Ever hear the term, \u201cworry-free\u201d? I tried without success to research the term to find its origin and meaning. It obviously means to be free from worry, but it also implies that worry is free.
\nI\u2019ve learned the hard way that worry doesn\u2019t change the outcome, and the cost is high – high blood pressure, high stress, high anxiety. Rather than being free, worry is not worth much. You\u2019d think one who tries so hard to be Christ-like wouldn\u2019t have a problem with worry, but I\u2019m pretty good at it and I rather enjoy it, plus my worrying is partly an inherited trait and partly a learned habit. But three times in His sermon on the mount, and once beyond that sermon, Jesus told his disciples, \u201cdo not worry\u201d (Matthew 6:25, 31, 34, Mark 13:11). A Swedish proverb says \u201cWorry often gives a small thing a big shadow.\u201d Corrie ten Boom is reported to have said, \u201cWorry does not empty tomorrow of its troubles\/sorrow. It empties today of its strength.\u201d So from the perspective of \u201cdo as I say, and not as I do\u201d take my advice this week and don\u2019t worry so much. It isn\u2019t free – and you probably can\u2019t afford it.<\/p>\n
Join me in remembering the following global concerns:
\n\u2022 Pray for Chris & Melody as they work with University students in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
\n\u2022 Pray for Tom this week as he leads an Embrace church from Tennessee and some national partners on a vision trip to the Saami people of Norway, above the Arctic Circle.
\n\u2022 Pray for my wife and me as we spend the week mentoring ministers in Vancouver and on Vancouver Island, Canada.
\n\u2022 Pray for the 92,000 Georgians living in Turkey who are currently unengaged with the gospel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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