Week 2 Memory Verse

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." - Proverbs 3:5

This verse is so simple to understand but very difficult to put into practice. Trust in the Lord...rely on him to provide what you need. Matthew 6:26 tells us that God provides for the birds and that we have much more value than them so we know that he will provide for us.

Lean not your own understanding...now this is tougher for guys to do because we want to be the man. But learning that everything we have, talents, abilities, intelligence, money, or whatever else has been given to us from God. Sometimes you have to be smart enough to realize you don't understand everything but you know who does...God.

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