{"id":11525,"date":"2024-08-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11525"},"modified":"2024-08-19T19:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:38:10","slug":"trust-and-hope-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11525","title":{"rendered":"TRUST AND HOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong> Trust and hope will provoke the blessing of deliverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Psalm 34<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Psalm 34:19<\/strong><\/em> records to encourage against challenging trouble,\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Answering as a righteous one is not a ticket not to experience the challenges of this world.<br \/>However, God delivers in all.<br \/>King David identifies four points for His deliverance.<br \/><strong>DAVID ACKNOWLEDGED GOD<\/strong><br \/>Despite increasing challenges, David acknowledged the awesomeness of God,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cBut You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts my head.\u201d (Psalm 3:3)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>David, in times of his challenging trouble, his worshiping of God was not distracted.<br \/>David gave himself to worshiping God instead of worrying over his challenging troubles. He acknowledged God for all He has done over his life.<br \/>Acknowledging God in a troubling challenge shall provoke the intervention of the deliverance of God.<br \/>Acknowledging God in a challenging time is a self-deliverance to overcome.<br \/><strong>DAVID CRIED TO GOD<\/strong><br \/>David cried out to God alone, not to a man<br \/>Crying out to God will not elude one from God but will receive the attention of God for self-deliverance in times of Challenging trouble.<br \/>David testifies,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cI cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill.\u201d (Psalm 3:4)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>Crying is not a sign of weakness but a way of getting the attention of God.<br \/>Often, pride will deny one from crying out before God, but David cried out to God with no spirit of pride.<br \/>The evidence of crying out before God with a voice is a cry from the depth of heart as David testifies.\u00a0<br \/>Crying out before God with a wide-open mouth should be with the expectation to become filled with manifestation.\u00a0<br \/>David testifies that the Lord heard him from His holy hill.<br \/><strong>DAVID GAVE THE TESTIMONY OF TRUST AND HOPE \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>The Bible records testimonies of David,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cI lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.\u201d (Psalm 3:5)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>In a time of challenging trouble, David hoped to sleep and not lose his sleep in the face of his life challenge.<br \/>Trusting God at the onset of challenging trouble but not having hope in God can deny the testimony of deliverance. With understanding, David was with trust and hope.<br \/><em><strong>Jeremiah 17:7<\/strong><\/em> testifies to trust and hope,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cBlessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>David laid and went to sleep in a challenging time just as Jesus lay and slept in His time of challenging trouble of the storm at His cross-over journey. <em><strong>(Mark 4:35-41)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>To gain victory in a time of challenge, have trust and hope in God.<br \/>Meditates on\u00a0<em><strong>Psalm 34:19<\/strong><\/em> to remain encouraged in challenging trouble<em><strong>, \u201cMany are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God is a good God that delivers at all times in all challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong><em> Ask for the hand of God to become established over your life.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: Trust and hope will provoke the blessing of deliverance. Psalm 34 Psalm 34:19 records to encourage against challenging trouble,\u00a0&#8220;Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.&#8221;\u00a0 Answering as a righteous one is not a ticket not to experience the challenges of this world.However, God delivers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=11525\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TRUST AND HOPE<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11525\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}