Message for the day:

John 1:12-13
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

"Believed in” = pisteuō eis in Greek which implies personal trust.

Believing and trusting go together, hand in hand. It doesn't make sense when one says, "I believe in you", but does not trust this person. Neither does it make sense when one says, "I trust you", but does not believe in his friend.

God really tied this in nicely with sermon, with the part which struck me the most.

How can I say "I believe in God" yet choose not to trust that He'll bring everything to pass, to choose not to trust that he is bigger than my problems?

Lesson learnt:
I believe = I trust, unconditionally. Even when it's silent/doesn't make sense.

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