Thank you for joining listeners throughout six continents for leading the way with Dr. Michael

Yousat.

Well, recent years have sadly planted a lot of seeds of anxiety, elections, natural disasters,

economic turmoil, then add in daily life and many have welcomed anxiety right into their homes,

then not knowing how to get rid of it before it does more damage and completely takes over.

Well, today on leading the way, Dr. Youssef tackles the realities of the anxious life

with a message he's called, Do Not Be Anxious.

Together, we'll look at the comforting words of Jesus

in Matthew chapter 6,

where worry and fear is seen from God's perspective.

Here now is Dr. Michael Youssef

to begin this episode of Leading the Way Audio.

Matthew 6, 25 to 36, Jesus is speaking to his own, and he was saying, there is no need for you to be anxious and worried like those who don't know me.

Now, whether rich or poor or everyone in between,

our attitude toward material possessions is the clearest indication of our spiritual temperature.

Did you get that? Our attitude to possessions is our clearest indication to our spiritual temperature. Our greatest distinction

between those who know and love Jesus and those who don't, is the level of anxiety that we have,

the level of worry that we have about life. Of course, I'm talking about those who know and love Jesus.

I'm not talking about those who try to express some sort of bravado attitude and I'm not worried, I am this and I'm

this. Mostly I've found when that happens, it's a smokescreen. But when those who love Jesus

become anxious and worried, and we all do at some point, I can tell you when. I'll give you the timing

on when that takes place. It is because we have had a temporary amnesia as to who our heavenly

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