Take the Trust Test

Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Psalms 26:2, “Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.”

Galatians 6:4 (NIV), “Each one should test his own actions.”

TAKE a Personal Inventory

Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; TEST me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life”.

REMOVE the growth-stunting barriers

Jeremiah 17:6, “They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future.”

UNDERSTAND God’s growth principles

Proverbs 3:9-10, “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.”

SURRENDER your whole heart to God

Jeremiah 17:9-10, “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.” 

TEST God’s Promises 

Malachi 3:10, “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!”