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TRUST AND OBEY
A POWER-POINT PRESENTATION- APPROX ONE HOUR
START BY SINGING THE HYMN, "TRUST AND OBEY"
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. (PROVERBS 3: 5-7)
A- WHY IS TRUSTING GOD SO DIFFICULT?
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We want life to make sense.
We want to set our own time table.
B- HOW ARE WE IMPATIENT?
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It's the preverbul "ME"
We want what we want.
When we want it.
Do not be wise in your own eyes. (Proverbs 3:7)
C- WHY DOES GOD’S WAYS ALWAYS NOT MAKE SENSE TO US HUMANS?
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What about Noah building the ark
What about Abraham waited 24 years for a blood son.
What about Paul’s thorn in the flesh.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than yours. (Isaiah 55:8-9)
D- IN ORDER TO TRUST GOD, WE MUST TOTALLY SURRENDER WHAT?
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Our will
Our ideas
Our desires
E- HOW DO WE PLACE OUR FUTURE IN GODS HANDS?
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Completely trust God's eternal will for our lives
Don't give up on God
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding ( Proverbs 3:5)
Most of us have a tendency to claim trust in God. However, at the first sign of difficulty or trial, we think God must not love us. Because he allows difficulties to happen.
God works all things together for the good of those who love him. (Rom 8:28)
F--WE MAY TRUST IN MANY THINGS. DO THEYT OFFER WHAT GOD DOES?
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A Protection Plan
Long term Security
Eternal Benefits
G- ALL OTHER THINGS MAY FAIL BUT GOD NEVER FAILS
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Material things will go away or disappear
Friends and family will not stand by us
Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.(I Chronicles 28:2)
H- HOW IS OUR TRUST IN GOD STRENGEN?
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By increasing our knowledge of God.
By increasing our faith in God,.
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him ( James 1:5)
Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)
REMEMBER!
The more we trust him, the more he rewards us.
But when we doubt God, and don’t have faith, nothing happens
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