Discovering the God Jesus Knows Week 3

In this message, we explore what it means to truly trust God—and why trust may be one of the hardest gifts many of us have to offer. Using marriage vows, broken trust in religious leaders, and Jesus’ own prayer life as a backdrop, this sermon acknowledges the very real ways faith and trust can be damaged by people and institutions, while inviting us not to project those failures onto God Himself. Through Jesus’ teaching in the Lord’s Prayer, we see that every line assumes a God who is near, good, generous, forgiving, and protective. Rather than a distant or unreliable deity, Jesus reveals a Father who can be trusted with our daily needs, our failures, and our future. The message concludes with a simple—as a way to rebuild trust in God not just with our beliefs, but with our lives.

Spiritual Formation Practice—Daily praying the Lord’s Prayer slowly and intentionally.