Worry and anxiety is one of those sins that is respectable, that is acceptable, even in the Church of Jesus Christ.

Please turn with me to Matthew 6, 25 to 34.

Today's app really is the very last verse in this passage, verse 34, and we're going to

read it to you. It's a summary of the entire passage. Therefore, said Jesus, do not worry. Don't be

anxious about tomorrow.

For tomorrow will worry about itself.

Each day has enough trouble of its own.

This whole passage is relevant, is addressed to everyone, rich or poor?

Why? Because both rich and poor experience worry and anxiety.

The rich are tempted to trust in their riches instead of the Lord, and that causes them worry and

anxiety. The poor are tempted to distrust in God's provision. The rich

are tempted to be anxious about losing their wealth. The poor attempted to live in fear in the

insecurity of their poverty. I wanted to hear me right. This is important, because when it comes to anxiety, when it comes to worry in life,

worry and anxiety knows no social boundaries, knows no economic boundaries, no social class.

And that is why 16 out of the 34 parables of Jesus have to do with material possessions and our relationship to them and what they cause us with a joy or anxiety.

That is why one out of the 10 verses in the New Testament are on the subject of material possessions and our relationship with it.

And that is why you found in the Bible there are 500 verses on prayer,

less than 500 on faith,

but then you'll find 2,000 verses about material possession

and the possibility of our anxiety toward them.

And that is why Jesus said in this very short passage, three times, don't worry, or don't

be anxious.

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