Can I Trust God?

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Can I really Trust God?

Can I really Trust God?

In LifeFamily

JobHealth

Possessions

YES

NO

Can I really Trust God?

T Take an inventoryR Recognize God as your

source.U Understand God’s principles

S Surrender everything to God.

T Test God’s promises.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my

commandments:

Proverbs 3:1

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to

thee.

Proverbs 3:2

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck;

write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:3

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight

of God and man.

Proverbs 3:4

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:6

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from

evil.

Proverbs 3:7

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 3:8

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the

firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:9

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall

burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:10

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:6

T Take an inventory

I Can’t Trust ME!

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my

thoughts:

Psalm 139:23

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the

way everlasting.

Psalm 139:24

T Take an inventory

1. Only God knows everything about me.

2. Only God can lead me correctly.

3. Taking inventory and trusting God begins with me.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:6

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from

evil.

Proverbs 3:7

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 3:8

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the

firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:9

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall

burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:10

Can I really Trust God?

T Take an inventoryR Recognize God as your

source.

R Recognize God As Your Source

I Really Have NOTHING!

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that

giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his

covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:18

R Recognize God As Your Source

God knows and owns EVERYTHING!

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:36

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his

stature?

Matthew 6:27

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is

your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and

then vanisheth away.

James 4:14

Can I really Trust God?

T Take an inventoryR Recognize God as your

source.U Understand God’s principles

Time

Talent

Treasure

U Understand God’s Principles

They don’t think they can give and meet their own needs.

Three Thoughts:

U Understand God’s Principles

They don’t know how to give

U Understand God’s Principles

They don’t plan to give.

Stewardship Principles That Make A Difference

The Who’s in Charge Principle

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and

they that dwell therein.

Psalm 24:1

Stewardship Principles That Make A Difference

The Who’s in Charge Principle

The Give and Grow Principle

Stewardship Principles That Make A Difference

The Who’s in Charge Principle

The Give and Grow Principle

The Do it Now Principle

Stewardship Principles That Make A Difference

The Who’s in Charge PrincipleThe Give and Grow PrincipleThe Do it Now Principle

The Im in Debt Principle

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

Romans 1:14

So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to

you that are at Rome also.

Romans 1:15

Our indebtedness is two-fold…

To God

To The Previous Generation

Stewardship Principles That Make A Difference

The Who’s in Charge PrincipleThe Give and Grow PrincipleThe Do it Now PrincipleThe Im in Debt Principle

The Fountain of Youth Principle

Can I really Trust God?

T Take an inventoryR Recognize God as your

source.U Understand God’s principles

S Surrender everything to God.

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose

heart departeth from the Lord.

Jeremiah 17:5

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall

inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not

inhabited.Jeremiah 17:6

Can I really Trust God?

T Take an inventoryR Recognize God as your

source.U Understand God’s principles

S Surrender everything to God.

T Test God’s promises.

Noah - building the ark

Abraham - sacrifice of Isaac

Joshua - crossing the Jordan

David - fighting Goliath