Harvest Bible Chapel Indy West Waging the War against Worry Matt. 6:23-33

Say it in a Sentence! ✤ “I must make WAR against my worry!”

I. Understanding the SOURCE of Worry (vs ) A. My worry problem is a WORSHIP problem

Paul Tripp on Worry ✤ “Worship is the central love that commands our allegiance and directs our behavior. It’s the motivational core of our lives. It's where we draw our meaning and purpose.” ✤ -Summarized from “Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands”

Ex. 20:4-5a ✤ 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God

Jer. 17:9 ✤ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

I. Understanding the SOURCE of Worry (vs ) A. My worry problem is a WORSHIP problem B. My PURPOSE reveals my WORSHIP

Is. 43:6-7 ✤ I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

Westminster Shorter Catechism ✤ “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.”

“If only _______.....”

Getting to the HEART of Worry ✤ State It ✤ Question It ✤ Identify It

II. Understanding the SOLUTION for Worry (vs ) A. KNOW God (vs )

A. W. Tozer ✤ “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”

II. Understanding the SOLUTION for Worry (vs ) A. KNOW God (vs ) B. TRUST God (vs )

Heb. 11:6 ✤ And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

James MacDonald ✤ “Doubt is to your soul what cancer is to your body. Doubt is to your soul what foreclosure is to your mortgage. Doubt is to your soul what infidelity is marriage.”

II. Understanding the SOLUTION for Worry (vs ) A. KNOW God (vs ) B. TRUST God (vs ) C. PURSUE God (vs. 33)

2 Cor. 5:9 ✤ 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.