Sermon preached on Sunday,August 28, 2011 at Garden Valley Chapel; Matthew 6:25 (NASB)

25 "For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Now you will notice that the repeated phrase from the words of our Lord is ?do not be worried? (ESV ?do not be anxious?). This is the central theme of this passage. It is the heart and soul of this passage, the verb appearing 5x. God in Christ is calling to cease from worrying.

My beloved, I am convinced that the greatest cause of all our failure (e.g. the failure to trust Him and the failure of worry/anxiety) is that we constantly forget our relationship to God.

And so to instill the heart of Jesus? message here ?not to worry,? our Lord reminds us of our relationship to Him and gives us three (3) reasons why we are not to worry. He gives us three reasons not to worry that lead our heart to this singled-mindedness of our devotion to Him and who He is.

1. We are not to worry because of our relationship to God as our MASTER ? Master over every part of Life (v. 25).
2. We are not to worry because of our relationship to God as our FATHER ? Father over each one of our Cares (vv. 26-30a).
3. We are not to worry because of our relationship to God as our KING ? King over the entire Future (vv. 30b-34).

Follow along as Pastor Dave opens God's Word and begins this short series titled, "Freedom from Worry."