Please join Pastor Will this coming Sunday,October 18, 2026 as he preaches: Growing in the Life of Faith : The Age of anxieties 2.0 , part 3. Psalm 95:1–7a;
Romans 5:1–11;
Matthew 6:25–36

Jesus once said to his disciples, “Do not worry about what you will eat, or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. . . . Consider the lilies of the field. . . . Therefore, do not worry.” Is it really possible to live worries free in the age of anxiety in a consumerism society ? Is Jesus out of touch or is he suggesting something else ? It might appear impossible to live fully in the world with your eyes and ears open and not worry. Some scholars suggest that “anxious” is closer to what Jesus meant. Anxiety is a powerful, unfocused fear that underlies and expands and exaggerates the thousand and one things we worry about. It is a powerful psychological, political, and economic dynamic. esus invites us to look around at the birds and to consider the lilies.” Jesus wants disciples to live with confidence that God will provide the resources they need to live: courage and hope and strength and security and love,—above all else, love. Dr. Willy L Mafuta, Senior Pastor, Hopewell United Methodist Church, Hopewell, NJ 08525 www.hopewellmethodist.org