Overcoming Fear — a steady light on the water ahead of a small boat in the storm

Do not be anxiousMatthew 6:25-34Length: Standard

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What examples does Jesus give of the Father's care, and what does he tell us to seek first?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • What need — money, food, the future — do you lie awake worrying about?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What is the one worry you will hand to the Father each day this week while you seek his kingdom first?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who is weighed down by worry, and how could you share these words of Jesus with them?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Father, you feed the birds and clothe the flowers, and you know what I need. Take my worry about tomorrow and teach me to seek your kingdom today.