Session 4
Video Notes
Trust: The Bridge to Joy
bridge...a structure providing passage
In life we sometimes need a bridge to take us through loss/pain, fear or just the everyday crazy of life. God provides.
"Trust is the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow,
built with planks of thanks."
Study Guide~One Thousand Gifts~Ann Voskamp
THINK ON THESE -
What's holding me back from the land of trust?
A difficult journey of trust -
trust is hard work
a fear
no starting or ending
True Belief -
- True Belief
- faith in the messenger
- trust in the overflow
- raising arms with open hands
- "can't see His hand, trust his heart"
Isn't joy worth the effort of trust?
Practical atheism -
stress is disbelief of trust
advertises the unreliability of God that I don't believe
"When we refuse to trust God and
forget to live in eucharisteo thankfulness,
we are living as practical atheists. We are not positional atheists
(in truth, we are always positioned in Christ through faith in Him),
but we are living like God doesn't exist."
~RESPOND in your heart~
Study Guide~One Thousand Gifts~Ann Voskamp
Remembering & recounting -
- Psalm 36...the Israelites' gratitude journal
- act of thanksgiving is remembering
- memory of God's heart that shapes our trust in God's heart
- unwavering trust
The bridge & the Bridge Builder
counting blessings
- each bridge leads us closer to Him...always safe
Trust the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow
built with planks of thanks
remembering frames of God.
God lays out the planks of thanksgiving.
I can walk the planks
from known to unknown
and know this...
He holds.
This is the crux of Christianity...
to remember & give thanks.
Study Guide~One Thousand Gifts~Ann Voskamp
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