Missing Peace: Breaking the Grip of Worry

Verde Valley Christian Church
Oct 22 – 28, 2023

Sermon Series: Missing PEACE
Sermon Title: "Breaking the Grip of Worry"
Speaker: Jim Hammond

I. What WORRY Does
A. It CHOKES You

Mark 4:19
but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.

I. What WORRY Does
...B. It BLINDS Your Ability to FOCUS

Matthew 6:23-25
But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I. What WORRY Does
...C. It FIXATES on FUTURE Problems Without FIXING Anything

II. What To Do To Break Its Grip

Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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