Mat 6:19 (NKJV) "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Mat 6:20 (NKJV) "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Mat 6:21 (NKJV) "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Mat 6:22 (NKJV) "The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

Mat 6:23 (NKJV) "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Mat 6:24 (NKJV) "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Mat 6:25 (NKJV) "Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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?

Mat 6:26 (NKJV) "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Mat 6:27 (NKJV) "Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

Mat 6:28 (NKJV) "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;

Mat 6:29 (NKJV) "and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Mat 6:30 (NKJV) "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?

Mat 6:31 (NKJV) "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

Mat 6:32 (NKJV) "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

Mat 6:33 (NKJV) "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Mat 6:34 (NKJV) "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Rom 15:13 (NKJV) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1. CAUSES OF WORRY.

a. The cares of life.

b. The hateful atmosphere of the world.

c. The ignorance of God and His word..

2. THE CURSE OF WORRY.

a. Harmful to yourself.

b. Harmful to your family and friends.

c. Harmful to God’s plan for your life.

3. THE CURE FOR WORRY.

Prov 3:5 (NKJV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

Prov 3:6 (NKJV) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Isa 26:3 (NKJV) You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Isa 48:18 (NKJV) Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Psa 119:165 (NKJV) Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble.

John 16:33 (NKJV) "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Eph 2:14 (NKJV) For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

(3. The cure for worry continued.)

"IN ADDITION TO TRUSTING GOD, IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE THIS WONDERFUL PEACE, WE ALSO ....... )

b. experience Peace through loving

1 John 4:18 (NKJV) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

1 Pet 5:7 (NKJV) casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Heb 12:2 (NKJV) looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Phil 4:6 (NKJV) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Phil 4:7 (NKJV) and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Phil 4:19 (NKJV) And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

BE ANXIOUS ABOUT NOTHING....

PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING....

BE GRATEFUL IN ALL THINGS!