There are times that we have lost trust in someone we love or respect and times that we ourselves have done things to lose the trust of someone we care for. Broken trust can scar us and can scar others, deeply–all the more important it is to trust in God. We must understand that trust is not s
Trust is something that many of us have issues with: trusting other people, trusting ourselves sometimes, & ultimately trusting God. Trust is a shared belief that we can depend on each other to achieve a common purpose. Trust is something that is present in “degrees” (a little trust
Sometimes we need encouragement. Always, we should be encouraging others. It is encouragement to people to work alongside them, to be involved with them. Praise is good…but praise in action is better! When we encourage others they see Christ in us and ultimately see Christ in themselves. The k
Stress and trials in our lives can actually be a positive thing if we trust Jesus enough to allow them to be. When I am enduring a trial, I often ask Jesus, “Ok Lord, what do you want me to learn from this? Help me to get through, strengthen me Lord.” I recognize that with Jesus, I can m
Stresses in life are many. You know you are too stressed if begin to talk to yourself, then disagree about the subject, get into a argument over it, lose, and refuse to speak to yourself for the rest of the night. Okay, seriously, as Christians we often deal with the struggles of others as well as o
TEMPTATION: Let’s sum all this up. We will never triumph over temptation by pretending it doesn’t exist. We can’t afford the luxury of thinking it can’t happen to us, no matter who we are. We need to guard against the temptation of putting our trust in worldly things for our fulfillment