Trust Again
Open talk in Gospel LibraryContents
Before Reading
Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:
- What does Elder Gong mean by "running from home"?
- Why is trust important in our relationships with ourselves, others, and God?
- What challenges do we face when trust is broken?
- How can we restore trust in our relationships?
- Why can we always trust God?
Topics
Understanding the Importance of Trust
Trust is an act of faith that can be undermined or broken in various situations, such as when someone we trust hurts us, when we face unexpected life challenges, or when we feel judged or out of place in the Church. Despite these challenges, we can always trust in God who is a God of truth and who keeps faith with us.
Trust is an act of faith. God keeps faith with us.
Many today feel a great need to restore trust in human relationships and modern society.
- What does Elder Gong mean when he says that trust is an act of faith?
- How can trust be undermined or broken?
- Why can we always trust in God?
- Think about a time when your trust was undermined or broken. How did you react?
- How can you work to restore trust in your relationships?
- What does it mean to you to trust in God?
Restoring Trust Through Service and Sacrifice
Service and sacrifice can increase our capacity to trust in God and in each other. By doing hard things with faith, we can refine our hearts and bring heaven's blessings into our lives. Trust becomes real when we act upon it.
Trust becomes real when we do hard things with faith. Service and sacrifice increase capacity and refine hearts.
Trust in God and each other brings heaven’s blessings.
- How can service and sacrifice help restore trust?
- What does Elder Gong mean when he says that trust becomes real when we do hard things with faith?
- Reflect on a time when service or sacrifice helped you to trust more in God or in others.
- What are some hard things you can do with faith to strengthen your trust?
The Role of Forgiveness in Restoring Trust
Forgiveness is essential in restoring trust, especially when trust has been broken or betrayed. We can forgive others in the right time and way, while being wise and harmless. Forgiveness allows us to look liberatingly to the future.
We can forgive others in the right time and way, as the Lord says we must, while being "wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
Forgiveness looks liberatingly to the future.
- Why is forgiveness important in restoring trust?
- How can we forgive others in the right time and way?
- Reflect on a time when forgiveness helped you to restore trust in a relationship.
- How can you apply the principle of forgiveness in your life to restore trust?
Trusting in God's Compassion and Promises
We can always trust in God's compassion and promises. His infinite love and perfect knowledge of past, present, and future make His covenants and promises constant and sure. Through the process of time and with continuing faith and obedience, we can find resolution and peace.
We can always trust God. The Lord knows us better and loves us more than we know or love ourselves.
Trust what the scriptures call "in process of time." With God’s blessing, process of time, and continuing faith and obedience, we can find resolution and peace.
- Why can we always trust in God's compassion and promises?
- What does Elder Gong mean by "in process of time"?
- Reflect on a time when you experienced God's compassion and promises in your life.
- How can you apply the principle of "in process of time" in your life to find resolution and peace?
Coming Home to God and Each Other
Elder Gong concludes by encouraging us to open our hearts and welcome each other home, whether we are returning or coming for the first time. He emphasizes the importance of making our congregations, quorums, classes, and activities open, authentic, and safe for all. Through trust in God, each other, and ourselves, we can come again to God our Father and His Beloved Son.
Do you remember Jesus Christ’s parable about a certain man who had two sons? One son left home and wasted his inheritance. When he came to himself, this son sought to come home. The other son, feeling he had kept the commandments "lo, these many years," did not want to welcome his brother home.
Our life journeys are individual, but we can come again to God our Father and His Beloved Son through trust in God, each other, and ourselves.
- What does Elder Gong mean by "coming home" to God and each other?
- How can trust help us to "come home" to God and each other?
- Reflect on a time when you felt welcomed home, either by God or by others.
- How can you help others to feel welcomed home in your congregation, quorum, class, or activity?
