Mainstreet | Daily Prayer Guide

In order to receive the blessings of God, we must trust Him. Trusting God is not some mere token confession you make from time to time. Trusting God must be complete, total, daily reliance upon the promises of God. Every day you will face the choice of relying upon your own understanding or trusting Him.

You and I must choose to trust God. When you come to those places in life where the line is drawn and the question is, “Can I trust God?” your answer determines whether you grow beautifully or shrivel spiritually. The issue is, “Which am I going to choose?” When God told Noah to build the ark, it had never rained. Noah chose to trust God. Abraham left everything behind because he chose to trust God. Joshua was faced with a decision, and he said, “Choose today whom you will serve...but as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.” Do you have this kind of trust in the Lord?

You can prove your trust in Him. Trusting Him is real when you acknowledge Him, and when you honor the Lord with your time, talent, and treasures.

Prayer Focus:
Claim the following Scripture today and personalize it for Dunwoody Baptist Church and for yourself: Hebrews 10:35-39, “Do not let this happy trust in the Lord die away, no matter what happens. Remember the goal, even if it tests your patience.”

A Prayer from Allen Taliaffero:
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for all my blessings and for Dunwoody Baptist Church. I pray for Your guidance as we venture into this project together. I pray that You would open our hearts and minds so that we can discover in what way we can be of service. Whether it be spiritually, financially or physically, our desire is to share Your love. In Your name I pray, Amen.

God expects His people to trust Him, and He is a trustworthy God! We were created to live our lives in dependence upon Him. Our knowledge is incomplete, our wisdom is inadequate, our power is ineffective; thus, we need our Creator. These verses in Proverbs tell us how we are to trust Him.

We are to trust Him entirely (verse 5). God wants us to trust Him “with all of our heart.” That means everything from our salvation to physical, mental, and social needs. That includes trusting Him with our families, marriages, jobs, relationships, finances, abilities, weaknesses, health, accomplishments, and failures.

We are to trust him exclusively (verse 5). God commands us not to depend on our own under- standing. Why? Because it is fundamentally flawed. God is truly omniscient. He knows it all from beginning to end. He even knows the number of hairs on your head. So follow His leading from His Word, prayer, and Godly counsel. He is on your side, so trust Him!

We are to trust Him uniformly (verse 6). In all we do, in every decision we make, we are to trust His wisdom with everything—big and small.

Prayer Focus:
Pray that DBC will be fully convinced of God’s trustworthiness. Take time to praise Him today for who He is and what He does. Take time to thank Him today for His direction of your church’s path. Thank Him for His direction of your path.

A Prayer from Chip Thompson:
Dear Jesus, thank You so much for all You have done for and through our church. Thank You that You have instilled in this body a heart for the lost and a willingness to move forward to do the next right thing. Lord, we don’t want to get ahead of Your perfect plan for Dunwoody Baptist Church and yet we feel a burden to make our campus something that will be safe and inviting to our community. So, Lord, we are at a place where we recognize that this issue so big that only YOU can make it a reality. We thank You that we get to trust You in this and only YOU will deserve the Glory for what will be done. We promise to praise and thank You for Your answer and to accept Your answer as what is best. Thank You for saving us, loving us, and for the privilege of being used by You to further the Kingdom, Amen.

There are two ways people live their lives as they pass through this world—either remembering God or forgetting Him. They either acknowledge His presence and live their lives in dependence on Him, or they pay no attention to His claims on them and live a life on the basis of their own understanding and abilities. The worst tragedy and cruelest deception is the man who says feebly with his lips, “I trust God,” but an examination of his calendar and checkbook shows no difference between him and the man who does not even make that claim. The question we must ask ourselves today is, “Do we trust God?”

The very nature of this question produces two possible meanings: First, “Can you ‘trust’ God?” That is, is He trustworthy?

Can He handle the decisions and the problems in your life?
Second, “Can ‘you’ trust God?” That is, do you have the ability to trust Him?

These verses reveal some important things about trusting God:

• There is no in-between. Either you trust God, or you don’t.
  
• After trust is expressed, the blessing comes.
• This promise of direction is given to those who exercise trust in God.

Prayer Focus:
Pray that our congregation’s faith and trust in God will grow. Pray that we will allow God to be in control and that we will utterly depend on Him and desire that His will be done. Pray that the fruits of our deepened trust in Him will result in guidance from Him. Ask God to identify an area of your life where you need to yield to Him. Give it to Him and then look for His direction.

A Prayer from Jeff Reams:
God, we believe; help us with our unbelief. Help us to surrender in trust to You. May we demonstrate our trust in You in how we live each day, how we plan for the future, and how we do life together as Your children. In the name of Jesus, Amen.