- Source: James 1:6
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. […] 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. - James 1:6,8
Related verses:
- 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
- When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3
- Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, foror I have put my trust in you.Show me the way I should go,for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8
- “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matt 6:25-27
Discussion
- What is something that you need to trust God more in? To start: what is something that causes anxiety in your life?
- Trust (H982. batach = בָּטח, careless or confident) is linked with Faith (H530. emunah = אֱמוּנָה, to be firm or steadfast) as small moments of trust build up into a life full of faith
- What are some practical ways to trust in God? If faith without work is dead, and trust (H982. batach = בָּטח, careless or confident) is linked to faithfulness (H530. emunah = אֱמוּנָה, to be firm or steadfast), how do we live out trust?