1. Today’s Message

2. I have complete confidence in the gospel; it is God’s power to save all who believe, first the Jews and also the Gentiles. 17 For the gospel reveals how God puts people right with himself: it is through faith from beginning to end. As the scripture says, “The person who is put right with God through faith shall live.” (Romans 1:16-17, GNB)

3. Now faith is a well–grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1, Weymouth New Testament)

4. FAITH: Christian faith is trusting God and entrusting oneself to God through Jesus Christ.

5. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV)

6. 1) Entrust all you are to the Lord. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit. The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds." (Jeremiah 17:7-10, NIV)

7. 2) Stop depending on you. "Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps." (Jeremiah 10:23, NIV)

8. 2) Depend on Jesus to help. [The Lord] will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape, so that you are able to bear it. (1 Corinthians 10:13b, NIV)

9. 3) Everywhere you move, move with the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. (Colossians 3:17)

10. 4)Trust the Lord to make things straight for you. Praise be to the Lord, for he has heard my cry for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; -my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever. (Psalm 28:6-9, NIV)

11. We walk by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7, NAS)

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