Worry (It's the Enemies Way of Destroying You)

WORRY (it's the enemies way of destroying you)

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For more detail on why some of the points here stood out for me see an entry on one of my other blogs called 'God Stops by CC'... and entry called 'Why Worry?'.

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2 Timothy 1:7—For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Fear is satan’s trademark—and if you’re living in fear, you’re not dominated by the Prince of Peace!

Worry and stress also happen to be killers. Stress makes cowards out of aggressive men. Worry fills the face with wrinkles and apprehension. Worry paralyzes the mind. Stress robs the body of rest at night, and it sends you to work shaking and shattered, incapable of solving the crisis of the day.

Worry and stress are killing us. Worry is the mother of heart disease. Some doctors say that many forms of cancer are caused by the stressed-out society in which we live. Worry is the mother of high blood pressure and ulcers. It’s not what you’re eating, it’s what’s eating you that’s the problem.

Worry is sin. Worry is faith in fear. God has not given us a spirit of fear. Worry is trust in the unpleasant. Worry is assurance that disaster is going to overtake you. Worry is belief in defeat and despair.

What do we worry about? We worry about things we can’t change. We worry about being unfavorable compared with somebody else. The Bible says not to compare yourselves among yourselves. Wife, there will always be somebody prettier than you. Husband, there will always be somebody more handsome than you. There will always be a better salesman, a better lawyer, a better doctor, a better preacher. Be happy with where you are and who you are. God made you what you are—be glad with that.

Don’t worry about what you can’t change. Don’t worry about what you can change—just change it. If it’s bothering you, change it. But don’t worry, because it’s an absolute waste of time.

Jesus said, "Don’t worry." Worry has sent millions of people to their graves years before they were supposed to die people who were supposed to have known the Prince of Peace. Jesus said not worry. "Take no thought for tomorrow. I have taken care of it. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. Don’t worry."



 
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