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Jesus continues about having a healthy mind…      (Pg.1)

In His ‘Sermon on the Mount’, Jesus teaches about how to acquire healthy thinking…

*WOULD SOMEONE READ: Matthew 6:19-21 ESV  “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,  (20)  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  (21)  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Q1. How can misplaced ‘treasures’ affect our mental health?

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Q2. To gain a ‘peace of mind’, what should our heart’s desires be from this life?
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— Today we move on to learn from Christ’s further commands about mental well being…

Matthew 6:25-34 ESV  (25-32) “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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? (26) Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (27) And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? (28) And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, (29) yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (30) But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (31) Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ (32) For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  

— (33-34) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (34) “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Q3. What thoughts do verses (25-32) bring into your mind?

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Q4. What actions does Jesus call for in dealing with life’s anxiety in verses (33-34)?

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Over page we look at how God helps us defeat anxiety…

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Jesus continues about having a healthy mind…         (Pg.2)

Jesus’ command to “seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” leads us to…

2nd Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1/ Do you know who wants you to live in a spirit of fear? ______________________________

2/ Whose power do we need to overcome a spirit of fear? _____________________________

3/ How can God’s spirit of love give us a sound mind? _________________________________

Romans 10:17 So then, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.

1/ What has faith got to do with dealing with anxiety? _________________________________

2/ Since the ‘faith’ mentioned here is about faith in God, how does hearing about the word of God help deliver from our fears and worries? ________________________________________

Ephesians 6:11  Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
— How do the parts of the armour of God keep us from Satan’s attempts to make us fear?
Ephesians 6:13-18 ESV  Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. (14) Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, (15) and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. (16) In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; (17) and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, (18) praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints…

How can the belt of truth defeat fear? _____________________________________________

How can the breastplate of righteousness defeat fear? ________________________________

How can the gospel of peace defeat fear? ___________________________________________

How can the shield of faith defeat fear? ____________________________________________

How can the helmet of salvation defeat fear? ________________________________________

How can the word of God defeat fear? _____________________________________________

And finally, how can praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication help to defeat fear, worry, and anxiety? ______________________________________________
— We will keep this in mind as we turn to a time of prayer… (KRK)