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Trust In The Lord
Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Apr 28, 2008 (message contributor)
Summary: The perfect antidote for fear is found in Proverbs 3:5 - "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart".
TEXT
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart.
1. FAITH
"Trust".
The word "trust" occurs 188 times in scripture.
2. FOCUS
"Trust in the LORD".
This phrase occurs 19 times in scripture.
We are to place our trust in the LORD:
Jehovah-Jireh - The LORD will provide
Jehovah-Tsidkenu - The LORD our Righteousness
Jehovah-Shalom - The LORD our Peace
Jehovah-Rohi - The LORD our Shepherd
Jehovah-Makkadesh - The LORD our Sanctifier
Jehovah-Rophe - The LORD our Healer
Jehovah-Shammah - The LORD is there
Jeremiah 17:5-8 "Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit".
3. FULLNESS
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart".
My times are in Thy hand;
My God, I wish them there;
My life, my friends, my soul I leave
Entirely to Thy care.
My times are in Thy hand;
Why should I doubt or fear?
My Father’s hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
My times are in Thy hand;
Jesus, the Crucified;
Those hands my cruel sins had pierced
Are now my guard and guide.