Worry 1 Understanding it

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Our Verse: Matt 6:34 Jesus said, “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
Worries! We all have them. Most of us have piles of them, tugging on our minds every day and keeping us awake at night. So... how can we deal with worries? The Lord Jesus shows us how!
Let's understand some things about worry, then set a strategy to conquer it!
A definition: Worry is faithless emotional reaction to life's issues. A useless exercise that solves nothing.
Worry is not trusting God to help us, and it's destructive. It makes us ineffective to those around us and those who depend on us. It's final form is depression, where we give up. We quit and everybody suffers.
For this reason, we need to counter-attack worry when it comes.
Heres the strategy:
God has promised to be with us in difficulty, to bring us safely through. Our counter attack against worry starts with remembering what God said. We push out the worry thought with a “Faith in God” thought.
An example: We have lost someone very dear to us. We feel alone, abandoned. Many good things we experienced are no longer possible. The worry comes- “I am alone, what will happen to me. How will I live from now on?”
We attack that worry thought with our “Faith in God” thought- I am not alone! God said “I will be with you, I will never leave you or forsake you.” This thought and speaking these words will, in time, kill off the worry thought. In our experience, it's a growing process to let the Faith in God thought become the strongest in your mind. Sometimes God brings a friend to help you stand, sometimes He wants you to trust Him directly.
Fact: Your faith in God can overcome worry. Jesus said, “Dont worry about tomorrow. Another NT writer said, “don't be anxious for anything, but in everything give Thanks!” It is possible to conquer worry!
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