Trusting God

message title: Trusting God
references: A. Trust in the Lord with all your heart... Prov 3:5-7
B. Out of the heart proceeds fountains... Prov 4:23
C. For out of the heart come evil thoughts... Matt 15:19
D. Trust in the Lord, and do good... psalm 37:3-5

E. Seven habits of people who trust God
1. Accept suffering
2. Accept the inevitability of death
3. Have daily appointments with God
4. In prayer, listen more than talk
5. Limit distractions
6. Submit to God's will
7. Offer the Lord their obedience

"Sometimes God's blessing are not in what he gives but what he takes away."

"You do not trust when you:
choose to worry
try to fix what is impossible
hurry ahead and do not wait on the Lord
lie awake twisting and turning at night
turn to others first for help
listen to human counsel and give it higher priority
manipulate circumstances
step in a take charge without praying and being led by the spirit of God
cling to others to feel secure and loved" - Rev. Chuck Swindoll