Tabor Baptist Church

• Concentrating on v5-6
• Verses known by heart
• Known personal experience
• At times it is important to question whether this is our experience?
• Examples
• These verses bring bus back to basic principles
• Proverbs is one of the wisdom books
• We must put this into practice
• Overview:
• Principles:
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart
• In all your ways acknowledge Him
• In practice

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

• The Christian life begins with trust and faith wholly in the Lord Jesus Christ
• Faith is also important in our daily lives
• It is important for everyone
• Do we live in daily trust of our God?
• We find it difficult to trust
• Some people are natural worriers - example
• Do we find it difficult to trust Jesus?
• We must trust God for our life
• Do we trust in our own abilities - example
• The scriptures says not to put our trust in powerful men, but God
• Both dependency in and certainty that He will help us
• The more we trust in ourselves, the more we are likely to lean on our own understanding
• Paul writes in Corinthians that knowledge puffs up
• Do we really trust God's promises?
  • Examples - God's providence

In all your ways acknowledge Him

• In all situations (big or small) acknowledge Him
• Explanation
• To what extent do we walk in fellowship with God?
• He will make straight our paths
• Isaiah
• Examples
• He will go before us
• We worry about the future but He will guide us
• He will bring us safely to our destination
• It is something practical
• Example of Ezra
• The Old Testament speaks of 'Shalom'
• God gives us peace that surpasses all understanding (Phil 4:7)

In Practice

• All our trust is in God
• Example
• We are to trust in God will all our heart because it is absolutely safe to do so
• Examples
• We commit our way to God
• We thank Him when the path is straight
• We trust Him when the path is windy
• We need to practice this more
• We trust Him in our spiritual life
• We must trust Him for all our needs
• Examples  (Psalm 42:5)

Closing Remarks