Christ Covenant Church

Trust in God (the confidence you place in God to take care for you as the One Who is perfect in wisdom and understanding, love and power, righteousness and faithfulness to deliver on His promises ):Is a commitment based on the facts of who God is and what He has said or done not how we feel.(Hab 3:16-19; Luk 22:41-44 w/1Pe 2:23; 1Pe 4:19 w/5:6-10 commitment to the facts requires actively recalling those facts (as it re: to who God is and what He has said or done) (e.g. Psa 143:1-12; Psa 9:1-16; Psa 11:1-7).Only benefits us to the degree that we trust.(Mat 13:53-58)Is why He decrees the tough times to come.(2Co 1:8-9)Will be easy or hard based on the depth of our relationship w/God.The less I know someone, the harder it is for me to trust them (e.g. “I don’t really know them that well”). And the only way to know someone better (i.e. to possess a deeper – more trusting relationship w/them) is by spending time learning about each other. This is what I call “reciprocating self-disclosure” and is the basis of all