Trusting God

What We Believe About God
Chapter 2 -- Pages 46-53

What we believe about God is foundational to our whole belief system. If we have wrong thinking about God, we will have wrong thinking about everything else. What we believe about God determines the way we live. If we believe things about Him that aren't true, we will eventually act on those lies and end up in bondage.

Many times, we do not even realize that we're believing a particular lie. I'm asking you to think about these carefully, pray to the Lord and ask Him to show you, and then prayerfully reflect. After that, if you recognize one that has deceived you:

Name it,
Confess it,
Repent of it,
Take in the Bible Verse that is the Truth.

Remember, the Truth exposes the lie for what it is and loosens the grip that the lie has had on you. Read the verse that reveals the falsehood you have believed, even memorize it, and keep it in front of you.

Start with this one:

1. The Lie: God is not really good.

The Truth: God is good, and everything He does is good.

Psalm 106:1, "Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever."

2. The Lie: God doesn't love me.

The Truth: God's love for me is infinite and unconditional.

Romans 8: 38-39, "For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

3. The Lie: God is just like my father.

The Truth: God is exactly what He has revealed Himself to be in His Word.

John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word [Jesus], and the Word [Jesus] was with God, and the Word [Jesus] was God."

The Washing of The Word

The rest of Chapter Two includes three more lies that women believe about God, and we'll get to those in the next post. Meanwhile, ladies, continue reading daily in your Bibles. As we get to know the Word intimately, we'll recognize the "counterfeit" for what it is.

Ephesians 5:25-27, "...Just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish."