The diagram looks like this:

Let us now see how we can use the weed and flower framework, along with the great Truths of the above scripture passage to eliminate worry from your life.

Example: How to Eliminate Worry By Using Jesus’ Truth That God Provides All That We Need.

John and Valerie have four children, three sons and a daughter, ranging in age from grade school to college. John runs a successful distributorship of industrial parts, and Valerie takes care of the kids and the house. The kids are all doing well in school. John and Valerie are committed Christians. The family was generally quite happy until a severe recession hit John’s business hard. John’s cash income began to steadily decline, and John and Valerie began to worry about being able to pay their bills, including college tuition. Their worries increased with each passing day.

Then one day they went to church and heard the above gospel passage proclaimed for the pulpit. They both experienced a calm as Jesus’ Words washed over them. After dinner that night, John and Valerie had a change to talk alone about their worries, which were still there and Jesus’ strong urging to “not worry.” Valerie said: “ We say we are strong Christians who have great faith in Jesus and His words, but here we are worry ourselves sick, despite the fact that Jesus is clearly telling us “ Do not worry”. John responded: “Jesus is saying that God will provide all that we need, but obviously we don’t believe Him completely or we wouldn’t worry at all. It looks like I’m providing financially for the family right now, but maybe there is more to it than we’re seeing.” “Valerie: “ Well, let’s start by looking back on our lives and see if God has provided for us in the past. When we were born, God provided for us through the efforts of our respective parents. They provided for us until we got out of school; then God provided for us through our own jobs. Now God is providing for us through the distributorship business God provided to you, which we both agreed was a great gift from God. So right now God is providing for us through the talents and energy He gave you, and the distributorship He gave you. Everyday for fifty years God has provided for us, and we still don’t trust Him. “Valerie began to weep, and silently told Jesus how sorry she was to have so little faith in Him. Then John too began to weep, feeling bitterly disappointed in his lack of faith. They sat together in silence for several minutes.

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