John 14:1 (CEV)Don't be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.How do we do that? How do we trust God to meet our needs? Every time we worry is a wasted second of our life. It's wasted energy. God says it doesn't change anything. It's unreasonable. It's unhelpful. It's unnatural. It's unbelief. It's unhealthy. HOW DO I TRUST GOD TO MEET MY NEEDS? Well, the Bibl...

Isaiah 43:2When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. This verse reminds me of the three Hebrew children, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego who walked through the fire. God walked through it with th...

Many people ask God to guarantee their success before trying what he has asked them to dobut that's not faith. Faith always requires risk. Faith means you obey even when you don't understand. You start taking a step in the direction you think God is telling you to go, even if he hasn't given you the next step. Even if it doesn't make sense. I think a lot of Christians nev...

If you've accepted God's gift of salvation by grace, you've received the best gift ever offered to anyone. But have you shared that gift with others since you became a Christian? Faithful people share their faith. Today's verse comes from the story in Matthew 9 about a man who was sick and paralyzed. His friends wanted him to be healed, so they brought him to Jesus by low...

The Bible is clear that we go through seasons in life, and one of the seasons that God talks about again and again is the season of waiting. While you're waiting, God is working. Don't think that a season of waiting means that God has stopped working. God is never in a hurry. He's eternal! He is watching. He is working. He is seeing how and when you will trust him as you...

God is the source of everything you need to live. He is the Good Shepherd who feeds you, leads you, and meets your needs. You don't have to look anywhere else. You don't have to look to Wall Street. You don't have to look to the government. You don't have to look to your spouse, your retirement account, or your job. If you're going to put your faith in something, you need...

What do you pray about? "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7, NLT) Scripture tells us to pray about everything. But, d...

God's desire for your life is that you would have a strong and vigorous faithnot a wimpy faith that collapses when things get tough. The Bible says in Colossians 2:7,"Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness"(NLT). How does God grow a stron...

Matthew 6:34So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today. This verse is saying, "don't borrow trouble for tomorrow. I'm going to give you enough grace for today. I'm not going to give you the grace for tomorrow until you get to tomorrow." There's a couple reasons why we should only live one day at a time. Fir...

Here is the Biblical definition of faith... Hebrews 11:1Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; It gives us assurance about things we cannot see.Faith isn't hope. Faith takes it a step farther. Let's go back to the story of Noah to look at this. He built an ark to save his family. Hebrews 11:7It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to sav...