In God We Trust
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.(Prov 3:5 NIV)
Trust God from the bottom of your heart, don’t try to figure out everything on your own (Prov 3:5 The Message)
What does it mean to trust God?
To trust in God means not to trust in: Riches
Fame , Accomplishments (Self) Men Others that will make God second best
Why would I trust God?
Because He loves me – ‘But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us’(Rom 5:8)
Because He has good plans for me – ‘For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jer 29:11)
Because in Jesus I can live life to the fullest – “ I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (Jn 10:10b)
Because all things comes from our gracious God – ‘He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? (Rom 8:32)
Conclusion: Put your hope and trust in God…His love sums it all…it is worth trying…it is worth believing!
