Religion & Spirituality
Dr Phillip J HugginsAugust 23, 2020Guest Speaker at Living Faith Baptist Church, Fombell, PA Anxiety To say that I don’t struggle with it is to lie. Some have more of a battle with anxiety than others. For some anxiety is the besetting sin and weight that so easily hinders their running the race. Where do I start? How about a definition?I AnxietyA. Webster’s Dictionary – A felling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome. B. Myself – Looking for an answer where there isn’t oneC. Bible1. Merimna noun - worry concern anxiety - care Connected with merizow – to draw in different directions, distract, hence signifies that which causes this, a care, especially an anxious care.On the positive side this word means to care about someone else, to allow another to impact your emotions and thoughts.On the negative this word means to worry or be anxious, to be concerned.2. merimanaow verb – to worry, have anxiety, be concerned have a distracting care. In KJV translated take thought 9, careth for 4, careful 2 taking thought 2, care for 1, have care 1 This morning we are going to do a word study of “Anxiety”. What does the Bible say? We will start in Matthew and end in 1 Peter. The goal is to form a conclusion on the Biblical teaching on Anxiety. By the end we will understand what the Bible teaches about anxiety. ANXIETY IN EVERY DAY DAILY LIFE EVENTSMatthew 6:25-34 (Luke 12:22-34 is parallel passage)ANXIETY IN IMPORTANT LIFE ALTERING EVENTSMat 10:18-20; Luke 12:11ANXIETY PREVENTS ONE FROM ACCEPTING CHRIST AS SAVIORMatt 13:22, Mark 4:19, Luke 8:14 REPLACE ANXIETY WITH SITTING AT THE LORD’S FEET AND LISTEN TO HIS TEACHING Luke 10:38-42REPLACE ANXIETY WITH PRAYERLuke 21:34-36RIGHTLY PLACED ANXIETY 1 Corinthians 7:32-35GOOD TO BE ANXIOUS FOR OTHERS1 Cor 12:21-26– verb PASTORS ARE ANXIOUS FOR THE CHURCH2 Corinthians 11:28 – Anxiety for all the churchesWHY PRAY WHEN YOU CAN BE ANXIOUSPhilippians 4:4-7WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR ANXIETIES 1 Peter 5:6-11