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.
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.
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! :)
Now I worry that I’ve sinned worrying!
You should have posted more of the reference article as well as the scripture it contains, which exceeds your post.
The key is Philippians 4-9 (memorize it!) which tells you specifically how to get control of the anxiety problem that God recognizes:
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
Read it emphatically, and then DO IT, and you too will receive what God promises: “the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
If you want that peace, do what that scripture tells you to do!
I think if you let worry overwhelm you to the point you seriously believe God doesn’t care about you, or doesn’t have your back, or is with you through whatever, or that God’s left it all up to you because He seems not to be doing anything, then yes.
Being concerned about things, and making plans based on those concerns, is not worry. Trusting God no matter what and making prudent plans based on concern is fine. You are doing all you can do, and trusting that God will do what only He can do.
I’m a grand sinner....I’m so worried about this economy, this election, our financial situation, my wasting of money, my adult kids financial situation, and that was all worried about in about 25”.....can’t wait til I hit the sack and can really get into it...
I have always believed that if the Bible says “do not (verb)”, then (verb)ing is a sin.
I concede the possibility that this one is just good advice, and if you follow it, you wil have a much less stressful life.
I’m not going to worry about it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkFcQRiFL68
WHY WORRY (1986) The Everly Brothers, Mark Knopfler, Chet Atkins, Michael McDonald
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