War Against Worry, Part 2

Matthew 6:25-34
[25] “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? [26] 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? [27] And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? [28] And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:they neither toil nor spin, [29] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [30] But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? [31] Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ [32] For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenlyFather knows that you need them all. [33] But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

[34] “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

DEEP SHEET:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does this passage heighten your seriousness about worry? How is worry the opposite of hallowing God’s name?
2.  In what ways do you see the pervasiveness of worry in the world? What does it mean to say that we must avoid world intake without Bible intake?
3.  How is faith foundational and central to Christian identity? What does it mean that we both enter by faith and live by faith? (Ephesians 2:8; Romans 1:17; 14:23; Hebrews 11:6)
4.  Does God provide for all of our needs? In what ways do we often misunderstand what we really need? (Philippians 4:19)
5.  What does it practically look like to “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness”? (Romans 14:17)
6.  Based on Jesus’ teaching in this passage, how should we think about the future? (Proverbs 27:1; Psalm 34:19; Lamentations 3:22-23; Matthew 6:11)