The Cost of Worry | New Testament | Luke 12

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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What does worry add or take away from your life? Learn how to face worry and anxiety in today's episode as Tanya walks through Luke 12. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Luke 12

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Tanya Wilmoth. Has your worry ever added anything to your life?
0:17.3	Have you ever worried more money into your bank account at the end of the month or more
0:21.2	hours into your day or more friends into your social circle have you
0:26.1	ever worried your kids out of a problem I don't say this in a condemning way I have
0:31.5	mastered the art of worrying I can worry about things that don't even make
0:35.8	sense. When our first child, Braden, went to kindergarten, I was so worried about him making
0:41.2	friends, I timed my walk with the other three kids
0:44.2	to pass by the playground during recess to check things out and when he
0:48.9	traveled to Chicago with friends for the first time I actually said out loud to my husband, I know this is
0:54.8	irrational but I'm worried that he was mugged and robbed and people are stepping
0:58.9	over his cold body on the ground right now. Eric quipped back,
1:04.0	remind me what you said first.
1:05.0	Did you admit it was totally irrational?
1:09.0	Not only do our worries not have any power to make things happen,
1:12.0	but they also can't prevent things from happening.
1:15.4	Just look at history. We worried ourselves into a frenzy over Y2K and absolutely nothing
1:21.8	happened to our computers when the clock struck midnight.
1:25.1	We never thought a lick about a pandemic and look what happened to us in March of 2020.
1:30.3	When the Bible tells us not to worry, it's not just because it adds nothing to our lives,
1:34.7	but because it actually takes life away from us.
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