Good morning. I am excited to talk with you about the truth of God this morning

as we get our minds wrapped around it to fuel us for this day.

This is the morning mindset. I'm Carrie Green.

Thanks so much for investing in your own spiritual growth.

And that may sound funny that I would say that to you, but it's important.

It's important not just for you, but for all of us as members of the body of Christ.

We are all one, we are all unified. And so your commitment to your own spiritual growth, your own

ramping up of your spiritual vitality and strength is a commitment to all of us who are followers of Christ that will make us all

stronger as we're able to walk unified in our mindset and in the way that we live.

So thank you, thank you for doing that. We're looking at Proverbs chapter 3.

Proverbs chapter 3 is just full of great stuff. I mean every chapter of

scripture is but Proverbs 3 has some verses that just pop in my eyes. I mean, they just resonate with me.

Versus 5 and 6 are some of the most popular or well known verses in all of the book of

Proverbs I believe and it says this says trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways submit to him or some versions say, acknowledge him.

And he will make your path straight. Well let's stop and

unravel the truth that's here. Now first of all he uses that word trust. We all have a sort of a conception of what trust is, but

do we really understand what it is? Trust is not some nebulous thing. It's not an ambiguous hoping or wishing. It is a

reliance on something that is real. Okay, so it's very different from wishing in that sense. Trust is putting your

dependence in something and in this case Solomon says trust in the Lord. So we are to understand who the Lord is to understand his

faithfulness, his competence, his power, his wisdom, and realize he is absolutely trustworthy.

We can depend on him and he will not let us down. And it's great to know that, but we have to take it a step

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