Grosey's Messages

Materialism Seems More Real Than Faith

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Will Having MORE THINGS make me MORE HAPPY ? "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. . . As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?" Ecc. 5:10,11
Will Having MORE THINGS make me MORE SECURE ?

"The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall." Prov. 18:11

"Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint." Prov. 23:4  Job 31:24,28
1.  The Crises Are Revealing

A. We Worry about Finances

B. We Worry about Food

C. We Worry about Fashion

D. We Worry about Fitness

E. We Worry about the Future

2. The Causes of Worry   1.  Sinful

25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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?

31  Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
 Cause 2     Stupid

Worry Is Irrational  "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious 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: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?"

Cause 3.   Worry Is Ineffective

27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

Cause 4.    Worry Is Faithless 

30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

Cause 5.   Worry Is Inconsistent  

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Crises Are Revealing          fame , fortune, power and pleasure are not sufficient centres for our lives to fulfill our lives.  We have a God shaped hole in our hearts that only God Himself can fill.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Do You Focus On The Father?

Said the robin to the sparrow,  "I should really like to know,

Why these anxious human beings  Rush about and worry so."

Said the sparrow to the robin,  "Friend I think that it must be,

That they have no Heavenly Father,  Such as cares for you and me."

God is still in control. 

God is not worried.

God can handle my burdens. 

God loves me so much His Son died for me

God is still conforming me to the image of His Son

God sees the bigger picture

It's God's Story not mine.

Seeking First the Kingdom of God Means To Seek God's Glory
Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, And to enjoy him forever.

WHY AM I ALIVE?   TO SEEK GOD'S GLORY

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God."  (1 Corinthians 10:31)

Do You Focus On The Father?
Do You Focus On The Son?

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

WHY AM I ALIVE?   TO SHARE GOD'S GRACE 1Cor 10:32 just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit,  but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
Jn 17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
Jn 20:21b "…As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you."
Acts 20:24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

1 Cor. 9:22  To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.
John 4:35 "...open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest

Matthew 9:37-38 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Do You Have Faith In The Father?
Do You Focus On The Son?

Do You Focus On The Spirit?

Seeking First the Kingdom of God Means TO SHOW GOD'S GOODNESS

Matthew 5:14-16  "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Eleisha's Bike Riding experience at EHBC carpark. Focus  Where you look is where you go