Pericope: Matthew 6:25–34 NIV25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?

28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Sermon Text: Matthew 6:31, 33 NIV “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’” “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness…”

Sermon Title: You Promised! Pt. 1 Don’t Worry, [God’s Got a Promise 4 That!]

Hebrews 10:23 is a foundational scripture for this series: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”

Point 1: He Said What He Said [Stand on What He Said] “Do not worry…”

James 4:13–17 NIV “do not even know what will happen tomorrow.”

Hebrews 6:13–15 NIV God made His promise to Abraham and “swore by himself,” and Abraham, after waiting patiently, received what was promised.

Point 2: Seek What Jesus Said

Verse 33: “But seek first his kingdom…”

Matthew 6:33: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness…”

Philippians 3:20 NIV “But our citizenship is in heaven.”

Point 3: Stay With What He Said [Don’t Swerve]

Hebrews 10:23 NIV “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.”

LIFE APPLICATION:

1.  Acknowledge the worry vibe

2.  Don’t suppress it replace it with Jesus promises

3.  Speak it…walk it…wait on it