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FREEDOM FROM ANXIETY-2

TEXT: Philippians 4:6

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

Today, we shall begin to look at how you can get rid of anxiety. First and foremost, you need to know that anxiety can be triggered by physical, emotional or spiritual experience. 

Whatever the cause of the anxiety and worry might be, we are clearly warned by God never to be anxious.
 
Jesus warned against anxiety and worry that could be caused by our daily needs. *HE said, "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?* Matthew 6:25.

You must know that *your life is of more value than all what you are nervous and anxious about.* 

While we may excuse unbelievers' worries and anxieties, believers in Christ Jesus are inexcusable. We must simply yield to the Lord's warning that says:
"...Do Not Worry About Your Life..."

This command from the Lord is a tall order. It takes only a dead man not to worry about his life. Hence, if you are  going to obey this command, you have to die! -Yes!  You must die to self. 

 *You can only die to anxieties and worries by dying to self.* 

In order to obey the command of 'Do not worry about your life', you must learn to deny yourself and  carry your cross daily.   (Luke 9:23). This is the experience that 
Apostle Paul once affirmed in his own life by saying, "...I die daily." (1Cor. 15:31). 

Denying yourself and carrying your cross daily is what dying to self means.

You must embrace the reality about the invitation Jesus gave in Mathew 11:28. This invitation covers not only those who are willing to be delivered from worries and anxieties, but sinners also.

 *Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.* Mathew 11:28.

 *Have you come to   Jesus?-* 
 *Yes or No?* 
 *If Yes!* 
 Then, why are you not experiencing the Rest that He promised?

BIBLE READING:

Mark 4:36-41.

PRAYER FOCUS

1. I have Jesus' Peace, therefore I declare peace over my life and every situation around me in the name of Jesus.

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