other one Posted February 28, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,073 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,817 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 28, 2019 13 hours ago, LadyKay said: Jesus said do not worry. In Matthew 6:25-34. Am I sinning by worry about the things that Jesus said not to worry about? How do I over come this? I don't think it is a sin to worry, but it can destroy your life from the inside..... also it depends on what one is worrying about.... can you control what you are worried over.... if yes it can be healthy to ponder or worry about it as a help in making decisions..... but those things we have no control over we should not worry over, but just give them to the Lord and let him get us through them.... Put your trust into the hands of the Holy Spirit... So is it a sin..... I don't think so but it will make your life miserable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted February 28, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,559 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,040 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted February 28, 2019 13 hours ago, missmuffet said: For unbelievers worry will be a very important part of their lives. Why? What was to worry about as an unbeliever? I never had a worry until I was brought to awareness of God by the Holy Spirit. Now I can find much to worry over in my prayers fro unsaved loved ones especially. I do pray in confidence for them, but I do worry that the answer to my prayer could also include a no. As an unbeliever, an atheist, I had no such concern ( worry ) at all. Worry is not sin, in of itself, the act of it is first conception of many alternatives to that which I might prefer if I had no worry at all and believed I was my own god or that there is no God. Worry that God does not hear nor answer prayer may lead to thought and action that is sinful, but it in of itself is not the sin. Prayer is often worry is it not? For example the preamble of a prayer; "Lord without you as my hope certain I wouldn't have a prayer to give, please hear my prayer", is a positive plea and also an expression of worry isn't it? It is certainly not a worry that an unbeliever might have, but that a believer might often express. What many do is to give thanks to God even in the worries that come for God is sovereign over all things; and as Job shared, He gives bad as well as good do we not accept the bad as well as the good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest In Him Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Could worry be an idol? Whatever forms an image. To turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything As with anything that we ascertain or try to figure out in our minds what must be done about it other than the Lord? Idol – Strongs 1492 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Who me Posted February 28, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,299 Content Per Day: 1.72 Reputation: 1,685 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted February 28, 2019 15 hours ago, LadyKay said: How do I over come this? As Chicken licken worried that the sky might fall. Examine ones worries are they realistic? Ones husband, child, parent is 5 minutes late. Is it realistic to automaticly assume the worst, or is it more realistic that they have been delayed and are simple late? Silly examples but worries have to be looked at and seen for what they are, either rubbish, like the sky is falling or being too unrealistic. Either ay if reason does not stop worries get help, counselling or medication. There is an element of sin in worrying as it takes away from our trust in God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted February 28, 2019 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.31 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Share Posted February 28, 2019 17 hours ago, LadyKay said: Jesus said do not worry. In Matthew 6:25-34. Am I sinning by worry about the things that Jesus said not to worry about? How do I over come this? We aren't supposed to worry, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a sin. I've learned through personal experience that the better we are at obeying the Lord, the less reason we have to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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