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Set Free
Give Up
Woke up worrying
Matthew 6 and 7
How does worryAnd anxiety
Interfere with your life?
Does God want itThat way?
I have come that youMight have life
And have it to the full- Jesus
That your joyMay be full
- Jesus
We write these thingsThat you may fully shareOur joy- 1 John
The way of the Kingdom is toEntrust yourself to God's care
The way of the Kingdom is toEntrust others to God's care
Matthew 7
Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you- Jesus
Cuz…that was a realTemptation
Giving…to be seen by men
Praying…to be seen by men
Fasting…to be seen by men
…they have received their reward
Giving…Father will reward you
Praying…Father will reward you
Fasting…Father will reward you
But we don't serveIn order to get a…?
Reward- Apodidomi= give back, recompense, restore
Reward- Apodidomi= give back, recompense, restore
Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's
Reward- to gain what is already Yours in Christ
That which is lost by Giving, Praying, Fasting
To be seen by men
Some made their livingBy doing these things
Some made their livingBy doing these things
Giving= Trust God! Praying= Trust God! Fasting= Trust God!
Quit trying to controlThe outcome and instead
Trust that God will Meet your needs
Don't lay up treasures on earth…You can't serve God and money
The issue is
Trust Versus Control
God wants moreFor you
Than you wantFor yourself
Identity is in Christ
You carry a crossBecause you're dead
What do dead peopleControl?
When a believer lives out of his or her identity, there's peace
and a changed life
“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?
God provided lifeGod provided a body
Do you really thinkGod can't provide the rest?
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?
Do you really thinkGod cares more for birds
Than for people madeIn his image?
And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
Do you not knowJust how little control you have?
And why are you anxious about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
They don't worryBut they still wind-up beautiful
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?
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly
Father knows that you need them all
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you
Repetition: continually add
Reward: Living in What's already yours
But seek first…and all these things will be added
Either I trustOr I try to figure out
How to get my own needs met
An forfeit what's mineIn Christ
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that
are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God
Run after as a primary concern
Live out of who you are
Run after Eternal Things
Live out of who you are
Run after Eternal Things:Love, serving, sharing, becomingFollowing, worshiping, forgiving
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its
own trouble
I am only anxiousI am only worried
When I'm in control or thinkI should be because I don't trustThe one who is
Your Father will provide because
- He can- He knows- You're not an orphan- You are valuable to Him
I trust Jesus!
(My Plan B has nothingTo do with this!)
Living out of your New IdentityMeans entrusting yourself To God's care
There is no Plan B
Judge not, that you be not judged…
"Judging" is condemning, marginalizing, showing contempt and disfavor as a way to control
Maybe I/we can shame you, distance you, correct you so you'll change
Judge- control through negativity
That's not our job…
At best, behavioral changesAt worst, they'll hate our Christ
Living out of death produces death. Living out of new life produces life
The way of Jesus meansUnderstanding that only God
Can change hearts
So we don't show disfavorIn order to control people
Giving, Praying, Fasting
Controlling the outcomeBy getting rewards from men
Storing up moneyControlling future security
Rather than living by faith
Worry and AnxietyAttempting to figure out needsAnd control life
Rather than trusting God
Judging isAttempting to control people
By condemning and showingDisfavor
Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs…
A pearl is not a bad thingA pig is not a bad thing
Giving a valuable thingTo that which is unable
To appreciate it
"If I give pearlsThe pigs will appreciate them
And become what I want"
Attempting to controlWith good things
Throwing scriptureIn an argument with
Someone who doesn't believe
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The way of Jesus meansUnderstanding that only GodCan change hearts
So we don't give good thingsIn order to control people
Following Jesus is aboutTrusting God with your Physical needs so that
You live without worry or anxiety
Following Jesus is aboutTrusting God with the peopleIn your life so you that
You live without controlAnd manipulation
The way of the Kingdom is toEntrust yourself to God's care
The way of the Kingdom is toEntrust others to God's care
When a believer lives out of who he or she used to be,
it produces conflict and pain
Living out of new life Produces life
- I trust God fully
- I need to trust God more
- I don't trust God much at all
"God, I believe. Help my unbelief…"
"When I attempt to control-Remind me to trust you instead"
"I'm tired of trying to controlI'm ready to trust Jesus"
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