Christian Living

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In this yuletide season, we enjoin you all to form solid-rock relationships that will endure or begin to do a re-think of yours that is going sour and see where YOU CAN MAKE A CHANGE!

In any form of relationship trust is a basic tool and ingredient that cements the very fiber together.

Trust runs deep into the roots and foundation of a relationship, when trust is put firmly in place in a relationship (from MAN-MAN or from MAN- GOD) when practically applied it means to have faith, belief and confidence in that person and relationship

A relationship between friends, brothers, sisters, husband and wife, brethren must first and foremost be based on that most-vital ingredient TRUST.

It means to be able to stand up for and depend upon such a person and his/her judgments, it means at a RISK

No matter what storms arise to shake this relationship in the personality of gossip, foul-play, filthy imaginations and assumptions, side Talk, murmurings, accusations and the like, ONCE TRUST IS PUT IN PLACE, NOTHING CAN DESTROY SUCH

The Bible urges us to totally PUT OUR TRUST IN THE LORD to have faith in Him,
‘without which, no man shall see God!’
The devil, our adversary will always try, prowling about, looking, always for whom to devour, he watches for that loop hole or that weakness or weak moment, remember UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.

The book of Hebrews 11 gives us a list of individuals like Abraham who was told to leave a land he always knew, was born and raised in, and to go to a land that was not even specified to him yet by God, he obeyed.

He was also told to sacrifice an ONLY son, he obeyed

Rehab was a woman of free virtue who never knew Israel’s God but had heard of Him and trusted in Him to save her from impending doom by helping His people to escape
In Bible times many TRUSTED in and had unshakeable faith in the Lord God and a certain number still do, despite the dog-eat-dog attitude that exists in relationship today.

To express trust is to be self-LESS, become totally dependent and a dependant which means to fully surrender all.

This cannot happen without submission in everyway, without becoming humble, persevering and meek; otherwise that which is guarded in distrust and jealousy can be destroyed and lost forever.
name-calling,
To learn to trust is to become devoid of ME, MYSELF and I; the me, me and me syndrome!

But how can one reach this standard?
At the risk of being disappointed in the future or sooner than later, but as they say, just BE GLAD THAT YOU EVER LOVED


To begin, start to let go of all inhibitions and stumbling blocks of PRIDE, SELF-CENTEREDNESS, CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL MIND-SET, INSTICTIVE FEELINGS OF JELOUSY AND ENVY (which sometimes lead to physical, spiritual or psychological MURDER), FEAR and an UNNECESSARY COMPETETIVENESS
That usually leads to stress, obsession and depression
Jesus enjoins us to deal with one another in love by this He says the world around shall know that we are His indeed.
Where love is proclaimed and there is NO TRUST, it is a pack of lies!

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