Posted on 09/20/2012 7:41:41 PM PDT by destinedforheaven
Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
It is hard to imagine how many times over the years I've been told by my mother to quit worrying. "Sarah, stop worrying...you know it's a sin to worry." Often times her next line was "Pray to God about your concerns." Often though I prayed half heartily which didn't give me any real sense of peace of mind. Not worrying is one of those things easier said than done. In fact God creates us all differently with our own set of circumstances in life that help shape the way we view the world. We all have different responses to negative things that happen along life's way. Many things happened to me as a child that I would do anything to protect my children from today. So many things stuck with me that were just hard to shake. A small example of this is how I was afraid of school teachers. I never wanted to displease my teachers in anyway and became a very insecure, quiet/shy student. My first grade teacher physically assaulted me for something that was an accident. Back in 1984 school teachers were allowed to use physical force. This had lasting effects on my outlook of authority
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Oh man,,i sure hope worry isn’t a sin! Wait,, oh crap. Now i’ve really done it.
IF it is I’m in big trouble. I swear I inherited a worry gene from both my parents who were worriers. And now with kids, I really worry, probably more than I should.
Thou shalt not worry?
I don’t believe it is a sin, but it shows a lack of trust that God is in control. It can be hard to let go and truly hand Him the reigns. We have a magnet on our refrigerator that has a nice saying on it” “Don’t worry about tomorrow - od is already there.” It helps to bring things back into focus for me.
Yes, because you are failing to believe God that he will provide. However, we know that Christ died for our sins, all of them. As long as we ask for forgiveness He is faithful to forgive us our transgressions.
That is why we need to pray for God to increase our faith, and Jesus even tells us to pray for our strength to be strengthened.
First and foremost, you must understand that anything that fall short of the perfection of God, is a sin, and that is why we will never ever be able to approach God, except through the blood of the perfect lamb, Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
I fear, because I know that God is just.
I take comfort in the fact that God is merciful.
On the one hand, I worry; on the other hand, I don’t need to worry. I oscillate, and I think it’s OK.
Why bring up such a question?
Do you think you can direct your life in such a way that you no longer sin?
Why bring up such a question?
Do you think you can direct your life in such a way that you no longer sin?
If worry really is a sin, then I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.
How can God be in control when man has free will? God doesn’t control what evil people might do to you or your family.
Worry is no sin; however, worry is simply negative prayer.
Had did that get past spell check?
Of course it is a sin...but is a result of a reverse faith and just living in sin generally. Faith precludes worry, but the church mostly has failed to teach it well. The fhu.com does a great job of teaching faith with their Be Still exercise. I have been practicing this silent prayer for many years and I never worry. Even if life gets tough at times, I know that worry will not be helpful and will block the natural ways and answers.
I seldom worry. I fix what I can and then let God deal with it. When you have done all you can, worrying accomplishes nothing except making one feel bad.
Subservience. We must choose to let God take command of our lives and be Lord over us. God does not control us - but we choose to follow His leadership and direction.
The Lord gave us a few "thou shall's and thou shall not's" other than the things specified as sins, the others are directions for us to follow for our own good but if we choose not to, we lose a better life, not commit sin.
Think of the relationship between worry and disbelief, between disbelief and confidence, between confidence and trust, between trust and belief, and between belief and disbelief.
Your question really worries me! :)
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