Min. Tribly McClammy
Feb 20, 2026
Trust: God's Unseen Power to Change the World Lessons 1-4
LESSON TRUST – God’s Unseen Power to Change The World
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4)
LESSON #1 – WHAT IS TRUST?
DEFINITIONS:
TRUST means “to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of,” “to believe,” “to commit or place in one’s care,” or “to place confidence.”
Merriam Webster.com dictionary defines “TRUST” as belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, effective, etc.
TRUST in the Bible means “a bold, confident, sure security or action based on that security.
NOTES:
Putting our trust in God requires that we make a decision to do so.
Trust in God means being wholeheartedly confident in Him and His character. It means knowing He will do what He says He will do, and that He’ll never act contrary to His character as disclosed in Scripture.
Trust is dependent on what we know about the character of the one being trusted.
Trust is what we do because of the faith we have been given.
SCRIPTURE STUDY:
PROVERBS 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
It is the Lord in whom we are to trust, not ourselves or our plans, and certainly not the world’s wisdom and devices.
We trust in the Lord because He and He alone is truly trustworthy.
We are not to trust in ourselves because our understanding is temporal, finite, and tainted by our sin natures.
The Bible warns us not to place trust in our money, job, possessions, ourselves, or others.
Because of God’s nature, we are to trust Him with all our hearts, committing every aspect of our lives to Him in complete confidence.
We are to trust in God and His love to provide what we need (Matthew 6:33).
His Word is trustworthy (Numbers 23:19, Psalm 33:4)
His nature is faithful and true (Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 25:10)
His plans for us are perfect and purposeful (Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 29:11).
REFLECTIONS: Journal your answers.
Review the definitions of “trust”, meditate, and write down your thoughts.
Review Proverbs 3:5, meditate on this scripture as it relates to events in your life, and write down your thoughts.
Read Psalm 78:9-22
What attitude did the Israelites reveal in the desert?
What was God’s reaction to their attitude?
What did you learn about trust in God?
Read 1 Samuel 14:21-51
Read the story again asking God to teach you about trusting Him.
Write down what He tells you.
LESSON: TRUST – God’s Unseen Power to Change The World
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4)
LESSON #2 – TO TRUST GOD MEANS TO TRUST HIS WORD
REVIEW DEFINITIONS:
TRUST means “to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of,” “to believe,” “to commit or place in one’s care,” or “to place confidence.”
Merriam Webster.com dictionary defines “TRUST” as belief that someone or something is reliable, good, honest, effective, etc.
TRUST in the Bible means “a bold, confident, sure security or action based on that security.
SCRIPTURE STUDY:
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Titus 1:2 - In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began
Numbers 23:19 - God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
Matthew 24:35 - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Isaiah 55:11 - So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Psalm 33:4 - For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Psalm 119:89 - For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalm 119:105 - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:130 - The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalm 107:20 - He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
NOTES:
Putting our trust in God requires that we make a decision to do so.
Trust in God means being wholeheartedly confident in Him and His character. It means knowing He will do what He says He will do, and that He’ll never act contrary to His character as disclosed in Scripture.
God and His word are the same. We can trust that His word is true, brings light, brings correction.
God’s word accomplishes things in our lives. Whatever we need in life, we can get it from His word.
REFLECTIONS: Journal your answers.
Meditate John 1:1 - God and His Word are one. Write down your thoughts.
Meditate Titus 1:3 – God cannot lie. Write down your thoughts as it relates to your life and the things that you are trusting God for.
Read Genesis 3:1-11, meditate, and write down your thoughts on trusting the word of God. Details please.
Read 1 Kings 13:7-26: what do you get from this story about trusting God?
Read Luke 5:1-6 – write down your thoughts as it relates to trust in God.
LESSON: TRUST – God’s Unseen Power to Change The World
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: (Isaiah 26:4)
LESSON #3 – THE WORD OF GOD HAS TO BE IN OUR HEART
SCRIPTURE STUDY:
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
In order to trust God with all your heart, your heart has to be full of the word – to
trust God is to trust His Word.
Psalm 119:11 - Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Proverbs 4:20-22 - My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Whatever you have in your heart in abundance is what you are talking about; whether it is trust in God or trust in other things.
Matthew 12:34 - O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Meditating on God’s Word is how you fill your heart with His word. To meditate on a verse is to personally reflect on, ponder, or think deeply about it.
Joshua 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalm 119:148 (NIV) - My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.
Psalm 119:97 (NIV) - Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Psalm 1:1-3 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
REFLECTIONS: Journal your answers.
Meditate this phrase – “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh”. What have you been talking about the most in the last 24 hours?
What have you been saying the most over your life spiritually, physically, financially, socially (relationships), and soulishly (mentally and emotionally),
Meditate Psalm 1:1-3 –Meditate and write down your thoughts about the man who meditates the word day and night.
Meditate Psalm 119:148 - Meditate and write down your thoughts.
Meditate Psalm 119:11 - Meditate and write down your thoughts.
Read Psalm 77: 11-15 – Write down your thoughts as it relates to the word in your heart.