“Worry (anxiety) is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.” Corrie ten Boom

“Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far.”

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"We live in the Age of Anxiety …. We've become a nation of nervous wrecks.“ Dr. Robert L. Leahy

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older (18% of U.S. population).

22.8% (4.1% of the U.S. population) of these are classified as “severe”

Women are 60% more likely to experience anxiety disorder over their lifetime than men.

Average age of the onset of Anxiety disorder is 111 in 8 children are effected by some form of anxiety

Anxiety- A feeling of worry or uneasiness that is typically caused by fear of danger or misfortune

Anxiety Disorder- When worry or fear increase to the point that it disrupts normal functions.Panic DisordersPhobias Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)

EmotionalPersistent state of apprehension or fearIrritability or edginessRestlessness and sleeping problems.Intense/sudden feelings of panic or doom.Fear of losing control or going crazy.

PhysicalPounding heart/rapid heartbeatShortness of breathHeadachesFatigueHypertension/heart disease

John 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, [but] take courage; I have overcome the world."

Luke 12:22

Worry/Anxiety- To take thought or to be careful.Worry/Anxiety- A mind that is divided (Preoccupation)V.22- For this reason (Vs.4-21Cost of following Jesus)

V.13- “tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me”

Vs.14-20- Parable of the rich foolV.21- So is the man who stores up treasure for himself

and is not rich toward GodV.34- Where you treasure is, there your heart will be

alsoAnxiety “is the emotional reward of material preoccupation.”

R. Kent Hughes

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

“It is an amazing and ironic truth that while ours is perhaps the most affluent, indulged, and comfortable society ever, it is also the most stressed out, worried, and anxiety-ridden one.” John MacArthur

More than PossessionsV.15- Beware- (PAIV) To recognize, to perceiveV.15- Be on guard- (PIV) Look out for, avoidV.15- Greed- “Covetousness”

“A strong desire to have more with little or no regard for need.”

V.15- Abundance- To have more than enough, to overflowV.15- Life

Bios (biological life)Zoe (Purpose and meaning)

V.33- Sell your possessions and give to charity

More than ProvisionsV.22- Do not worry (PAIV) lifestyle free from concern

About physical sustenanceAbout physical covering

V.23- Life is more than foodV.23-The body more than clothing

An argument from lesser to greaterV.24- RavensVs.27-28- Lilies

V.24-Consider the Ravens/CrowsScavengers

They do not: sow, reap, or store up provisionsGod feeds them

V.27- Consider the liliesLilies- general term for flowering plants

They do not toil or spinGod clothes them (unmatched splendor)

V.28- The grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace

Incapable V.25- of adding any length of time to your life

V.25 hour- Cubit (approximately 18 inches)V.30- The nations of the world (unbelievers)

InvaluableV.24 Ravens

Considered Unclean (Leviticus 11:15)V.24- how much more valuable you are than the birdsV.28 The grass

Thrown into the furnace V.28- how much more will He clothe youV.32- little flock

The Marvelous CreatorV.27-28

If God so clothes the grassPsalm 8:3-4 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your

fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; 4 What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

The Meticulous SustainerV.24- God feeds themV.30- your Father knows that you need these things

Psalm 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want

The Merciful SaviorV.32- Your Father has chosen gladly to give you the

kingdomGladly- “to delight in or take great pleasure in”Kingdom- Salvation by grace through faith

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

Prioritize (Focus on our purpose)V.31- Seek His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Colossians 3:1-2 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. V.33- Sell your possessions and give to charityV.33- Swap the earthly for the eternal

1 Peter 5:6-7 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

(Me) I will CAST my ANXIETY about _________on the Lord,

(You) Because HE cares for meEphesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His

great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

(You) I will delight in the provisions of my Heavenly Father, who lovingly meets:Our physical NeedsOur financial NeedsOur emotional NeedsOur psychological NeedsOur spiritual Needs

Philippians 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.