 6:27
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Which of you by worrying
can add one cubit to his
stature?
4 Observations about Worry

5. Worry = Unnecessary
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Matthew 6:28-29 28 So why do you
worry about clothing? Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow: they
neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say
to you that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of
these.

6. Worry = Unnecessary
Does God provide?
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Matthew 6:8 Therefore do not be like
them. For your Father knows the
things you have need of before you
ask Him.
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7. Worry = Unnecessary
Does God provide?
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Jeremiah 17:7-8 7 "Blessed is the
man who trusts in the Lord, And
whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall
be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the
river, And will not fear when heat
comes; But its leaf will be green, And
will not be anxious in the year of
drought, Nor will cease from yielding
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8. Worry = Unreasonable
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Matthew 6:30 Now if God so
clothes the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will He not
much more clothe you, O you of
little faith?

9. Worry = Unreasonable
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Is God powerful?
Philippians 4:6-7 6 Be anxious for
nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God; 7 and
the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.

10. Worry = Unreasonable
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Does God care?
1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Therefore humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time, 7
casting all your care upon Him, for He
cares for you.
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God wants us to depend on Him.
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Cast your cares on Him.

11. Worry = Unfaithful
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Matthew 6:30 Now if God so
clothes the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will He not
much more clothe you, O you of
little faith?

12. Worry = Unfaithful
Worry denies God's promise
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Romans 8:28 And we know that
all things work together for good to
those who love God, to those who
are the called according to His
purpose.
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13. Worry = Unfaithful
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Worry denies God's promise
George Muller - “The beginning of
anxiety is the end of faith, and the
beginning of true faith is the end of
anxiety.”

14. Worry = Unwise
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Matthew 6:31-32 31 Therefore do
not worry, saying, 'What shall we
eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or
'What shall we wear?' 32 For after
all these things the Gentiles seek.
For your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things.

15. Worry = Unwise
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Matthew 6:33-34 33 But seek first
the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you. 34 Therefore
do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the day is its own
trouble.

16. Worry = Unwise
Our time is short – James 4:14
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Why waste our lives in things that are:
– Unnecessary
– Unreasonable
– Unfaithful
– Unwise
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17. Conclusion
If there is a solution – There is no
need to worry!
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If there is no solution – There is no
need to worry!
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18. Conclusion
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Ephesians 2:4-5 4 But God, who is rich
in mercy, because of His great love with
which He loved us, 5 even when we
were dead in trespasses, made us alive
together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved),

19. Conclusion
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Ephesians 2:6-7 6 and raised us up
together, and made us sit together in
the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7
that in the ages to come He might show
the exceeding riches of His grace in His
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.