Wednesday, October 26, 2011

8 Reasons Why You Should Not Worry

1.   Life is more than food (Matthew 6:25).
2.   The body is more than clothing (Matthew 6:25).
3.   Human beings are greater than materials (Matthew 6:25).
4.   People are more important than birds whom God feeds without their labor (Matthew 6:26).
5.   Worry cannot change the body (Matthew 6:27).
6.   People are better than plants that do not worry about clothing (Matthew 6:28-30).
7.   God's providence is over all creation, not just birds and plants that never buy, sell, manufacture, or labor (Matthew 6:26-32).
8.   Worry is useless and sinful and must not be tolerated (Matthew 6:33-34).

Friday, October 7, 2011

How to wait on God

1.   Prayerfully (Psalm 25:4-5)
2.   Patiently (Psalm 37:7; Psalm 145:15)
3.   Single-mindedly (Psalm 62:5)
4.   Expectantly (Psalm 62:5-6; Psalm 123:2; Micah 7:7)
5.   Longingly (Psalm 130:5-6)
6.   Quietly (Lament. 3:26)
7.   Continually (Hosea 12:6)