/ trust /

noun

firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

Who should we trust? JESUS!

Matthew 7:24-29 (NLT)

Trust in your faith means owning your faith.

God reveals himself to everyone everywhere through general revelation. General revelation includes creation, common grace, and conscience.

CREATION - Romans 1:19-20 (NLT)

COMMON GRACE - Matthew 5:45 (NLT)

CONSCIENCE - Matthew 5:45 (NLT)

Special revelation refers to the more specific truths that can be known about God through the supernatural.

MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN

JESUS

HOLY SPIRIT

HOLY BIBLE

BIBLE FACTS

3 languages

1,500 years

40 authors

3 continents

66 books

5,000+ manuscripts

Jesus

The world says: great moral example, insightful teacher, a prophet to some, and a defender of the poor and marginalized.

God the Father said Jesus was God.

Heb. 1:8 (NLT)

Demons said Jesus was God.

Mark 1:24-26 (NLT)

Jesus said he was God.

Matthew 26:63-65 (NLT)

“Jesus was not just another great religious teacher, nor was he only another in a long line of individuals seeking after spiritual truth. He was, instead, truth itself. He was God incarnate.” — Billy Graham

God is real >> Jesus is real >> The Holy Spirit is real >> And, the Holy Bible is true

24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise…

26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish...

28 ...the crowds were amazed at his teaching...

29 ...he taught with real authority…”

/ trust /

verb

to believe in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

Trust Killers

Fear - Matthew 7:25 (NLT)

Despair

The ways of the World

Trust Builder

Faith

Hope

The Word of God

Matthew 7:24a (NLT)

Jer. 17:7 (ESV)

1) A Christian without forgiveness, is a Christian without agency.

This key represents a person only I can forgive.

Galatians‬ ‭6:1-2‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Matthew‬ ‭16:24-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Matthew‬ ‭18:21-22‬ ‭ESV

There is a theme of a nonsensical, illogical choice that has supernatural powers.

Anger, anxiety, hate, and fear do not sustain in the presence of a forgiving person.

There is nothing as disarming, as a forgiving spirit.

Mark 2:1-5 ESV

A Christian without forgiveness, is a Christian without agency.

John‬ ‭3:16-17‬ ESV

1 John‬ ‭4:19-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

2) Stop repenting and start forgiving. The power is in forgiveness. Christ did not go around repenting, he went around healing and forgiving.

Mark 2:1-12 ESV

3) A church without forgiveness, is a church without agency.

Definition of agency

1a : the office or function of an agent

b : the relationship between a principal and that person's agent

2 : the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power :

3 : a person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved :(communicated through the agency of the ambassador)

4 : an establishment engaged in doing business for another

5 : an administrative division (as of a government)

“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.”

“From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Romans 15:13 ESV

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV

What is love?

God is Love.

“To understand love correctly, we must see that love originates as a noun that necessarily produces verbs.” - (Jon Bloom, staff write for desiringgod.org)

How do we love?

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 ESV

True love ​originates in God.

1 John 4:8b ... God is love.

True love​ goes beyond words and emotions to action.

1 John 3:18 ESV

John 17:17-19 ESV

True love​ is in DEED and in TRUTH. True love​ is ​unto God ​and ​unto your neighbor​. (Matthew 22:34-40)

Love is... Living in agreement with who God is by declaring what He says, and aligning your life with what He says.

Love is... Living for the joy and benefit of others.

Romans 15:13 ESV

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV

Everything is already taken care of!!! Confess: (greek: homologeó) to speak the same thing, to agree, of one mind. Coming into agreement with God’s word!

Colossians 1:16 ESV

John 21:25 ESV

John 18:36 AMPC

Matthew 12:50 ESV

Romans 10:10 ESV

God is at work, even when we can’t see what he’s doing

God invites us to work with him through the mysterious thing called PRAYER

Psalms 121:3-4

Jeremiah 29:11

Psalms 3:5

God Moves Others to Pray for You

In daylight hours, and during the night shift

Father God is Calling

Holy Spirit will at times call you to keep a ‘prayer watch’ for certain people at critical moments.

Whenever God calls you to pray for someone

IT’S A BIG DEAL!