Trust

Almighty, eternal God! what a strange thing is this world! How doth it open wide the mouths of the people! How small and poor is the confidence of men toward God!…

Counsel: God is your counselor, and we are always in danger of showing distrust of God when we seek for the advice and counsel of men who do not make God their trust, and who are so devoid of wisdom in matters…

I remember hearing about a businessman got on an airplane 1 time and then 1 of the last they brought on the plane was this young 7 or 8 year old boy that unfortunately was traveling between 2 divorced parents…

Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart…

Come, behold the works of the Lord. ... He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire…

A BLIND girl, one day, was caught in a fire on the tenth floor of a building. She could make her way to a window, but she couldn’t see anything. She felt the heat and smelled the smoke of the fire…

And worshipping realize that I in knowing You don’t need a “why.”-Ruth Bell Graham• My life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me. I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily…

O God, eternal and changeless, who through ever-changing scenes of joy and pain, effort and rest, leadest thy people to a nobler destiny than they ever of themselves conceive: grant that, having our minds steadfastly set upon thy commandments and being continually…

Trust: The greatest qualification for any man in a position of trust is to obey implicitly the word of the Lord. –Ellen G White, YI April, 28, 1898.

When your eyes are on the world, you are oppressed; when your eyes are on yourself, you are depressed; when your eyes are on Jesus, you are at rest.

Figures of. To cling is the original meaning of one of the Hebrew words used for trust. It is the word used for a child clinging to its mother’s breast…

I remember, while in Mobile attending meetings, a little incident occurred which I will relate. It was a beautiful evening, and just before the meeting some neighbors and myself were sitting on the front piazza enjoying the evening…

Although it was obvious that the gathered crowd was yelling and clapping, the roar of 6 million cubic feet of water per second pouring over the precipice muted their cheering, oddly resembling a silent home video…

“Father, into Thy hands I commend my Spirit!”—Jesus, Stephen, Polycarp, Bernard, Huss, Luther, and Melanchthon

One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to his son, “Jump! I’ll catch you.”…

“Disappointment – His appointment,” Change one letter then I see That the thwarting of my purpose Is God’s better choice for me…

H. G. Spafford was a businessman in Chicago. He was a dedicated Christian. He had some serious financial reversals, and during the time of readjustments, he lost his home. He realized his family needed to get away for a vacation…

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands…

A FATHER and son were riding in a wagon, trying to outrace a prairie fire, and the prairie fire was catching up with them. They were soon going to be caught because the fire was moving so rapidly…

The other Sunday, when I was speaking on “Trust,” a person came to me next day and said, “I want to tell you how I was saved…

At bottom worry is atheism. ‘Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him,’ and there shall come a strength, a calm, a sweetness of soul altogether delightful…

Back in the 60’s a square rigged sailboat was plunging through a terrific storm in the Atlantic, and the 100’s of passengers were a frightened mob below…

There’s a storm coming. That means any minute now, my grandchildren will start appearing. The little ones first, but the older ones won’t be far behind. All of them scrambling for the safety of Grandma’s lap…

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.

WHEN I was boy growing up, I used to love to watch the telephone man. He was like superman to me because he could climb up on the telephone pole…

Oswald Chambers said, worry is an indication that we think God can’t look after us.

A man named Jack was walking along a steep cliff one day when he accidentally got too close to the edge and fell. On the way down he grabbed a branch, which temporarily stopped his fall…

ONE time a dog was chasing my oldest granddaughter. She was only about four or five years old. She was just terrified. Now, I don’t think that dog was going to do anything to her but she didn’t know that…

WHAT we need today is a generation of Christians who will have the guts to believe that following God has pleasure. It’s not a boring life…

I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year, ‘‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”’ And he replied, ‘‘Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the hand of God…

I have a friend named Justin who was in prison and there he had a friend, his name is Glenn Alcorn. Glenn was a methamphetamines dealer. Glenn had a court date…

Believing in Jesus is TRUSTING Him. There is a boy whose father was buried yesterday. To-day he is wearing his father’s gold watch. Some wicked lads are trying to take it from him…

During the Civil war a father came to Abraham Lincoln begging him to pardon his son, who had been found guilty of some serious offense in army service and sentenced to be shot…

Here is Gipsy Smith writing to a friend: “What can you see in me? I honestly feel ashamed of myself and want to hide away somewhere…

I remember a mother coming to me and saying, “It is easy enough for you to speak in that way; if you had the burden that I’ve got, you couldn’t cast it on the Lord.”…

The early American Indians had a unique practice of training young braves. On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing ski11s, he was put to one final test…

A MAN was in a hurry to catch an airplane. He ran, huffing and puffing, down toward his gate. He passed a guy who was dressed in a pilot’s uniform…

A mother was showing her little girl a strange sight. She said to her child, “Look up in the sky, dear; there is the moon shining in the daytime. We usually see it at night.” The little girl was perplexed…

A COUPLE went to the airport to catch their flight. When they arrived at the gate, they were told by an agent to wait to board. So they made their way to a spot in the waiting area and took a seat…

When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.

IN ONE of the Superman movies, Superman saves a man from a burning building. He rescues him from the top floor and is carrying him to safety by flying through the skies…

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.

Wallace Irwin tells the following story: “Suppose that this here vessel,” said the skipper with a groan, “should lose ’er bearings, run away, and jump upon a stone? Suppose she’d shiver and go down, when save ourselves we couldn’t?”…

Oh, blessed rest from fear! All my unfolding days To Him are plain and clear Each anxious puzzled “Why?” From doubt and dread that grows, Finds answer in this thought: I know not, but He knows…

Toscanini a few moments before a symphony was to commence. He complained that his instrument was out of order and that it could not reach the note of E-flat. Toscanini bent his head in thought for a moment…

I do not know what next may come Across my pilgrim way; I do not know tomorrow’s road, Nor see beyond today…

You remember well the story of the Swiss martyr who was tied to the stake, and the faggots were about him, and one who had to carry out the execution of his sentence said he felt sorry he had to burn him…

A 45-year-old woman in Minnesota met a man on a dating website. He was a na- val officer, an Afghanistan veteran who was finishing his doctorate at the University of Minnesota…