Living in Trust: Overcoming Worry with Faith

1. "Jesus is saying, don't borrow tomorrow's trouble. The one into today, don't borrow tomorrow's trouble that you haven't lived yet into today's time that you're now living. Jesus is trying to help us here that tomorrow have its own troubles. In other words, there's enough troubles there. Don't add to the troubles today because you're going to get overloaded. You're going to overload yourself and you're going to be overwhelmed by worry. And you're going to be overwhelmed. By these problems and you'll break down under the pressure." [05:55] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "Worry is anxious thought about the future. Worry is being in a place where you have an uneasiness or anxiety about tomorrow or about the future. Ultimately, when you're filled with anxiety, you're worried. You're worried about tomorrow or about the future. anxiety. It's actually grounded in a lack of trust in God and his purpose. When you think you can better control the world with your worry than God can, then you're not trusting God." [08:54] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "I believe that it still applies. I think we live in a very worried world, where people are worried today. They're worried about the cost of living. They're worried about how they're going to pay the bills. They're worried about the election. They're worried about terrorism and politics, the threat of war. You're worried about earthquakes. If you live in California, there was just some in Ontario the other day. And perhaps it's more true today than any other time in history that we're living in uncertain times." [11:46] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "Worry is useless. It doesn't do anything for you. He said in verse 27 of our text, he said, who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? He said, you can't add any more time. You can't make yourself any more taller. I can't make myself any more taller. I can tell you that. You can't make yourself any shorter. You can't make yourself any skinnier. You can't make yourself any fatter by worrying. You can't make yourself, you can't add another day to your life by worrying. In fact, I would say that if you live a life that is worrisome, you're short in your lifespan." [13:17] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "So Jesus is saying, and the best way I can say is, worry is useless. It doesn't do anything for you. He said in verse 27 of our text, he said, who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? He said, you can't add any more time. You can't make yourself any more taller. I can't make myself any more taller. I can tell you that. You can't make yourself any shorter. You can't make yourself any skinnier. You can't make yourself any fatter by worrying. You can't make yourself, you can't add another day to your life by worrying. In fact, I would say that if you live a life that is worrisome, you're short in your lifespan." [13:17] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


6. "So Jesus knew, listen to me, he knew we would struggle with the concept. He knew we would struggle. Struggle about what's going on. Because we think the more we worry, the more secure we are. Or the more we know what's going to happen next, the more secure we are. The more we could see ahead, the further we could see ahead. If we can know what's going to happen tomorrow, then we would be a lot more secure. But can I tell you, all you have to know is what's ahead of you to keep moving." [17:34] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


7. "See, the future can rob us just as much. As the past. See, we always think about the past. I talk to people all the time. And I'm not belittling what happened in your past. But there's so many people that are so attached to the past, they can't move forward. And they always talk about everything that stopped them. But see, with the power of God, you can move forward. You don't have to stay in the past. And so I realize the past does affect us. But just as much as the past can affect us, the future of not knowing can affect you. And it will. It will rob you of the now. It will rob you of the blessing today." [20:57] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


8. "And so today, when you think about worry, think about that rocking chair. When you ever think about worry, I want you to think about the rocking chair. If there's anything you remember, go, what did Pastor preach about? I just remember a rocking chair. That's right. That rocking chair. I just remember a rocking chair. Just think about that rocking chair. That's all you got to think about." [16:02] (19 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


9. "Enjoy what God's doing right now. I was talking about dedicating children. Enjoy your children right now. Don't say, I can't wait till they start walking. I can't wait. I'm telling you, you've missed the moment. You missed that time. In fact, you will have more time with your children grown up than they are with children. They're only children for a little while. And I realize now, all my kids are grown. And I go, I know them longer now that they're grown than I did when they were children. That children, man, that's the precious time. Don't waste your time." [32:28] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


10. "And I'm going to say this for the last part of this, is really, we need to stop worrying about things and put it into God's control. God does a better job than we do. How many can say amen? Now, there's some of you that say, well, maybe you're not concerned about the future, but I am. And you think by worrying, you're going to change something. Some of you worry, citizens of the kingdom, okay, you're like this worry, group that you think if you worry that you got to have this group that's worrying about everything and it's going to balance the effects of the future, your worrying doesn't change a thing. It doesn't change a thing." [35:12] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)