Trust

“Don't try to assert your plan over the Lord's. Instead, trust Him. Essentially, all of these boil down. And every temptation in life boils down to do you trust God? Do you trust Him? Do you trust His love for you? Do you trust His provision for you? Do you trust His plan for you? Do you trust God?”

“trust something, but until we actually give evidence to that, then it causes people to not believe. So for example, what if I told you that I trust in this chair, I trust in this stool to hold me up, but I only put my finger on it? Do I actually trust it? No, not really, right? What if I went like this? I said, yeah, I trust this. I trust the stool. I trust it, but I only put my elbow on it. No, right? But what if I actually sit and put my full weight on the stool?”

“the way it was meant to be experienced when you trust him with your life. Resting in the sufficiency of God is the only way to truly experience the rest that God longs for you to know. So do you trust God with everything? Do you trust him with your fears? Do you trust him with your hopes? Do you trust him with your doubts? Do you trust him with all circumstances that you're going through?”

“It's a matter of the heartbeat behind it and the sacrifice of trust in it. You cannot trust something you don't sacrifice something for. You can say you trust the seat all day long. Put your money where your mouth is. Sit in it. You can say this water's warm. It was, right? Water's warm. Good. But until you get in it, you can't believe it. There's no trust. Trust moves in action.”

“for me it looks like this thing over here that you've prohibited is actually the thing that would bring me the most joy. Jesus says, no, trust me. I created the world. I created you. I know what's best for you. Trust me and live in obedience to me. Verse 3 says, trust in the Lord and do good. Obedience is an expression of trust. We obey God because we trust his character. My daughter Ella Grace is three years old, and when she swims, she stands on the side of the”

“but as if Almighty God Himself was saying, God's just saying, trust me. trust me. And then he'd kind of turn it into a teaching mechanism. You know, there's another trust me opportunity, right? There's another trust me kind of proposition. Trust me. It is so important to have other adults that speak into the lives of our kids. The word parenting, this is an interesting thought and perspective. The word parenting was essentially never used before the”

“forget that God is just inviting you into relationship, deeper relationship with those simple two words, trust me. Are you going to trust me? Things have been hard. Things haven't made sense. Are you going to trust me? Life's been great. You may feel that you're at a point where you don't have to trust me. Still, I ask you to trust me.”

“Father, we know that from the bottom of our heart and soul that we can trust you. We can trust you in every circumstance. We can trust you in every season. We can trust you at the top of the mountain and the bottom of the valley. And so, Lord, we just declare in this moment that we trust you with the end. God, fill our hearts with faith. Allow us to be a people who walks through difficulty in perfect peace and joy.”