Worry & Anxiety... A Mortal Bacteria - Pr. Walter Arias - 4-19-2020

“Streptococcus pyogenes” (STREP-TO-COC-CUS PIE-AH-GE-NEEZ) is a bacterium
that causes “Necrotizing fasciitis” (flesh eating bacteria) which is a serious and
progressive infection that very quickly destroys the skin and soft tissues; muscles
and connective tissue that stretches throughout the body. It can cause multiorgan
failure and its prognosis largely depends on early diagnosis and immediate
aggressive treatment including surgery.
This bacterium is found in contaminated waters and takes advantage of a small
wound, scrape or cut of an individual and it begins its process and devours the
skin and muscle mass to where it can.
Matthew 6:25-34 “
25 “Therefore I say to you, 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?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than
they?
27Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow: they neither toil nor spin;
29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
of these.
30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we
drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things.
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you.
34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its
own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”
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Jesus is emphatic in warning us about worry or anxiety because ...
• Worry and anxiety is like the bacteria that eats flesh.
• Worry or anxiety is dangerous and can even be lethal.
• Worry and anxiety must be managed day by day
Anxiety: continuous excessive and intense worries and fears in everyday
situations.
Worry and anxiety is a state in which we fall when we want something, need
something, or think we need something.
Jesus our Lord reminds us and teaches that He is very interested in our well-being.
I think this word is very appropriate for this difficult and uncertain time for
millions of people (maybe you) who not only have to deal with the worry of every
day, but who are or may fall into the mistake of having anxiety and worry for the
day of tomorrow.
To deal with worry and anxiety Jesus in His Word teaches us or gives us several
guidelines, to avoid being affected by the bacteria of worry and anxiety of future
things.

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