NEWSTART + 6 (Trust in God/Faith)

3 John 2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
 
“…Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected.” Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.” {MH 127.1}
 
“Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, PROPER DIET, the use of water, trust in divine power--these are the true remedies. Every person should have a knowledge of nature's remedial agencies and how to apply them. It is essential both to understand the principles involved in the treatment of the sick and to have a practical training that will enable one rightly to use this knowledge.” {MH 127.2}
 
“We should EDUCATE OURSELVES, not only to live in harmony with the laws of health, but to teach others the better way…” (CG 361.2)
 
“…Become more intelligent in regard to the laws of life. . . .”  {11MR 187.3}
 
EDUCATE IN REGARD TO THE LAWS OF LIFE:
“…Educate people in regard to the laws of life …” {GCDB, January 30, 1893 par. 2}
 
WHY?
“…Educate people in the laws of life so that they may know how to preserve health…” {MM 259.3)
 
“…It is the duty of every person, for his own sake, and for the sake of humanity, to inform himself in regard to the laws of life and conscientiously to obey them…” (MH 128.1)
 
“True religion and the laws of health go hand in hand…” (7T 137.1)
 
“You are to apply the laws of life and health to your own case. In violating the laws of health, even in doing the service of God, you misrepresent your maker…” {KC 20.4}
 
“…Put your trust in the Lord.”  (Psalm 4:5)
 
HOW???
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”  (Proverbs 3:5-6)
 
“Gratitude, rejoicing, benevolence, TRUST IN GOD’S LOVE AND CARE—these are health’s greatest safeguard.” {OFC 49.3}
 
“…Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and A FIRM TRUST IN GOD, are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying…” {CD 301.2}
 
HOW TO TRUST IN GOD:

• IMPLICIT TRUST WITHOUT A MURMUR or A REPROACH:

“…the obedience of Abraham was without a murmur or a reproach. His trust in God was implicit.” 
{4T 253.1} (See: Philippians 2:14)  
 

• WITH CONFIDENCE:

“Trust in God…with confidence…” {PP 554.1}
 

• TRUST ON ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD:

“Trust all on the promises of the Lord…” (Pr 38.1)
 

• SHOW A FIRM UNDEVIATING TRUST:

“We must show a firm, undeviating trust in God…” (COL 145.2)

• PERSEVERE IN KEEPING YOUR REQUESTS BEFORE GOD:

“… Little real TRUST IN GOD…they do not PERSEVERE IN KEEPING their REQUESTS BEFORE THE 
LORD.”  {Pr 71.2}

“The Lord is disappointed when His people place a low estimate upon themselves. He desires His chosen heritage to value themselves according to the price He has placed upon them. God wanted them, else He would not have sent His Son on such an expensive errand to redeem them. He has a use for them, and He is well pleased when they make the very highest demands upon Him, that they may glorify His name. They may expect large things if they have faith in His promises.” {DA 668.1}

• MUST COMBINE ACTIVITY WITH TRUST:

“…There must be activity united with FIRM TRUST IN GOD.”  {CM 146.2} James 2:17,20

• DWELL UPON HIS POWER TO SAVE:

“Put your trust in Him…Dwell upon His power to save …” (2T 319.2)

• DWELL UPON HIS UNDYING LOVE FOR YOU:

“Put your trust in Him…Dwell upon His…undying, matchless love for you…” (2T 319.2)

MOVING STEADILY FORWARD IN HUMBLE DEPENDENCE UPON HIM COMMITTING TO HIM OURSELVES:

“Putting our trust in God, we are to move steadily forward, doing His work with unselfishness, in humble

dependence upon Him, committing to His providence ourselves and all that concerns our present and future, holding the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end, remembering that we receive the blessings of Heaven, not because of our worthiness, but because of Christ's worthiness and our acceptance, through faith in Him, of God's abounding grace.” {CH 238.1}  ***See Acts 9:6

“Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work….each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day. Surrender all your plans to him, to be carried out or given up as his providence shall indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God…” {SC 70.1}

• STUDY HIS CHARACTER:

“…They have not studied His character…therefore they do not know how to trust…” (COL 411.1)

“It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point, and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones. As we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in Him will be more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be more deeply imbued with His spirit…”  {DA 83.4}

• HOLD COMMUNION WITH HIM:

“…They have not held communion with him; therefore they do not know how to trust…” (COL 411.1) It must be continual communion. (Read DA 676.1-.2) (Pray without ceasing.)

• PROVE HIS WORD TO HIM:

“…in daily proving Him with His Word. Constantly you will be learning how to trust more fully in
Christ…” {20MR 173.2}

• DO NOT LISTEN TO SATAN’S LIES
• RECOUNT GOD’S PROMISES
• TALK FAITH
• DO NOT YIELD ONE INCH TO SATAN’S DISCOURAGEMENTS
• DO NOT GIVE SATAN AN ADVANTAGE OVER YOUR BODY
• DO NOT GIVE SATAN AN ADVANTAGE OVER YOUR MIND

“Do not listen to Satan's lies, but recount God's promises. Gather the roses and the lilies and the pinks. Talk of the promises of God. Talk faith. Trust in God…I have tremendous battles with Satan's temptations to
discouragements, but I will not yield an inch. I will not give Satan an advantage over my body or my mind.” {DG 146.2}

• PRAY MUCH
• BELIEVE
• HOPE
• HOLD FAST THE HAND OF INFINITE POWER

“Put your trust in God. Pray much, and believe. Trusting, hoping, believing, holding fast the hand of Infinite
Power…” {Pr 99.2} (1 Corinthians 13:7)

• THINK RIGHT THOUGHTS:

“…trust in him who is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto Him and will put their trust in Him ….think right thoughts upon Christ …” {RY 147.2} (See 2 Corinthians 10:5)

• CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETIES AND CARE UPON HIM:

“…We are to have no anxieties or cares. Just put your trust in the Lord…”  {2SM 252.1} (1 Peter 5:7)

• CALL TO MIND THE LOVE HE HAS SHOWN FOR YOU:

“Put your trust in Him. Call to mind the love He has shown you…” {5MR 170.2}

• THINK OF ALL THE TEMPORAL BLESSINGS HE HAS GIVEN YOU BE THEY BIG OR SMALL: (TDG 45.3}

•  FALL ON THE ROCK AND BE BROKEN:
  

“…those who are self-sufficient have not fallen upon the rock and been broken. THIS IS WHY THERE IS
SO LITTLE TRUST IN GOD, so little earnest, contrite repentance, so great a lack of fervent prayer….”
{CSW 111.1} (Christ is the Rock)
 
“The warning has come: Nothing is to be allowed to come in that will disturb the foundation of the faith upon which we have been building ever since the message came in 1842, 1843, and 1844. I was in this message, and ever since I have been standing before the world, true to the light that God has given us. We do not propose to take our feet off the platform on which they were placed as day by day we sought the Lord with earnest prayer, seeking for light. Do you think that I could give up the light that God has given me? It is to be as the Rock of Ages. It has been guiding me ever since it was given…” {GCB, April 6, 1903 par. 35}
 
HOW OFTEN/WHEN SHOULD WE TRUST IN GOD?

• DAILY:

“…trust in GOD daily…” (ChL 48.1)

• WHENEVER YOU ARE HEDGED ABOUT ON EVERY SIDE:

“Such obstacles are permitted by the LORD as a test of faith. When we are hedged about on every side, this is the time above all others to trust in God and in the power of His Spirit…” {CC 258.3}

• IN TIMES OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS:

“…. trust GOD in darkness. That is the time to have faith…” (Pr 38.1)

• WHEN YOUR MIND IS TORTURED WITH DOUBT:

“…when your mind is tortured with doubt…trust in…the living God…” {2MCP 672.4}
(Read Steps to Christ, WHAT TO DO WITH DOUBT, starting on pg. 105)

• WHEN THOUGHTS OF THOSE THINGS THAT BRING YOU SADNESS AND DISTRESS COME INTO YOUR MIND:

“Put your trust in Him. Think not of those things which bring sadness and distress; turn from every disagreeable thought and think of precious Jesus. Dwell upon His power to save, His undying, matchless love for you…” (2T 319.2)

• IN EVERY EMERGENCY:

“Trust in God… seek His help in every emergency…” {PP 554.1} (See SC 99.4)

• IN EVERYTHING:

“…God must be made first and last and best in everything….moving carefully and with entire trust   in God…” {1SAT 220.1}
 
THE BLESSINGS OF TRUSTING IN GOD:

• THE OBSTACLES OF SATAN WILL DISAPPEAR:

“…trust in God…the obstacles placed by Satan across the pathway of the Christian will disappear; for the powers of heaven will come to his aid…” (CC 258.3}

• THE LORD WILL MANAGE MATTERS FOR YOU:

“…the Lord has managed matters for you because you have put your trust in Him.” {19MR 151.2}
(Isaiah 40:4 – He will make our crooked paths straight)

• GOD WILL GO BEFORE YOU PREPARING THE WAY:

“…When you put your trust wholly in God, then you will see in every passage of your experience, One going before you preparing the way.” {20MR 313.4}

• THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU:

“…the Lord will not forsake you if you will put your trust in Him.” {21MR 136.7}

• YOU WILL BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS:

“If you put your trust in God, I see great opportunity for you to be a blessing to others…”  {1888 1464.2}

• THIS WILL PROVIDE YOUR SAFETY:

“…trust in God…the means provided for their safety…” (CTBH 22.2)

• HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU TO YOUR OWN:

“If you go to God for help and wisdom…When you put your trust in him, and depend upon his counsel, he will not leave you to your own…”  (GW92 237.2)

 

WHO SHOULD PUT THEIR TRUST IN GOD?

• Bible Teachers (PaM 207.2)
• Boys/Youth (AY 55.1)
• Men in positions of large responsibility {PK 175.1}
• Those people who worry about things they can’t control {PC 178.1}
• Those who have lost children (CG 566.1)
• Those mistreated by the General Conferences Mishandling (CW 156.3)
• To those who need Relief (Ev 392.4)
• Presidents of State Conferences (GW 92 237.2)
• Presidents of General Conferences (GW92 237.2)
• Those who feel God has called them to present to others the solemn truths for this time {GC88 132.1}
• Those going through Severe Tests and Trials {2MCP 578.4}
• Those loaded down with burdens for the work of God {20MR 313.4}
• Those who were unable to finish the work of God because of lack of helpers {20MR 313.4}
• Those without funds to support family because they strived to do work of God but get no help from others {20MR 313.4}
• Those who look to self {UL 337.6}
• Those who want to avenge themselves with retaliation {VSS 138.3}
• Those who have difficulties when speaking {VSS 392.3}
• Every afflicted soul {2MCP 672.4/TDG 313.5}
• Those suffering from Aches & Pains {CH 94.1}
• Those with heavy burdens (2SM 265.1}
• Those who sorrow (2SM 265.1}
• Those who are Suffering (8T 124.1)
• Those who depend in their own strength {SpTB06 36.2}
• Trembling souls {2T 319.2}
• Those tempted to speak words that will grieve the Holy Spirit {21MR 136.7}
• Those who are confused what decision to make and may make flesh their arm {21MR 18.6}
• Those who are in a strait place {21MR 428.2}
• Those being misrepresented and intimidated by church members/leaders {21MR 428.2}
• Those who live in areas that have so little encouragement in religious lines {TSB 47.4}
• Those who want to have self-pity {TSB 58.1}
• Publishers (7T 244.2-.4)
• Christians doing God’s work (7T 244.2-.4)
• Ministers of the Gospel {8T 17.2-.4)
• Husbands and Wives perplexed over their spouses {13MR 297.3}
• ALL PEOPLE

“It is the privilege of all…people, to put their trust in the Saviour…Be a humble, trusting child of faith…put your trust in Him.”  {21MR 136.7}

WHY WE SHOULD TRUST IN GOD:

• BECAUSE GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO LACK NOTHING:

“…trust in God and obey His word…thou hast lacked nothing.” {PP 424.1}

• BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR SPIRITUAL WARFARE:

“Trust in God…essential to the Christian in the spiritual warfare…” {PP 554.1} Armor of God (Ephesians 6:11-17….We must have faith)

• BECAUSE HE WILL MAKE HIS GOODNESS PASS BEFORE YOU:

“…If you will put your trust in Him, He will make His goodness pass before you…” {17MR 84.4}

• BECAUSE HE WILL LEAD YOU BY HIS COUNSEL:

“…If you will put your trust in Him…He will lead you by His counsel.”
BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE YOU LEVEL HEADED:
“…YOU ARE LEVEL HEADED…because you…put your trust in God…” {21MR 183.1}

• BECAUSE YOU WILL FINDTHE GRACE NEEDED FOR EVERY EMERGENCY:

“…by putting his trust in God, he will find the grace of Christ sufficient for every emergency.” {LHU 267.2}
 
TRUST IN GOD & FAITH ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY IN THE WORD OF GOD:
***Read EG White Indexes section on Faith***
 
WE SHOULD TRUST IN THE NATURAL REMEDIES THAT THE LORD HAS PROVIDED FOR US:
“Our Saviour…has supplied in the natural world remedies for the ills of man… We can with safety discard the concoctions which man has used in the past.” {2SM 289.1}
 
“The Lord has provided antidotes for diseases in simple plants, and these can be used by faith, with no denial of faith; for by using the blessings provided by God for our benefit we are cooperating with Him. He can use water and sunshine and the herbs which He has caused to grow, in healing maladies brought on by indiscretion or accident. We do not manifest a lack of faith when we ask God to bless his remedies. True faith will thank God for the knowledge of how to use these precious blessings in a way which will restore mental and physical vigor.”  {2SM 289.2}
 
BESIDES WHAT WE COVERED EARLIER, WHAT SHOWS A LACK OF FAITH IN GOD?

• THE IMPATIENT HASTE TO TEAR AWAY THE VEIL FROM THE FUTURE:

“This impatient haste to tear away the veil from the future reveals a lack of faith in God…”  
(PP 687.2) (See Isaiah 8:19-20)

• EVERY FAILURE ON CHRISTIAN’S PART:

“Every failure on the part of the children of God is due to their lack of faith…” (PP 657.2)

• REFUSING TO USE THE REMEDIES GOD HAS PROVIDED FOR HEALING:

“To refuse the remedies which they may as well have…shows a lack of faith in Him…” {MM 262.2}

• REFUSING TO LET THE AIR AND SUNSHINE IN THE HOME:

“…to neglect to let into every room in the house God's pure air and sunshine, shows a lack of faith in Him…” (MM 262.2)

• TAKING DRUG MEDICATION:

“…He promises to come to us as a Comforter to bless us. Why do we not believe these promises? that which we lack in faith we make up by the use of drugs. Let us give up the drugs, believing that jesus does not desire us to be sick, and that if we live according to the principles of health reform, He will keep us well.” {19MR 51.2}
***Examine yourself and prove whether or not you are in the faith---IF NOT: Ask God to increase your faith.
 
***WE DISHONOR GOD BY OUR LACK OF FAITH:
“…We dishonor God by our lack of faith…” {6T 63.1}
 
***FAITH COMETH BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD:
Romans 10:17
Matthew 4:4 (Being in the word often helps increase our faith – Ed 254)
 
WHY READ THE WORD?

• Hosea 4:6 – God’s people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge
  
• Proverbs 2:6 – Knowledge comes from the mouth of God
  
• Psalms 119:105 – His Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light to our path
  
• Psalms 119:9 – helps a person cleanse their way
  
• Psalms 119:11 – helps one not to sin against God
  
• 2 Peter 1:4 – It gives us promises to help us escape the corruptions in the world
  
• John 15:3 – We are clean through the word
  
• Psalms 107:20 – We are healed through the word
  
• Psalms 107:20 – We are delivered from destruction through the word
  
• 1 Peter 1:23 – We are born again through the word (1 Corinthians 15:31 – We are to die daily…which means       
  
• we need to be born again every day.     
• John 14:1-3, 14; Revelation 19:13 – Jesus is the Word
  
• John 15:1-5 – We are to abide in Jesus
  

 
AND BECAUSE
Psalms 119:89 – God’s word is already settled in heaven

HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE READ THE WORD

• 1 Corinthians 15:31 – We are to DIE DAILY, so we need to be BORN AGAIN DAILY, and we learned that we are born again through the word (1 Peter 1:23)
  
• Matthew 4:4 – EVERY DAY
• Job 23:12 – More than our necessary food. It is necessary to eat 2 x day, so more than that would be a minimum of 3 times
• Please see Testimonies for the Church, Volume 4, page 245.3

HOW SHOULD OUR ATTITUDE BE TOWARDS THE WORD OF GOD?

• Isaiah 40:8 – I delight to do thy will oh my God, yeah thy law is within my heart (thy word have I hid in my heart)

WHY PEOPLE DON’T GO TO THE WORD AND READ IT:

• John 3:19-21 – Because they don’t want their evil deeds reproved or they are too busy…The CARES OF THIS WORLD CHOKE OUT THE WORD (Matthew 13:22)

CLOSING THOUGHTS:
“We have a God whose ear is not closed to our petitions…if we prove His word, He will honor our faith...” {OHC 133.4}
 
“…Learn to trust in God. Learn to go to him who is mighty to save. He knows what you need before you ask him; but he has made this your duty, and the duty of every one of us, to come to him and ask him in confidence for what we need. We must comply with the conditions laid down in his word, namely, “ASK.” Tell the dear Saviour just what you need. He that said…will not reject your prayer. But he will send his angels to guard you and protect you from the evil angels, and will make it easy for you to do right. Then it will be much easier than if you should try in your own strength…” {AY 55.1} (See James 4:2) KJV only!!! All others have changed or omitted.
 
“The people of God must move understandingly. They should not be satisfied until every known sin is confessed…God must be served from principle instead of from feeling. Morning and night obtain the victory for yourselves in your own family. Let not your daily labor keep you from this. Take time to pray, and as you pray, believe that God hears you. Have faith mixed with your prayers…Trust all on the promises of the Lord. Trust God in darkness. That is the time to have faith…You do not trust enough in Jesus, precious Jesus. You do not make His worthiness to be all. The very best you can do will not merit the favor of God. It is Jesus’ worthiness that will save you, His blood that will cleanse you. But you have efforts to make. You must do what you can on your part. Be zealous and repent, then believe.” — (1T 167.1) (Philippians 2:12; James 2:17,20)

VIDEO TO WATCH ON TRUSTING IN GOD:
http://newstartclub.com/resources/detail/trust
“Study and teach laws of preventive medicine.--there is now positive need…that greater painstaking effort be made to carry forward and upward the work for themselves, and to interestedly instruct those who look to them for medical skill to ascertain the cause of their infirmities. They should call their attention in a special manner to the laws which God has established, which cannot be violated with impunity. They dwell much on the working of disease, but do not, as a general rule, arouse the attention to the laws which must be sacredly and intelligently obeyed, to prevent disease.” --Medical Ministry, page 223.

SOP ABBREVIATIONS:

11MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 11

13MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 13

17MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 17

1888 = 1888 Materials

19MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 19

1T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 1

20MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 20

21MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 21

2MCP = Mind, Character, and Personality, Volume 2

2SM = Selected Messages, Volume 2

2T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2

4T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 4

5MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 5

6T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 6

7T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 7

8T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8

AY = An Appeal to Youth

CC = Conflict and Courage

CD = Counsels on Diet and Foods

CG = Child Guidance

CH = Counsels on Health

ChL = Christian Leadership

CM = Colporteur Ministry

COL = Christ’s Object Lessons

CSW = Counsels on Sabbath School Work

CTBH = Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene

CW = Counsels to Writers and Editors

DA = Desire of Ages

DG = Daughter of God

Ed = Education

EV = Evangelism

GC = Great Controversy

GCB = General Conference Bulletin

GCDB = General Conference Daily Bulletin

GW92 = Gospel Works, 1892

LHU = Lift Him UP

MH = Ministry of Healing

MM = Medical Ministry

OFC = Our Father Cares

PaM = Pastoral Ministry

PC = Paulson Collection

PK = Prophets and Kings

PP = Patriarchs and Prophets

Pr = Prayer

RY = Retirement Years

SAT = Sermons and Talks

SC = Steps to Christ

TDG = This Day With God

TSB = Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce

UL = Upward Look

VSS = Voice in Speech and Song

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