Message Notes

INTRODUCTION

1. Worrying was a problem in the days of the Lord Jesus

2. Worrying is also a major problem in our time

3. The Lord Jesus had to deal with this problem and He did it wonderfully

A FORTHRIGHT WORD

25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry 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?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Matthew 6:25-30

1. “Do not worry” Matthew 6:25

a) It means “Stop worrying”

b) Worrying was already there

c) Worrying is best dealt with strongly

2. What do people worry about?

a) About life

b) About basic necessities

i) What to eat

ii) What to drink

iii) What clothes to put on

3. But what is life all about?

a) Life is more than what we eat and drink

b) Life is more than the clothes we put on

LEARNING TO TRUST GOD AS OUR HEAVENLY FATHER

1. Consider the birds of the air

a) They do not sow/ reap/ gather into barns

b) But God provides for them

c) We are of more value than the birds of the air

2. The uselessness of worrying

a) It cannot make one grow taller

b) Why worry about things we cannot control

3. Considering the lilies of the field

a) They do not toil or spin

b) Yet, they are beautiful

c) Their glory surpasses that of King Solomon

d) The challenge is to think about things in its proper perspective

THE DEEPER PROBLEM

1. The deeper problem was highlighted

a) It is “little faith”

b) This was a problem that just about everybody faced

2. Why was there “little faith?”

a) Wrong understanding

b) Wrong focus

c) Hardly any real faith to begin with

CONCLUSION

1. Is it possible to go beyond “little faith?”

a) Yes!

b) Find faith in the Lord Jesus

c) Follow Him as Disciples

d) Correct what is wrong

e) Do what is right

2. The Example of the early Disciples

a) They began with little faith

b) They went on to obtain great faith

c) We have “like precious faith”