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August 3, 2025
1h 02m

Trust Issues

by Curvine Brewington
Trust isn’t always easy—especially when the one we are struggling to trust is God. In this honest message, we confront these trust issues head-on. Tune in as we look to the Word to gain God’s perspective in the midst of the doubts, disappointments, or delays you may be facing and begin to take real steps towards trusting God.
Sermon Notes

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
"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."

HOW DO WE OVERCOME OUR TRUST ISSUES W/ GOD?
1. DEPEND FULLY ON GOD

TRUST -   (בָּטַח - batach)  - "to hide for refuge" 

Proverbs 18:10 NKJV
"The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe."

HOW DO WE OVERCOME OUR TRUST ISSUES W/ GOD?
1. DEPEND FULLY ON GOD
2: DOUBT YOUR DEFAULTS

Proverbs 3:5 NIV
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding" - 

DEFAULTS MINDSETS THAT HAVE TO DIE
A: INDEPENDENCE
                  
Proverbs 14:12
NKJV- "There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death”

You'll never trust God completely until you realize that you need God desperately. 

DEFAULTS MINDSETS THAT HAVE TO DIE
A: INDEPENDENCE
B: DELAY

Proverbs 13:12 NIV
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."

And the reason we struggle with trusting God is because we have a hard time waiting on God.

DELAY DOES NOT MEAN DENIAL
• PREPARATION
• PURIFICATION
• PROTECTION 
• PERSPECTIVE

DEFAULTS MINDSETS THAT HAVE TO DIE
A: INDEPENDENCE
B: DELAY
C: DISAPPOINTMENT

HOW DO WE OVERCOME OUR TRUST ISSUES W/ GOD?
1. DEPEND FULLY ON GOD
2: DOUBT YOUR DEFAULTS
3: DRAW NEAR

Proverbs 3:5-6a NIV
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him…

SABBATH
STOP
REST
• REFLECT
DELIGHT

The practice of SABBATH is necessary for the cultivation of TRUST.
1. STOP = "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART…"
2. REST = "LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING…”
3. REFLECT = "IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM…"

         S  I L  E  N T 
         S  I L  E  N T    =   L I S T E N

4. DELIGHT = "HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATH STRAIGHT"

“God may disappoint you. But He will never fail you…”   Rev. Ron Bowie


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