Get Real Series-14 Real Trust A warm welcome to you again. We have been blest sharing previous presentations with you. We pray that you will find this presentation thought provoking and a blessing.

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They seem dissatisfied and want change. Get Real Series Real Trust Needing Real Trust? They seem dissatisfied and want change. Needing Real Trust? They seem dissatisfied and want change.

Real Trust Needing Real Trust? Get Real Series Real Trust Needing Real Trust? Odds are you wouldn’t be sitting here if shifts within you weren’t already underway. You feel a need for change. This change has to be for the better.

Real Trust Home Work Spiritual Life Relationships Get Real Series Right now you may feel as though you were unravelling – this may be at home, in your work, your spiritual life or with your relationships.

Secondary Satisfactions Get Real Series Real Trust Secondary Satisfactions Alcohol Sex Work Holism Food Shopping Some people are using “secondary satisfactions” like alcohol, sex, work holism, food and shopping to ease their emotional pain and discomfort but they never get to the core of the hurts that need to be looked at, sat with, and transformed.

Real Trust Trust and Distrust Get Real Series Real Trust Trust and Distrust He says that the MOST IMPORTANT and MOST BASIC challenge is our need to decide is about TRUST and DISTRUST Eric Erickson, a famous psychologist states that there are 8 important questions that need to be solved in life. He says that the MOST IMPORTANT and MOST BASIC challenge is our need to decide about TRUST and DISTRUST.

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Real Trust Trust and Distrust Get Real Series Real Trust Trust and Distrust If you have been hurt many times then trusting becomes a challenge. If you have been hurt many times then trusting becomes a challenge.

Real Trust Trust and Distrust Get Real Series Life can sometimes leave you feeling as if you are hanging over a precipice with nothing stopping you from falling excepting a rope. You are trusting that the person who is at the top holding the rope won’t let go.

Real Trust Trust and Distrust That person may be God Get Real Series What if the only person that you can turn to right then is God. Would you think of Him at that moment?

Real Trust Trust and Distrust Get Real Series Real Trust Trust and Distrust Have you felt the pain of loving and finding you can’t trust the person you love? Have you felt the pain of loving and finding you can’t trust the person you love?

Real Trust Trust and Distrust Get Real Series Real Trust Trust and Distrust There are times when we find out that we are personally not always trustworthy. There are times when we find out that we are personally not always trustworthy. This is a tough one.

Real Trust Trust and Distrust We also give others pain. Get Real Series Real Trust Trust and Distrust We also give others pain. We disappoint those nearest and dearest. That we are very able to give others pain. Could it be that we so often disappoint those nearest and dearest.

“the whole heart is deceitful…..” Get Real Series Real Trust Self Trust “the whole heart is deceitful…..” Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that “the whole heart is deceitful…..” and very self-centred. Jeremiah 17:9

Locusts = Sins in our lives Get Real Series Real Trust Self Trust Locusts = Sins in our lives In the Bible the book of Joel chapter 1 tells the story of the years of the locust. These locusts represent the different sins in our lives. The sins that eat away at our contentment. They cause unhappiness, dissatisfaction and a feeling of emptiness and can play a part in the development of disease and depression. Joel 1

Get Real Series Real Trust Self Trust “Turn to Me with all your heart…. Return to the Lord your God for He is gracious and merciful.” Joel 2: 12, 13 says Turn to Me with all your heart…. Return to the Lord your God for He is gracious and merciful. Joel 2: 12, 13

Get Real Series Real Trust Self Trust “And I will RESTORE to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten”. There is even better news in Joel 2:25. If you turn to Him then He promises that He will … “And I will RESTORE to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten”. Restore means “to bring back to its original good condition”. God says He will make it good like it was before I messed up. Joel 2: 25

Real Trust Hang in There He will help me fix my mistakes Get Real Series Real Trust Hang in There He will help me fix my mistakes Fix my untrustworthiness He teaches me to learn from my mistakes and to not keep repeating He helps me turn my mess into a blessing. He will help me fix my mistakes, my untrustworthiness. He will teach me to learn from my mistakes and to not keep repeating them. He helps me learn turns my mess into a blessing.

Real Trust Hang in There Get Real Series Real Trust Hang in There I will learn from God how to leave my brokenness behind and become a happy and whole personality I will choose to learn from God how to leave my brokenness behind and become a happy and whole personality.

Real Trust Look at Jesus “Behold the Lamb of God…” John 1:36 Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus “Behold the Lamb of God…” The Bible has the answer. John 1:36 says “Behold the Lamb of God…” John 1:36

Real Trust Look at Jesus Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus “But we all, with our face having been unveiled, having beheld the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord Spirit.” 2 Cor 3:18 says But we Christians… can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord. You have to look into a mirror to see yourself in it. 2 Cor 3:18

Real Trust Look at Jesus Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus A mirror helps us to remind us who we are and what we look like. Do you understand the thoughts here? A mirror helps us to remind us who we are and what we look like. Do you understand the thoughts here?

Real Trust Look at Jesus Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus THE MORE WE LOOK AT CHRIST, THE MORE WE BECOME LIKE HIM. We turn to Him because He is the only one who is totally trustworthy THE MORE WE LOOK AT CHRIST, THE MORE WE BECOME LIKE HIM. We turn to Him because He is the only one who is totally trustworthy

Real Trust Look at Jesus Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus We see our own brokenness in the mirror but other people will see the beauty of Jesus character The opposite is also true. We see our own brokenness in the mirror but other people will see the beauty of Jesus character. The opposite is also true.

If you are, watching, reading Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus If you are, watching, reading or thinking about violence, wrong sexual practices and lies then that becomes the mirror that you show to the world. If you are, watching, reading or thinking about violence, wrong sexual practices and lies then that becomes the mirror that you show to the world.

Real Trust Look at Jesus You will live out what you are watching. Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus You will live out what you are watching. You will no longer feel sympathy for others. Morality and principles will hold no attraction for you. You will not be trustworthy. You will live out what you are watching. You will no longer feel sympathy for others. Morality and principles will hold no attraction for you. You will not be trustworthy.

Real Trust Look at Jesus Get Real Series Real Trust Look at Jesus God has put the choice of who we want to be entirely in our own hands. Look to Jesus. Learn from Him and step by step you will become like Him. God has put the choice of who we want to be entirely in our own hands. Look to Jesus. Learn from Him and step by step you will become like Him.

Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Go and talk to Him as you do to a good friend (we call it prayer). Think about Him. Read His personal love letter, the Bible. Go and talk to Him as you do to a good friend (we call it prayer). Think about Him. Read His personal love letter, the Bible.

Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? There we will find many promises of counsel, forgiveness, peace, strength and finances. Take these promises to Him and claim them. There we will find many promises of counsel, forgiveness, peace, strength and finances. Take these promises to Him and claim them.

Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Confess your sins to Him, and allow Him to change and rearrange your life. Jesus came to this world to speak to our hearts. Confess your sins to Him, and allow Him to change and rearrange your life. Jesus came to this world to speak to our hearts.

“…happy is he who keeps the law…” Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? “…happy is he who keeps the law…” Solomon wrote “happy is he who keeps the law” (Proverbs 29:18). We not only ask Him to forgive us our wrongdoings but also need to obey Him. Proverbs 29:18

Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? He wants the principles of heaven planted in our hearts He wants the best for us and this has made Him worthy of our trust. He wants the principles of heaven planted in our hearts. He wants the best for us and this has made Him worthy of our trust. He will not let us down! Look at this promise!

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. We will stop blaming other people for our behaviour and circumstances. We will take personal responsibility for them. Philippians 4:13

“Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!” Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? “Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!” In this text the Lord asks us to trust in Him and not in ourselves. The Lord wants to have a close relationship with each one of us, but whether we accept His invitation or not is our choice. Psalm 144:15

Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? The Lord loves each one of us, and it is His desire that we love Him too. He has told us that we should “...taste and see that the Lord is good: blest is the man that trusts in Him.” Ps. 34:8 The Lord loves each one of us, and it is His desire that we love Him too. He has told us that we should “...taste and see that the Lord is good: blest is the man that trusts in Him.” (Ps. 34:8)

Why not take the Lord at His word right now? Get Real Series Real Trust How do we look to Jesus? Why not take the Lord at His word right now? Try Him. Trust Him. Become whole. Why not take the Lord at His word right now? Try Him. Trust Him. Become whole.

Get Real Series The End We pray that as you allow God to reflect Himself in you, that you will become like He is. With a living daily connection with Him you will not be able to stop this transformation.

Get Real Series The End Jeremiah 29:11 – 14b For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, Thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will see Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord.