I used to be afraid to trust God. And it bothered me.
I wanted to slip my hand in His and let Him lead.
I wanted to put my concerns in His capable arms
and believe He could take better care of them than I could.
I wanted to have more faith.
But I didn’t. And one day I realized why.
It’s hard to trust someone we don’t really know.
Therein was the reason for my hearts hesitancy to fully rely on God.
You see, I knew a lot about God but I didn’t really know God.
So I decided to start spending time with Him like a friend, getting to know Him.
Talking to Him with simple-sentence and conversational prayers
listening to Him through promises in His Word
depending on Him in different circumstances
relying on Him in faith as I struggled with different fears.
Over time my “knowing” and trusting God got stronger and stronger.
And my depth of dependence grew as I depended on Him and found He is dependable.
What about you? Do you ever struggle with trusting God, like really trusting Him and fully relying on Him to meet your needs like I have? One thing that has really helped me get to know God and push through my fear of dependence is remembering the names of God and giving Him a chance to show me the faithfulness of His character through the power of His names.
The truth is we can’t know God as Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, if we aren’t in need. And when we are, we can learn to trust Him as we depend on Him to meet ours needs. The more we do this, the more our trust will deepen and our relationship with Christ with be strengthened.
Our confidence in Him will grow as we live in the powerful promise of this beautiful verse: “Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help” (Psalm 9:10). Let’s pray: Lord, I want to know You for who You really are. I desire to trust and follow You more and more each day.
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- Realize their infinite worth as they explore the nature of the God who created and formed them.
- Live with bold assurance that their God is a personal God who sees them, hears them, and knows them by name.
- Walk confidently in knowing both who they are and Whose they are.
- Arm themselves with seven tools to pray more confidently and effectively in any situation or circumstance.
- Transform their walk with Jesus as they discover how He fulfills the Old Testament names of God.
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Would love to win book to give to my daughter? I love mine!!!!
I have been desiring to dig deeper into God’s character. I believe the more I truly know God in my heart, the more I will learn to trust Him fully and freely. Thank you, Renee and Wendy.
I am going through a very difficult time right now dealing with chronic pain that has doctors stumped as far as the cause. I want to fully give it over to God, not taking it back from His capable hands. I am hoping that in reading more about God and deepening my faith, I can continue to grow in faith and love for my King and Creator.
I want to learn to depend on God more.
To know Him by name and to be able to call on Him and know He is there. That is how I want to know Him.
I would be blessed & honored to receive this powerful book!!!
Johovah Jirah our provider!!!!
I would love this study to go deeper into knowing who God is and to really, really believe that he won’t forsake me or help me when I need him in the most desperate of ways. Lately, circumstances have put me in a situation where I have to trust Him when I can’t see a solution. I’m so desperate to hear him and see restoration that because I don’t see anything viable happening I feel that He has overlooked and forgotten me. I want to know all of who He is and who I am to Him.
Lord, my desire is to know You and to love You more…more than anything else in the entire world!!! Amen, Amen and Amen…Toni
I’ve been wanting to learn the names of God so that it would direct my prayers toward the different traits of his character.
I would love to learn more about His names! I’ve already purchased the book for myself but if I were to win I would give it to my sister!
I would love to get this study so that I can draw closer to the Lord. And it would be a great summer Bible study for me and my accountability sisters!
I would love to a gain a deeper relationship with God and get to know him on a deeper level!
Reading your words brought me to tears. Im so glad I opened this email. I do feel God led me to this, thank you so much for your wisdom/ insight and for the information about this study!
Thanks for today’s devotion, it’s a blessing to read & enjoy your messages. Looking forward to reading this book & getting to know God better. Would make an awesome summer Bible Study.
I am striving daily to have a stronger faith and relationship with God:)
I would love to get this. Recently my husband and I have been going through and extreme roller coaster with me confessing about my affair I had. I’m so ashamed of myself for allowing that to me and our family, because I wasn’t happy. I am fighting for our marriage now, because my husband is in turmoil everyday since I have told. There is not a day since 09/27/2015 when I confessed that it doesn’t come up about “how could you do this” and sometimes name calling comes, but I know it’s out of hurt. I know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose and I have heard of so many stories where couples have made it and are better than ever now. I am also not only repairing my relationship with my husband, but also with God, because I betrayed him too, by falling away and not heeding to His Word. I’m 27 with 2 boys and now we have another one on the way. I feel right now my life is in disarray trying to be strong for everyone and understand the hurt that I’ve caused my husband. I just pray that if the Lord let’s it be that this book will help me to pray more confidently and also walk more confidently with our Father in Heaven. Blessings!
Thought this was really good and I needed to hear it today. This week is a struggling with this week as mom begins chemo again. I want to trust Him and part of it is because I don’t know him well at all. It is hard for me since I don’t know how to experience His love for me.
I started this study today and I’m anxious to learn the names of God and draw closer to him during this group study. So blessed to be a part of P31 bible studies.
I was just looking up the different names of God this morning. I choose a word to live by this year and that word is faith. As Renee said our faith grows into proportion as to how well we know God. I hope by the end of this year I can say ” Yes Lord I trust you no matter what and I think this would be a great tool to help me reach my goal. Thank you.
I am so excited and eager to learn more about the Names of God! I want to be able to say like Job”My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes have seen you!”