the gospel according to

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Worry ~ merimnaō – from root meaning to divide

the gospel according toA good man leaves an inheritance

to his children’s children,But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.

Prov. 13:22

the gospel according toConsider ~ katanoeō – consider

attentively

the gospel according toRobin to the Sparrow

Elizabeth Cheney

Said the robin to the sparrow:“There is one thing I would really like to know,Why these anxious human beingsRush about and worry so.”Said the sparrow to the robin:“Friend, I think that it must beThat they have no heavenly FatherSuch as cares for you and me.”

the gospel according to“Worry is unconscious blasphemy”

Oswald Chambers

• Christians don't get worried … we just get concerned

the gospel according toThey both are …

• Mental activities • Can take a lot of effort and energy Worry Concern

Running in circles Goal oriented

Destructive behavior

Constructive behavior

Focuses on circumstances

Response to circumstances

the gospel according to

Heaven Express – Don’t leave home without it

the gospel according toFinally, there is laid up for me the

crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

2 Tim.4:8

the gospel according toBeloved, now we are children of

God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

1 John3: 2

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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the gospel according toProfile of a “Loser”

Abraham Lincoln

• Less than 3 years of formal education • Failed in business in '31• Defeated for the legislature in '32 • Again failed in business in '33 • Elected in legislature in '34• Defeated for speaker in '38• Defeated for elector in '40• Defeated for Congress in '43 • Elected in '46, but lost again in '48• Defeated for Senate in '55• Defeated for VP nomination in '56• Defeated again for Senate in '58

the gospel according to“I would rather fail in a cause that

will someday triumph than triumph in a cause that will someday fail”

Woodrow Wilson

the gospel according toSteward ~ oikonomos

• oikos ~ house + nomos ~ law; a house manager

the gospel according to"Work as though He wasn't ever

coming back and live as though He could come back at any minute"

the gospel according toHe who testifies to these things

says, "Surely I am coming quickly."

Rev.22:20