Three main areas of worry Part 1

"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?"                                     Matthew 6:25-34.  NKJV

Jesus told us not to worry, in fact, it was more of a command than a request because He is well aware of the devastation that worry and anxiety can cause. People all over the globe are suffering the consequences of worry. Depression and other areas of mental health are leading factors, together with cancers and heart disease. Ask yourself, is worry really worth it? You may answer me, 'It's ok for you to say, but you don't know what is happening in my life.' That's very true, I don't. But what I do know is, that worry is a choice. We can choose to worry about something, or we can choose to give things to Our Father because He says in His Word, 'Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.' 1 Peter 5:7. Again, 'Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you.' Psalm 55:22. 
It is difficult, I know, when you are going through the deepest of worrying times, to choose not to fear, but this is the most sensible. God tells us to cast our cares over to Him because he can carry us through the situation - sustain us through it.

There are three main areas that we all are tempted to worry about: Finance, Family and Health. Let us look at these over the next few days:

FINANCE
We need food and drink and clothes to wear. These are the most essential of our basic needs. We also need to be able to meet the ever increasing bills that mount up over the month, the rent or the mortgage payments, medical supplies and prescription costs, children's costs for school trips and uniforms and the other bills such as electricity, gas, water, car, petrol etc. It is never ending. 

Verse 26 in our text is an amazing one: 'Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor gather into barns, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.'
We can learn a lot from birds. They are not capable of earning a living for their needs but there is a great analogy here, of how God supplies all of their needs. God created trees, bushes, plants and small bug life so that they could be fed. He also uses many of us to supply them with seeds, nuts, fat balls and other tasty morsels so that in winter, they're catered for. In the summer they have berries and such from the plant life. God also supplies them with a home, completely free. This is how much He cares for them. So why do we fret at the lack of finance? We are of much more value to God than the birds are. V26. 
So what makes us fret when we're getting low on stuff, or when that large bill comes through the post? God knows that we need these things, do we consider that He will actually let us down? We really must trust in God more. Just think, you are a Kingdom person and God wants His Kingdom people to have faith and be blessed. There is absolutely no room for doubt. V32. But one important thing here is, don't forget to honour God with your finance - by tithing. "What, I can't tithe, I don't have enough for myself, let alone to give away.' Let me tell you something, you can't afford not to tithe:

'Honour the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then He will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.'
                                                                             Proverbs 3:9-10.  NLT

'Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if it will not open for you the windows of Heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.'  Malachi 3:10.  NKJV

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