Anxiety can feel like background noise you’ve learned to tolerate—until it drowns out everything else. In this week’s Red Letters teaching, Tyler Lynde unpacks Jesus’ cure from Matthew 6:25-34 and shows why the gospel offers something better than coping strategies.

1 | Worry Is Unnecessary
• Birds never sow or reap, yet the Father feeds them.
• Wildflowers never shop, yet God dresses them in royalty.
Takeaway: If God lavishes care on short-lived creatures, His long-loved children can rest.

2 | Worry Is Unfruitful
Stress drains energy without adding time. Modern studies confirm Jesus’ ancient insight: chronic anxiety weakens immunity, shortens lifespan, and cannot change tomorrow’s variables. Why invest in a strategy with zero return?

3 | Worry Is Unbecoming
Jesus notes that panicked pursuit of basic needs typifies those who don’t know God. Followers who act like spiritual orphans misrepresent the Father’s heart. The root issue isn’t circumstances; it’s unbelief in lavish love.

4 | The Father’s Love Is the Cure
John 3:16 and 1 John 4:18 frame the argument: the God who sacrificed His Son to adopt us will not abandon us for groceries or rent. Perfect love casts out fear because it proves our worth.

5 | Kingdom-First Practice
“Seek first the kingdom … and all these things will be added.” Tyler offers three drills:
• Morning surrender—pray today’s needs, release tomorrow’s.
• Gratitude breaks—notice God’s care in creation.
• Daily boundary—plan but don’t borrow trouble from the future.

Final Call
Ready to trade panic for peace? Spend 30 minutes with this passage and watch fear lose its grip. Share the video with anyone who needs a reminder that their Father already knows and already cares.

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