Trusting God: Give Generously, Use Your Talents and Time

think of the flood of news that you get every single time you turn on a computer or pick up your phone. It's sincerely overwhelming to consider all of the needs of all of the people all over the world, and we can make ourselves so busy worrying and sometimes blaming others that we fail to take action on what we have control over. God has given us time and talents and treasures to share. When we share these gifts, we can make differences to the people in our lives. We need to remember that God has given us these gifts. They belong to him, and we need to share them. My mother always said, it's always it's all God's money. [00:40:03] (46 seconds)  #FaithfulStewardship

We want people to trust us, and our feelings certainly get hurt the sense that we can't be trusted comes out. I like to think that I'm a trustworthy person, but I know that I am broken with the past, probably the second time today. God asks us to trust him, to believe his word and his path for us. In Proverbs three five six, it says, trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all ways, submit to him, and he will make your path straight. [00:30:35] (37 seconds)  #TrustGodFully

It seems like a simple ask. Trust me. But why does it feel so difficult and why do we continue to question him even if we feel strongly? Maybe go a step further and ask others to do the same. How many times have you asked another individual to have faith, to trust in God and his path to them? I have, but it took time, and I did felt very vulnerable myself sharing because that meant he was giving a little bit to them. That was very personal. [00:31:13] (46 seconds)  #ShareYourFaith

He came just to give testimony. He didn't know anyone in the crowd, but he trusted them with his personal story, his affirmation of faith and love for his heavenly father. He trusted strangers. Maybe it was made easier because they were just that. They were strangers to him. Or maybe he just had faith that fellow Christians would support him and love him and understand rather than laugh or judge or doubt at his personal story. [00:27:52] (36 seconds)  #TestifyBoldly

school counselor is leaving after five years, and my first meeting with her, she was walking around the classrooms as we were setting up, and she said, oh, hi. How are you? When I told her what was going on in my life at that time, and she said, can I pray with you? And that made such a difference how I made it through that school year that she took the time with me to pray, to give God the glory, to give God the troubles that I was feeling in that time. [00:45:49] (36 seconds)  #PowerOfPrayer

We are given talents and time. If you are a great painter, it would be great if you hopped out at workday, here at church, or my brother's table, but you need to set aside the time as well. If you have a beautiful voice or other musical talent, but you don't make time to share it, your talent isn't doing anybody any good. You're great at cooking, but you don't have time. You're motivational speaker, but you don't have time. So I find that talents and time go together. You need to we need to be grateful for the skills that God has given us and use those to help our neighbors. [00:42:13] (43 seconds)  #UseYourTalents

Finally, an asparagus from another town where the people wear different kinds of hats makes him different. It's still his neighbor. He stops, and he helps Larry. And to this day, when I'm too busy, I hear the voice of a pompous stalk of celery singing. I'm busy, busy, frankly busy. You've no idea what I have to do. I'm into somebody that needs an ear. It could be that somebody needs you to pray with them. [00:45:18] (30 seconds)  #NeighborsHelpNeighbors

Family questions her generosity to charities and neighbors in need. When I pick up her mail, there are five solicitations from charities every single day, and she responds to most of them with checks. Like Lori said, God is faithful, and we can trust him to provide. [00:40:48] (21 seconds)  #GiveGenerously