{"id":107,"date":"2016-08-07T15:40:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T15:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=107"},"modified":"2016-08-07T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T15:40:07","slug":"in-god-i-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2016\/08\/07\/in-god-i-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"In God I Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Without trusting in God, we will never be able to receive from Him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of trust creates a wall that separates us from God&#8217;s love.<\/li>\n<li>Trust comes\n<ul>\n<li>In hearing &#8211; the more we hear people and understand where they&#8217;re coming from we can trust them.<\/li>\n<li>In observing &#8211; when we see how they live, we can understand and trust.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Faith and trust are not exactly the same thing.\n<ul>\n<li>Faith: Believing that God is<\/li>\n<li>Trust: Believing that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.\n<ul>\n<li>Trust is what keeps us going back to the Lord and obeying Him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Trust is defined as a bold, confident security, or actions based on that security.\n<ul>\n<li>Trusting in God means that we can rely on His goodness.\n<ul>\n<li>This leads to peace in every circumstance &#8211; we can trust God to take care of us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Trust in God is built through interactions with Him (our prayers, His response, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Faith, by contrast, is a gift from God, given at the time of salvation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Biblical Examples\n<ul>\n<li>Abraham\n<ul>\n<li>God told him to get up and get out of his own country<\/li>\n<li>By doing so, Abraham saved himself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Noah\n<ul>\n<li>God told him to build an ark.<\/li>\n<li>He saved his family by trusting God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>David\n<ul>\n<li>He observed that God delivered him from the lion &amp; the bear; he trusted that God would deliver him from Goliath.\n<ul>\n<li>He spoke God&#8217;s will into the situation, and trusted that God would back up his words.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He saved a nation by trusting God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jesus\n<ul>\n<li>He trusted the Father enough to go to the cross.<\/li>\n<li>He saved the whole world by trusting God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shadrach, Meshach &amp; Abednego\n<ul>\n<li>They trusted God to deliver them from Nebuchadnezzar.\n<ul>\n<li>Even if He didn&#8217;t deliver them, they would still refuse to bow down to the king&#8217;s idol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>They were delivered, and God was glorified before the king of Babylon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Daniel\n<ul>\n<li>He trusted God to deliver him from the lion&#8217;s den.<\/li>\n<li>God was glorified before the king of Persia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Job<\/li>\n<li>Paul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses:\u00a0<\/strong>Heb. 11:6, Prov. 3:2-12, Rom. 4:3, Heb. 11:7, 1 Sam. 17:37; 45-47, Jeremiah 29:11, Daniel 3, Daniel 6<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-107-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-7-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-7-16.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8-7-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without trusting in God, we will never be able to receive from Him. 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