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Practical Aspects of Trusting the LORD

Text: Psalm 31
11 March 2019

PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TRUSTING THE LORD

Two concepts to be carefully studied:

1. Concept of entrusting our spirit to the Lord

Into Your hand I commit my spirit   (Psalm 31:5a)

2. Concept of entrusting our times to the Lord

My times are in Your hand   (Psalm 31:15a)

INTO YOUR HAND I COMMIT MY SPIRIT

1. This was the prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ

Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit   (Luke 23:46)

2. Uttering this prayer

a) When life seems to come to the very end

i) The last breath

ii) The last words of life

b) A prayer of supreme trust

i) Total and complete

ii) Only God Himself is left to think about

c) Tracing this concept before the end of life

i) This involves learning “obedience”   (Hebrews 5:8)

ii) Trusting God as One who hears   (Hebrews 5:7)

iii) Practising godly fear   (Hebrews 5:7)

d) Our problems

i) We do not fully trust

ii) We trust ourselves more than we dare to admit

iii) We fall back on our reasoning… our experience

MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HAND

1. Times

a) Concept of time   (Ecclesiastes 5)

i) Seasons

ii) Cycles

iii) Aspects

b) To be fathomed

i) Knowledge

ii) Wisdom

c) To be verified

i) Proven in real time

ii) Proven in real life

d) To be further improved

i) To practise

ii) To be consistent

2. In God’s hand

a) No safer place

b) Turning to God

c) Resting in the Lod

d) Believing with all our heart/ soul/ mind/ strength

NO PRAYER MEETING

18 March 2019 Family Camp

25 March 2019 Post Family Camp

1 April 2019 Pastoral Conference in Myanmar