Proverbs 20:6-7
“Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man? A righteous man who walks in his integrity – How blessed are his sons after him.”
Q: Why is the unimpaired devotion to trustworthiness essential to a healthy relationship?
Q: Where do you struggle with being trustworthy?
Proverbs 20:11
“It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself if his conduct is pure and right.”
Q: It has been said “it takes time to develop trust but can be broken by one bad decision.” Why do you think this is so true?
Psalms 119:97-98, 119:127-129
“O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.”
“Therefore I love Your commandments above gold, yes, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way. Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul observes them.”
Q: How does a deep love and respect for God’s Word develop your trustworthiness?
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Luke 16:10
“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little things is unrighteous also in much.”
Q: Jesus’ principle of “being faithful in the little things, and I will entrust you with great things” (paraphrased) is great wisdom for a trustworthy person. In your own words, what is Jesus communicating here?
Q: How does this principle speak to you about the things that you have been entrusted with today?
Paul
1 Timothy 1:18
“This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight…”
Q: As Paul entrusted Timothy with the task of carrying the baton of faith, what is he communicating when he says, “Fight the good fight?”
2 Timothy 1:5
“For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that is is in you as well.”
Q: What is “sincere faith,” and why is it so key to becoming a faithful believer?
Peter
1 Peter 1:6 & 7
“In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Q: How do you and God turn your trials into precious gold? How do you stay faithful in trials of all kinds?
