Monday, April 11, 2011

trust & believing

Psalm 56:3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

John 14:1 Don't be troubled. You trust in God, trust also in Me.

Trust - from Dictionary.com
–noun
1. reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
2. confident expectation of something; hope.
3. confidence in the certainty of future payment for property or goods received; credit: to sell merchandise on trust.
4. a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.
5. the condition of one to whom something has been entrusted.
6. the obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed: a position of trust.
7. charge, custody, or care: to leave valuables in someone's trust.
8.something committed or entrusted to one's care for use or safekeeping, as an office, duty, or the like; responsibility; charge.

–adjective
12. Law . of or pertaining to trusts or a trust.

–verb (used without object)
13. to rely upon or place confidence in someone or something (usually followed by in  or to ): to trust in another's honesty; trusting to luck.
14. to have confidence; hope: Things work out if one only trusts.
15. to sell merchandise on credit.

–verb (used with object)
16. to have trust or confidence in; rely or depend on.
17. to believe.
18. to expect confidently; hope (usually followed by a clause or infinitive as object): trusting the job would soon be finished; trusting to find oil on the land.
19. to commit or consign with trust or confidence.
20. to permit to remain or go somewhere or to do something without fear of consequences: He does not trust his children out of his sight.
21. to invest with a trust; entrust  with something.
22. to give credit to (a person) for goods, services, etc., supplied: Will you trust us till payday?

—Verb phrase
23. trust to, to rely on; trust: Never trust to luck!

—Idiom
24. in trust, in the position of being left in the care or guardianship of another: She left money to her uncle to keep in trust for her children.


vs 12 The truth is, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have, & even greater works...

I wonder what our lives would be like if we REALLY believed this?


vs 27 I am leaving you w/ a gift - peace of mind & heart. And the peace I give isn't the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid.

And what would our lives be like if we took the God of the universes at his world here & didn't allow ourselves to be troubled about all the things we worry about, nor be afraid of all the things that scare us?

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