25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[g] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.  Matthew :25-34

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;  believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  John 14:1-6

A. Causes of Anxiety

B. Consequences of Anxiety – Matthew 6:25-34

1. It breaks fellowship with God: Matthew 6:25, 31, 34

2. It fuels unbelief of God’s faithful provision: Matthew 6:25, 31, Hebrews 3:7-12

3. It intensifies fear of death: Matthew 6:27, Hebrews 2:14-15

4. It draws our hearts and minds off eternity: Matthew 6:33, Matthew 14:28-33

C. Combating Anxiety

1. Obey Jesus’ command not to give into anxiety: John 14:1a, 2 Corinthians 12:8-9

2. Fight anxious feelings with confident faith: John 14:1b, Ps. 56:3-4

3. Focus on heaven not circumstance prompting anxiety: John 14:2, 1 Peter 1:3-8

4. Live in the light of Christ’s Second Coming: John 14:3, Col. 3:1-3

5. Remember our union with Christ: John 14:4-6, Psalm 23, 2 Peter 1:3-4, John 15:1-5