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Is worry sin?

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?” Matthew 6:25

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6:34

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?” Luke 12:25

            Worry is never listed as a sin in the Bible, but it could be a side effect of sin, most likely a lack of faith.  Worry is the constant meditation on the unknown, the “what-if.”  Worry does not trust in God, but trusts more in one’s constant rehearsal of the worst possible scenario. 

            Jesus said not to worry but to trust.  Our mental wrestling of a problem will never beat an issue, only beat us to death.  Surrender the outcome of your issue to God and let him worry about it.