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Trusting in God Almighty

Psalm 91 (Amplified Bible)

1HE WHO [a]dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].

2I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

3For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

4[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

5You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

6Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

7A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.

8Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.

9Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,(A)

10There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.

11For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

12They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.(B)

13You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.(C)

14Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].

15He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

16With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

Well, my very precious brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, consider this a continuation of the Facing Doubt Sermon. May you all have wonderful blessing in God, and may you all continue to glorify the Lord. Amen.

Hello, everyone. I usually always start my sermons with something that has been happening in my life, or with some sort of goofy parallel, and this sermon is absolutely no different. I just got back from Church about…20 minutes ago, and I am just driven beyond belief to write this sermon RIGHT NOW! So, to comply with this compulsive emotion, I am going to get right to it!

The service at my church was very inspiring today. At the end, as usual, God has placed me in the mood to just write and write about Him and His love for all. The service specifically dealt with one thing: How those who sin are not of God. 1 John 3. At first, I was kinda upset because I was thinking this sermon was going to be a mass of hypocritical Pharisee non-sense where somebody goes, “I am sinless….you are not so God hates you and doesn’t want you around, and if you sin you’re basically screwed.” Can you imagine what that would be like if that were the case? Really, that would be so sucky that none of us could take it. It seemed like it was going to be that way at first. But I tell you, it wasn’t that way at all. I’ll give you a basic rundown of what they said. So, like I said, at first it sounded like they were saying that if you Sin, you do not know God and you are not of God. I was thinking to myself, “Are you saying that you are sinless?” during that part. I was thinking of my own sin, the sins of others, and how WE ALL DO it. So, I was just thinking Pharisee at first. But! They went on. They said that you would be deceiving yourself if you said you don’t sin. You’d be a liar if you said that God hates you or shuns you - because you committed a sin, no matter how far you are in your spiritual walk. We are forgiven an infinite amount of times. Period the end. They were saying that if you do not confess your sins, and that you do not come clean with God, you are not of God. So, I was feeling better by that point because they were saying that you need to go to God/Jesus when you sin, not keep it in. And by far if you say you’re sinless, you have committed a sin by lying.

Any dang way, this was a very small part of the service, but they said that you need to TRUST in God. Blew my head clean off. Wow, that’s a simple little sentence, but it’s got so much power to it. Trust in God! That sentence kinda gestated in my mind for a bit, and I’m so ready to write this sermon.

So, so, so, wo, wo, wo. Where do I begin? First, off, let’s recap a little bit. Doubting God can be something so bad that it can ruin us inside. Doubting God means you doubt faith, doubting God means you doubt Jesus, doubting God means that the lies of the enemy, which is NEVER a person, but instead, the devil and his spiritual minions, have been in your mind. That is never a good feeling, I’m sure of that. Then we went over how doubt is like a disease, spreading like a virus (or for my example, the T-virus that causes zombies to break out!) and how if one person starts to doubt, it can rub off onto others. It really can. Then right after that we went over ways that have helped me face doubt and kick it in the bee-hind. The very last point was that we should GO TO GOD when doubting. He will answer you. Pause there. Why would we go to God when doubting? Why would we put our faith in Jesus? Simply because we trust HIM.


So, so, so, wo, wo, wo. God is the shizz, amen? So, if we trust in the shizz, will things go wrong? No possible way will they go wrong. They may seem to be going wrong at first, but things always go right. Guaranteed, the end. The Lord will bring you great blessings in life, as He has done for ALL those who believe in Him and His Son. Count your blessings, for they are numerous. We do not deserve such love, but God hands it out like candy! Praise Jesus!

Proverbs 3:5-6 (Amplified Bible)

5Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.

6In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.

So why do things go wrong? Why do we doubt to begin with? Why do things come crashing down on us? No one truly knows but the Lord. However, I can give you I hope a pretty good guess as to why this is. I’m positive at least a few of you will agree with me here.

Let me once again share one of my boring life stories that even I get tired of reading xd . Recently I’ve been going through some pretty hectic doubt again in more ways than one. First of all, I’ll tell you about how I’m surrounded on all sides by false teachings. Thank the Lord for my sister, Katherine, and for my bros and sisses here on Gaia, because without them, I’d be fending for myself against these teachings. Ok, that’s simply not true, because I’d have the Lord, but I hope you see what I mean. Half my family follow false religions, I go to a school consisting mostly of non-believers or people who follow warped truths, and sometimes I can’t stand it. It’s a influence in my life. Sometimes, not often, thank God, I contemplate what their teachings are. One of my friends believes a warped truth, and believe me, he tries to show me it. In a way, I’m flattered because he’s concerned for me, but still, he follows a warped truth. Sometimes I get really upset with God because He didn’t find it in His plan to have me be around more Christians. I’m still making friends at my church, so I haven’t really had that much influence there besides my beloved sisters Lala, Gini, Lisa, and all of you. That leads on to more things. Then I wonder, should I love non-believers and not strive to be a light for them? That leads to all kinds of troubles, because then the old spiritual warfare things begin to grow inside again. (BTW! God has been THOROUGHLY conquering my old spiritual warfare [The racist, sexist, hateful, murderous, etc, bad thoughts I used to have] the new spiritual warfare is of doubting my faith, which in a lot of ways is much harder, but I tell you, God has been making SO MUCH PROGRESS in me that I’m gleaming with the results. I praise you Lord, for this!) Then I’m in another mess! Then that grows to doubting God’s love, and that grows to more racist thoughts, or sexist thoughts, and then that grows to doubting my salvation, then blah.

The humanity! One thing that the enemy attacks me the most with is racist thoughts. It is said that the devil knows our weaknesses, and he always knows exactly how to drive us insane. For me, that meant trying to get me to believe that I would hurt others. For me, that meant trying to turn me into a racist, sexist, religiously hateful, homosexual hating, raping, murdering, child molesting, sex offending, beating, all around bad guy. He knew that that would drive me insane causing me to believe I might hurt somebody. It nearly worked before I became a Christian. The night before I became a Christian, I was planning suicide. Then, the next night, my darling sister Kat said to me, “You know of God and demonic presences, right? You know that these thoughts are not of you, but of the devil.” Remember how I’ve said a million times that I hated God after my father died of cancer when I was 6? Well, at that moment, I was desperate. I was willing to put my trust in Jesus, if only once, and see what would happen. My God, that was the best night ever. There was hope! There was UNDYING LOVE! There was passion! There was relationship. God spoke into my heart that night, I mean literally, He spoke to my heart, spoke to me, and told me that He was real. He showed Himself through the Living God, Jesus. Why did all this happen? Because I put my TRUST in God! I didn’t put my trust in other things, just God. Believe me, I tried many things to break Satan away, and none worked AT ALL besides God.

I tell you the truth, one person can cause others to doubt like no other. But it goes both ways. One person trusting in God can cause others to trust in God also. I already used an example of zombies last sermon, so I’ll use….ahh, the Ganados from Resident Evil 4. Ok, so, the Ganados are infected with something called Las Plagas - (the Plagues in Spanish. Who says video games can’t teach you anything? Here I am learning Spanish from Resident Evil 4. ¡Te voy a matar! See! I just said, “I’m gonna kill you!” in Spanish!:XP) - which is a parasite that is first taken in via spores. When you breathe in the spores, these parasites infect your entire body. You become physically stronger and faster and more resistant to various forms of life endangering things. Especially guns. However, unlike zombies, you keep your intelligence and are able to think exactly like a human. However, these plagas are like ants, they have a queen parasite that has control over all the others. So, anyone infected with these parasites become slaves to the queen carrier, which is also a human. Unfortunately, in Re 4, the queen parasite carrier was a demented psycho, so all the others were homicidal, but I think this compares to what Faith/Trust is like in a lot of ways. One person “breathes” in faith, then another does, and another and another, and another, and you have a whole lot of people infected by the gift of faith (infected in a very good way, mind you) So, these people are now stronger spiritually, and are continuing to grow stronger in faith, all while they keep their free will and personal independence (meaning, independent in the way that God has made us all different from each other, yet we are all loved equally). And guess what? If we will it, we are slaves to faith. God is the plagas queen. And He is merciful and loving towards all. Yet, there’s a difference. God can’t really control us. He could if He wanted to, but that’s not what He wills. He loves us so that he gave us choice, not mindlessness. However, if we choose to, we can become slaves to faith. And I tell you, if we choose this, He WILL bless us in ways we can’t even imagine! I’m not talking about things like fortune or big luxury sedans. I mean whatever He chooses to bless us with. I choose to be a slave to faith. And I hope others will see this and do the same.

But, if I did all this without trusting God, would I be really following Him? Would I be a slave to faith? Not at all. You all know how Jesus compares Himself to a Shepard and us to sheep? Well, a Shepard has to be willing to go to extreme lengths to protect his sheep. He even has to risk His life, all the time. Jesus did just that by sacrificing Himself on the cross for our sins. I guess a sheep isn’t literally able to comprehend how to trust things, but since we are His sheep, and we are able to comprehend trust, we would have to trust Him, because if we don’t we will surely perish. I’ve seen this happen many times. People who are Godless, without Christ usually have many, many problems in their lives. They try and fix it themselves, but it doesn’t work. I’ve seen this with my family and I’ve seen this with myself. Which brings me to this part of the sermon. Why does God let us go through storms like this?

From what I’ve seen, He allows this to show us HOW to trust in Him. To trust in somebody requires a little bit of a situation, correct? What reason is there to trust in something if there’s not even the need to trust in it? What’s the need of a true friend if you can’t trust him/her? Without dark situations which Satan tries to throw at us, we can never learn to trust in God. To trust in the Holy Trinity. God allows dark trials to show us how to trust in Him. When we scream out like a woman in labor (Asha once used this saying when teaching me a few things) for Jesus, believe me, He listens! How couldn’t He? We’re screaming out like a woman in labor :XP Please, don’t kill me, I’m only kidding! You grab onto Jesus' hand and squeeze like you’re trying to crush a brick and He’ll hold onto your hand back, and in the end, you will grow stronger in Him. I don’t, can’t, know what pain labor is like, but I’m sure it hurts quite a lot. Once it’s done, a beautiful bundle of joy is the product. This bundle of Joy, however, is a relationship and trust with God. We learn to fall COMPLETELY in love with the one true God existing in all three expressions (the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit). Isn’t that worth going through the pain? Many of you already know what that’s like, and I’m SURE you know the love of God this way.

This trust, however, is a process. We learn this through our experiences, and it’s worth it. It’s worth it all!

Psalm 22 (Amplified Bible)

To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] Aijeleth Hashshahar [the hind of the morning dawn]. A Psalm of David.

1[a]MY GOD, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?(A)

2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You answer not; and by night I am not silent or find no rest.

3But You are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].

4Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them.

5They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on, and confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed or confounded or disappointed.

6But I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people.(B)

7All who see me laugh at me and mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,(C)

8He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him!(D)

9Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother's breasts.

10I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother's womb You have been my God.

11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help.

12Many [foes like] bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in.(E)

13Against me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening and roaring lion.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened [with anguish] and melted down within me.

15My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death.(F)

16For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet.(G)

17I can count all my bones; [the evildoers] gaze at me.(H)

18They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic).(I))

19But be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me!

20Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution].

21Save me from the lion's mouth; for You have answered me [kindly] from the horns of the wild oxen.

22I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You.(J)

23You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel.

24For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.

25My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him.

26The poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord--they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now and forever!

27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down and worship before You,

28For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord's, and He is the ruler over the nations.

29All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive.

30Posterity shall serve Him; they shall tell of the Lord to the next generation.

31They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born--that He has done it [that it is finished]!(K)


Psalm 23 (Amplified Bible)

A Psalm of David.

1THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack.

2He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.(A)

3He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him--not for my earning it, but] for His name's sake.

4Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with [a]oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

6Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.


Haha, these psalms kinda make me laugh. They are a true example of what happens I’m sure for all of us. So, The first psalm talks about how David is PISSED with God. No, I’m not going to censor this. Sometimes you get dang right pissed at God and the training He’s letting you go through so that you can learn how to trust Him. I remember just recently getting VERY mad at God because I couldn’t feel His presence. I called Him an a*****e. I thought about censoring that, but I feel like I shouldn’t right now. I called Him an a*****e I was so mad. Who hasn’t called their friend a name from time to time? God, however, is much more than just a friend. He is EVERYTHING. Your Lord, your mastor, your judge, your bestest friend, your big brother, your husband, your savior, your EVERYTHING. Unlike a human friend, He doesn’t do what is wrong from time to time. He always does what is right. Of course you get mad at Him! Man, Gini told me once that she yells at God when things seem to be going badly. At first I was like, “….aren’t you afraid He’ll get mad?” but I was naïve then. Of course He won’t. He’s heard it all. David must have been screaming and cursing and yelling at God, and I tell you, God didn’t get angry back. God probably only smiled a loving smile, because look what David wrote next. Look at it! David had learned to trust in God, and God brought Him blessings! You think God will shut you out because you called Him an a*****e? No! He will only show you mercy if you choose it.

I feel like I’m going on here, but I’ll say one more thing before I get to the final point. What attacked me the most during my trials was the racist thoughts. At one point, I was nearly convinced the Lord was racist. That killed me inside. I would scream out to God, “Why did you forsake these people?!” and get all rageful at God. Ask Lala about it, she knows how that was for me! Well, I tell you the Truth, God is not at all racist, and He needed me to trust in that fact. However, I had to make that decision myself. So when I got mad at God, I’d feel Him smile lovingly. At first, I’d be like, “God, if you weren’t God I’d slug you….” But then I’d feel Him giggle lovingly. Then I’d think, “What the heck?”. That’s when I knew that I was being consumed by a lie, and that the Lord was calling me to trust Him! One time it felt like He was mad at me for saying He wasn’t racist, but I tell you, that’s because the devil was trying to destroy my trust in God. I needed to trust, no, no, KNOW that God isn’t racist AT ALL, and even go one step further and know that He made us all human beings. There were obstacles, no doubt, but in the end, trust prevailed, and God totally kicked butt and showed me He loves all!

Sometimes I can’t help but wonder, how much can I talk about myself? I guess a lot. So! Enough about me already.

There are a few things we must put our trust and faith in. Please, don’t just take my word for it. Please go to the Lord and He’ll tell you this Himself, or read your Bible. First thing is that Jesus Christ is our savior, the Lamb, who saves us from our sins. If you don’t put your trust in this, you are not a Christian. The second thing we must put our trust in is the fact that there is only one God. There is only one. Jehovah, Yahweh, God, whatever you want to call Him, there is only one God. He exists in three expressions, The Father (God), the Son (Jesus, the Holy Spirit (God’s Spirit). Now, they are separate in body and in purpose, but they are all the same. Think of it like an egg. The yolk and shell and white are separate, with a different purpose, but they are all the same egg. I once thought, why is it so important that we know that with all our hearts? Simply because God is a jealous God. He has told us that only He can save us, and that there are no other gods beside Him. If we put our trust in Jesus, thinking that He’s a separate god, you are not putting your trust in God. You are putting your trust in something else. Besides, Jesus said that He was the Lord plenty of times. “Before Abraham was even born, I Am!” “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father” “I and my Father are one” “I am the way” “I am the truth” pick one, it all goes to show that Jesus said He was the Lord. If you worship Jesus, thinking He isn’t God, you are not worshipping the Lord. That’s why it’s so important. Putting our trust in other gods, which don’t exist, is going back to idols. God hates idols. God hates false gods. God hates the worship of anything else besides Him. We must also put our trust in the fact that God loves all people, repeat, ALL people, no matter what. Saying otherwise means you don’t really know God. Also put your trust in the fact that He loves you with all His being, and that He died for you because He divinely loves you. Trust that He will never forsake you, or anyone else, and know that He wants you to love others. Trust that He will come after you like a Shepard when you wander too far away. Trusting in God is the best thing anyone of us could ever do!

Trusting God also means we trust in Him over anyone else. Don’t get God wrong, He WANTS you to trust others and be close to others, no doubt about that, however, even those you trust the most can let you down. God, however, can’t. Sometimes that seems that way, but no, He can’t let us down. I can’t remember ONE time He’s let me down. Not one. Don’t forget that.

Nahum 1:7 (Amplified Bible)

7The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him.

*Yawns* Ok, I’ve got to stop here. I’ve got homework to do….Math….Who needs it! Besides people who want to succeed…Good point. I love you all. Jesus loves you WAY more! Amen!

Heh .... I don't tend to comment on 'Bashi's sermons as much as I should ... since I proofread them!!! And end up reading them a zillion times!!!! BUT .... Bashi and Frog, James and Lisa ... I am ALWAYS in awe of the wisdom and understanding that God has given you both .... ROCK ON!!!!