What Does it Mean to Trust God
Why is it so hard to trust God? This message will explore what it means to trust God.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Psalms 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Psalms 56:3-4 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
Isaiah 26:3-4 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Proverbs 27:23 Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;
Romans 8:30-31 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Sermon Discussion Questions:
Discuss how Faith was explained as:
Knowledge
Conviction
Entrustment
Why is it hard to Trust God?
What does it mean to be Trustworthy?
What are our "Warrants" to Trust God?
How does not Trusting God greatly dishonor Him?
