{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Trusting God - Part 1","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4662,"description":"Trust in God (the confidence you place in God to take care for you):\nIs a commitment based on the facts of who God is and what He has said or done not how we feel.\n(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 42:1-11; Psa 5:1-12; Psa 9:1-16; Psa 11:1-7).\nOnly benefits us to the degree that we trust.\n(Mat 13:53-58; 1Chr 5:18-20)\nIs why He decrees the tough times to come.\n(2Co 1:8-9) = Notice Paul’s confidence (even in the midst of such despair). This is only due to the close relationship he already possessed w/the Lord.\nWill be easy or hard based on the depth of our relationship w/God.\nThis is true of all relationships. 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. And the same is true w/God.\nThe way to GROW/GO DEEPER in our relationship w/Him so that we find trusting Him easier is (likewise) by spending time getting to know Him and ourselves. What this looks like is two things: 1) Listening and learning about Him, ourselves and the world we live in thru His words – which means attempting to understand what He is telling us about Himself, ourselves and our world thru the Bible’s teachings (Rom 15:4). 2) Talking to Him thru prayer – especially the Lord’s prayer since it is here that we are reminded of our purpose in living and His promises to us (Mat 6:9-15).\nThese TWO disciplines are how to spend time and grow/GO deeper in our relationship w/God. And the most important time to be doing this is when the GOING is good (i.e. you prepare for war in the times of peace) —otherwise, when the tough times (and their subsequent distractions) COME, you wb bankrupt (AND in a BAD WAY).\nUnfortunately, this is where a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}