PROMISE #40 - FEBRUARY 9
Promise #40:
Trust in Me with all your heart and I will guide you.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of those Scripture passages that has personally meant a great deal to me over the years. As a person who has tended to trust in his own resources, the idea that I don't have to lean on my own understanding to manage life is very good news.
Today's promise encourages us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and not rely on our own ability to manage life. The Hebrew word for trust in this passage is 'batach', which Strong's concordance explains this way... to be confident or sure, be bold, confident, secure, sure, careless, to hope, to trust.
The more we are convinced that God has our best interests at heart, the more we can trust Him to steer our ship. The more we know that He does love us and He is good, the more we can give up control of our destiny and allow Him to lead us wherever we go.
My prayer for each of us is that we would be more convinced of the goodness of our God and Father than ever before so that we would trust Him a little more today than we did yesterday. In doing so, may we find that He is indeed a faithful Father who we can trust with ALL our heart!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for promising to guide me in every aspect of my life. Help me trust you more fully today with every decision that I need to make. I know that you have my best interests at heart, and I can trust your loving care completely.
You are my faithful Father, who meets all my needs, and today, I choose not to lean to my own understanding but to trust you with all my heart.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
Trust in Me with all your heart and I will guide you.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 is one of those Scripture passages that has personally meant a great deal to me over the years. As a person who has tended to trust in his own resources, the idea that I don't have to lean on my own understanding to manage life is very good news.
Today's promise encourages us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and not rely on our own ability to manage life. The Hebrew word for trust in this passage is 'batach', which Strong's concordance explains this way... to be confident or sure, be bold, confident, secure, sure, careless, to hope, to trust.
The more we are convinced that God has our best interests at heart, the more we can trust Him to steer our ship. The more we know that He does love us and He is good, the more we can give up control of our destiny and allow Him to lead us wherever we go.
My prayer for each of us is that we would be more convinced of the goodness of our God and Father than ever before so that we would trust Him a little more today than we did yesterday. In doing so, may we find that He is indeed a faithful Father who we can trust with ALL our heart!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for promising to guide me in every aspect of my life. Help me trust you more fully today with every decision that I need to make. I know that you have my best interests at heart, and I can trust your loving care completely.
You are my faithful Father, who meets all my needs, and today, I choose not to lean to my own understanding but to trust you with all my heart.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.