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Worry is a failure to trust God. Don't worry about anything.

Pray about everything. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that worry is an excellent waste of time,

energy and emotion. We need to avoid it.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

The next time you're tempted to worry, pray instead. Turn your worries into prayers.

author Emma Bumbeck was quoted as saying,

worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere.

Matthew 627 is pretty frank. Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

Today on the new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us overcome fear and worry.

In a new series, we're learning to adopt a biblical world view.

And we'll learn today that world view doesn't include worry. We'll see worry and faith are mutually

exclusive.

Let me start with a question. How many of you have ever been gripped by fear?

You, yeah. You know the feeling well that your blood goes cold, the shiver down the backbone.

Your mouth goes dry. The hair in your head is tending up in my case. That's one singular hair but

still. You know, it's a terrifying feeling. Maybe it happened when your life was in danger or

you were gripped with the fear of death or as you're listening to this, there's something

you're afraid of right now. The amazing thing to me is we'll spend our hard earned dollars

to be scared. You know we'll go to that super scary movie and then when the scene comes on,

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