Posts Tagged ‘ Trust ’
“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”
Matthew 7:24, ESV
Our souls and minds find rest in Christ, but only when our faith is in Him and we obey His words.
In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8, ESV
Our sovereign God is the source of all peace, and, when we are found in Christ, we can know that He is in control and watching over us at every moment
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
Ephesians 1:7, ESV
We can have peace knowing that God is in complete control, and He has the power to remove our sins by the grace and blood of Jesus when we trust in Him.
And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
Genesis 2:2-3, ESV
Our God is in complete control, having created the heavens and the earth and preparing to bring heaven to earth through us. We can therefore take His example and find rest and peace in Him, trusting that He is working all things for His purpose.
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm 46:10, ESV
We can rest in the peace of knowing that God is in control, that He is making heaven on earth a reality through His Church. Find hope in His sovereignty.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8, ESV
God is omnipotent and omniscient because He is outside of space and time, yet He came into time as one of us to show that power. He may have taken on a physical body, but His essence and majesty never changed. We can trust in Jesus.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5, ESV
Our God is omnipotent and omniscient, knowing the time and place and having the power to come to us Himself and redeem us from our sins on the cross, prophecied 700 years before.
We can trust in our powerful, saving God.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
Psalm 139:11-12, ESV
Our God is omnipotent and omniscient, knowing and capable of all things. Nothing surprises Him, and He controls all things. Trust in God.
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to You. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
1 Chronicles 29:11, HCSB
We know that God is sovereign and all-powerful, so we can trust in Him to care for us and defend us when evil comes our way.
But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit, and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.
Jude 1:20-21, NLT
People may know we are Christians, they may not understand why we believe these ancient texts about some guy who lived 2,000 years ago. May we see the truth found in the Bible about Jesus, knowing with certainty it is true.
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