EPIC Preaching
* Experiential
* Participatory
* Image-Rich
* Connective

When Jesus wants to show power over nature, he doesn't say "I have power over nature." He calms a storm.

When he wants to stress evangelism, he tells a story. "There was a farmer who went out to sow seeds."

When he wants something to stick, he paints a word picture. Something poetic. You see this in your life. A certain small or sound can take you to a place. Or you hear something in a show that just hits.

In Matthew 6:25-31, Jesus uses something called a Chiastic Structure. For his audience, and especially Matthew's reader, this stands out as as "Oh, I need to pay attention to this!"

Sometimes we read scripture in a vacuum. Like Matthew 6:25-31, the "worry" passage. But Matthew 6:25 starts with the word "Touto" which means "Therefore" or as it reads in the NLT "That is why I tell you..."

What are you worried about?

It won't make your life longer

Your worry may literally be useless

JEEPS

- Jesus
* Prayer
* Verse
* Worship Song

- Eat
* Have you eaten?

- Exercise
* Go throw some heavy things around
* Go for a walk

- People
* Extroverts - Go be around people
* Introverts - Invite that one person over

- Sleep

Worry reveals your focus

You want to be in my kingdom? You have to trust the king.