HOW TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE WEIGHT OF WORRY
Living On A Margin – Part 4
Steve Gallimore & Brandon Bruce
“I have no peace! I have no quiet! I have no rest!
And trouble keeps coming!” Job 3:26 (GW)
MARGIN: is the space between my load and my limits.
LIVING WITH A MARGIN: Not using up all I have, but reserving
some of my time, energy, and resources for the unexpected.
DEFINITION OF WORRY: To allow one’s mind to dwell on actual or potential difficulty or troubles.
SOME DOWNSIDES OF WORRY:
• Cannibalizes the margin in my mind.
• Shifts my focus from faith to fear.
• Weighs me down spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically.
SOME UPSIDES OF WORRY:
HOW TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE WEIGHT OF WORRY:
1 . Pin-point my
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV)
2 . Remember That
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Matthew 6:25-27 (KJV)
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5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:5-7 (KJV)
4 . Walk In The
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
Worry … Jesus Wants To