Why not all y'all..all we all.. rejoice keepin' the main focus the main focus!
• "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." Prov. 3:5-6. Contextually check out these verses...• Hebrews 11:1: Describes faith as trust in God's promises.. All of them have been trustworthy -- they're fulfilled and more are getting fulfilled by him.• Romans 15:1: Encourages people to help believers with weaker faith, and to do things that make other believers edified and blessed in doing his will.• Philippians 4:13: Check out how an apostle explains his faith in the Lord's plan and protection.• Jeremiah 29:11: Expresses faith that God watches over us believers and he has a good plan for us. It's who he is cuz he's caring as well as 100% good. His character in person are trustworthy. He's basically earned the right to be heard, followed and obeyed.• Psalm 9:9: Emphasizes placing full trust in God, even in such bad times with horrible circumstances happening around us. It's a trusting type of love relationship thing.Psalm 56:3-4: Is about expressing confident trust in God no what matter what comes your way. We can do that even when we feel afraid and need to refocus on Jesus like Peter did when he was sinking into the water.• Romans 12:3: States or explains how God has given each person a measure of faith, which can grow. I say: Sow to the Spirit aggressively, diligently, consistently (in prayer, Bible, fellowship, sharing your true story) ..instead of sowing to the world system or to your old fleshly nature. Sow to your biblical faith daily seeking closer friendship with the Lord.. and not to your doubts or to all the misinformation of the media.• Isaiah 12:2: Express confidence in God.. knowing that He with His strength and salvation are totally sufficient. If you've got bad habits, the wrong "close friends", and destructive addictions.. admit it and quit it. I've got lots of really negative-thinking friends (many people do..) but I don't make them my close friends ..yet. Help is available, help that goes the distance with you all the way home.
What's the diff between the two? Faith and trust are often used interchangeably Faith without trust is not faith. Belief without reliance is empty. Many people believe certain facts about Jesus Christ, but knowing those facts to be true is not what the Bible means by “faith.” You can have a living relationship with him.. once you turn and trust .. once you're born into his zoe life (John 3:3).
The biblical definition of faith requires trust in—a commitment to—the facts. The facts of your friends and that's how I made Jesus my best friend.
ie, The relationship between faith and trust is a trust-fall. You have faith that your friends will catch you not letting you hit the ground. The friend that sticks closer than a brother has never let me down. I've let myself down before but not him -- He isn't that way.
Faith and trust have similar meanings, and often people will use the words interchangeably. Even Merriam-Webster defines faith as “belief and trust in and loyalty to God.” For most people there is no practical difference between faith and trust; to them, the two are synonymous. Any differences that exist are very fine.
Trust can be either a noun or a verb, depending on context. As a noun, trust means “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something”; as a verb, it means “to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of,” “to believe,” “to commit or place in one’s care,” or “to place confidence.” Faith is always a noun (except in cases of its archaic use as a verb).
In Scripture, faith is defined as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
In other words, faith involves trusting in something you cannot explicitly prove. Faith is inseparable from trust; it’s the confidence that God can and will do what He says in His Word. Faith includes both intellectual assent to something and trust in it. So we believe something to be true, and we also place our trust in it—we rely on it. Faith recognizes that a chair is designed to support the person who sits on it, and trust demonstrates the faith by actually sitting in the chair.
Faith without trust SIMPLY IS NOT biblical faith. Belief without reliance is empty. Many people believe certain facts about Jesus Christ, but knowing those facts to be true is not what the Bible means by “faith.” Doesn't it say the demons believe and tremble (see James 2:19)? The biblical definition of faith requires trust in—a commitment to—the facts. The real facts help me establish a real friendship with Christ.
You believe your buddies will not let you hit the ground. The act of falling can be scary at times. You demonstrate the faith you have in your friends with their good character. If there was soft sand or pillows down there, my buddies would let me fall and laugh and I'd laugh with them. Trust in God is a core aspect of biblical faith. He loves you and wants what's best.
