25 Feb It’s Not About The Money | Part 3 “It’s All About Trust” – Apollo Beach

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• 1st Sunday: Discover Waters – after 1st service
• 2nd Sunday: NO CLASSES
• 3rd Sunday: Connect Class – after 1st service
• 4th Sunday: Baptism Class – after 1st service

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Key Verse: Proverbs 3

Ice breaker:

Q. If you had to choose only one restaurant to eat at for the rest of your life, what would that be and why?

Trust: firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

The two most important questions that we can ever ask are:

1. How can we know God’s will?
2. How can we be a success for God, others, and ourselves?

Trust is the most important factor when answering these questions.  Knowing God and His will for your life involves trust. 

1. Trust is the Key to Successful Living.

Proverbs 3:1-2 (ESV)

These commandments are marvelous words of wisdom for us in regard to our relationship with God.  This is a father encouraging his son to remember his teachings, including love and faithfulness so that he may have the promise of a long and successful life.

Deuteronomy 6:2 (ESV)

This is a paternal appeal: Fear the Lord!

We need to know what this command means for Christ followers today.  Only as we truly fear the Lord will we be freed from all destructive and satanic fears.   By fearing God, we can avoid being trapped by the natural pull toward going our way, defying God, and giving into the inviting way of immoral behavior.

We must be obedient.  Instant obedience is the only kind there is; delayed obedience is disobedience.

Solomon did not say to trust God with most of our hearts or to sometimes let Him lead us.  When we trust, it is a total affair of our hearts and minds!

Q. Why might it be challenging to trust God completely in every aspect of life?  How do personal experiences, fears, and the influence of society impact our ability to fully trust God?

2. Trust God as your One Source.

Proverbs 3:3-4 (ESV)

In light of the appeals to trust and honor the Lord, the call to bind steadfast love and faithfulness around your neck and write them on the tablet of your heart is best understood as an encouragement to live faithfully to the covenant by heeding faithful parental instruction.    This is from your Father in Heaven. 

GOD’S CARE IS CONSTANT

Hebrews 13: 5-6 (ESV)

God is trustworthy, His promise is unending and true.  But you need to ask yourself if you really trust Him and if are you placing your confidence in Him.

Can God trust you?  Have you proven to be a trustworthy person with What God has given you? 

We cannot negotiate with God, we must do our part which is total surrender, trust, and obedience.

Q.  Discuss the concept of being trustworthy stewards of what God has given us, including time, talents, and resources. How does our trustworthiness reflect your total surrender, trust, and obedience to God?

3. Trusting in Plenty.

Proverbs 3:5-8 (ESV)

The major thesis of Proverbs is the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  Since wisdom comes from God, we need to trust Him.  (Proverbs 2:6).

Asking God to guide us, forgive us, and fill us with His Holy Spirit, to help us to let him have total control, and to understand that all we have come from Him is continuous.

Everything we have comes from Him.  We can have everything we want and still have nothing.  It is not about what we possess it is about who we belong to.   All that God has made is available to us through Christ.  We just need to surrender it all to Him.

Q. Discuss the difference between finding identity and value in material possessions versus finding identity and value in our relationship with God through Christ. How does the perspective shift, affect our attitudes towards wealth, success, and contentment?

4. Trusting Enough to Surrender.

Proverbs 3:9-10 (ESV)

Honoring the Lord requires giving proper weight to your wealth by using it for righteous, just, and equitable purposes, which begins with offering the first fruits of everything to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:4 (ESV)

To give the first fruits is to imply that the whole belongs to God.  The prosperity described is the blessing of the covenant.  ‘Your barns will be filled with plenty’ is a generalization concerning the effect of honoring the Lord with the first tenth giving yourself to Him and trusting that He will give you all you need.    However, it is not just the tithes and offerings, it is your whole heart, mind, and life.

Proverbs 23:26 (ESV)

2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)

Sermon in a sentence: WHEN I SURRENDER AND TRUST GOD, EVERYTHING I SEEK FOR MY LIFE WILL BE FULFILLED.

Challenge:   Identify a decision you are currently facing, big or small. Spend time in prayer each day, seeking God’s guidance on this decision.  Commit to making a decision based on where you feel led by God, even if it requires stepping out of your comfort zone.