Life Apps (5) – The Trust App

We have been in this series Life Apps and we have been talking about the importance of doing. I hope this series has been as helpful to you as it has for me. People have come up to me and asked me specific questions about applying these Life Apps. I want to thank you for your dedication in transforming your life. And I pray that as you continue to apply, God would continue to transform your lives and that you would live life as it is intended to be lived.

Today we are going to talk about trust. A feeling that we all want others to have about us. But how about you? Do you tend to trust people or do you tend to be suspicious of others? Who earns a “trust” in your book? One of the Bible’s most famous verses states that “love always trusts.” Always??!! Really??!! What do I do with all my suspicions?

Moving Forward

Jesus says in Luke 6:31, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Naturally, you would want people to choose to trust you rather than be suspicious of you. Would you make these five commitments in your most important relationships?

1. When there is a gap between what I expected and what I experienced, I will believe the best.

2. When other people assume the worst about you, I will come to your defense.

3. If what I experience begins to erode my trust, I will come directly to you about it.

4. When I’m convinced I will not be able to deliver on a promise, I will inform you ahead of time.

5. When you confront me about the gaps I’ve created, I will tell you the truth.

Discussion Questions

1. Do you tend to be trusting or suspicious of people? Do you tend to assume the best or worst about people?

2. How do you respond when what people promise is different from what people deliver? How do you respond to those gaps?

3. Share a time when you believed the best about an unexplainable gap. Share a time when you assumed the worst about an unexplainable gap.

4. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. How can you express this kind of love without feeling like being taking advantage of by others?

5. How should you determine when to trust and when to confront? How can you confront someone in a healthy manner?