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Batah, the original Hebrew word for trust, means to rely on, put confidence in; to lead to believe, make trust.[1]<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>God truly teaches us what trust means. Keeping His promises from thousands of years ago, Jesus\u2019s life and death on the cross fulfilled over 300 prophecies about Him. We have the luxury of hindsight: reading the scriptures written by over 40 authors over 1600 years from 1500 BC to 100 AD, we can see how God kept His word, which makes Him trustworthy. To define trust, we can look to the Savior for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I first started walking with Jesus as an adult, I took tiny steps. Finding scripture that applied to my situation, I would take a step of obedience and see what happened. Getting baptized, the full dunk, developed my relationship with God. At first, I didn\u2019t understand why the church I attended placed such an emphasis on baptism, so I scheduled an appointment with the pastor to explain the importance of getting soaked. Walking me through the scriptures, he outlined the importance of publicly declaring your faith in Christ. Compelled by the pastor\u2019s words, I entered the baptismal pool the following Sunday and experienced a life change. I felt the Spirit of the Lord descend upon me as I came up out of the water. I have no other way to explain the moment than to say it sealed my relationship with the Savior, and life began anew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for those who wonder, placing your faith in Jesus opens the door to salvation, not baptism. But publicly declaring your faith through the baptismal waters does deepen your relationship with God in a way you can only understand through doing it. Applying God\u2019s word to your life will build your trust in Him and help you know what it means to have complete faith in the Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In friendships, we build trust by doing the next right thing: keeping our word, showing up when needed, putting their needs before ours, investing in their lives with our time and talents, all things Christ does for us. Become trustworthy by following the Savior, experiencing His perfect peace, and then sharing it with others. Confidence in Jesus will help you build confidence in your relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How has Jesus taught you about trust?<\/p>\n\n\n\n List ways the Savior shows His trustworthiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How can you build trust in your relationships by following Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Build trust in your friendships by applying Jesus\u2019s teachings to your relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1]<\/a> NIV Exhaustive Concordance Dictionary Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Zondervan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two-minute read. Batah, the original Hebrew word for trust, means to rely on, put confidence in; to lead to believe, make trust.[1] God truly teaches us what trust means. Keeping His promises from thousands of years ago, Jesus\u2019s life and death on the cross fulfilled over 300 prophecies about Him. We have the luxury of… Continue reading Defining Trust<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13870,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868\/revisions\/13870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Journal Questions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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