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Can I Trust God?
Tom Hanks
Harrison Ford
Snoop Dogg
The Rock
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