Trust in the Lord

May 1st, 2026

Dear church family

'Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.'
-Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in someone is confident reliance that they will do what they say, even when you can't fully see or prove the outcome yet. This proverb encourages us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts. However, trust can be hard for those who have been let down - even if it's not God who has not done the letting down. I also love that this proverb encourages us not to lean on our own understanding. In my own walk with Jesus, I have found that sometimes I have felt let down by God, not because He has let me down, but I had a certain expectation of how I wanted God to do something which was not how He did it. We are encouraged to trust God even if what He does doesn't make sense or seem right to our human understanding.

We are told in the Bible that God is faithful, He is unchanging, that in His very nature He is trustworthy. When we choose to place absolute trust in God, we know that it is not misplaced. God's love will never fail us but sometimes our own understanding does fail us. We can all admit that there have been many occasions where we have got it wrong – whether that is in the workplace, school, with relationships and so on. God doesn't get it wrong ever! He is a perfect and holy God, so when we place our trust in Him we can trust that He does not ever make mistakes like we do.

The proverb then tells us to submit all our ways to Him and He will make our path straight. Something I regularly am reminded of it how much God cares about the little decisions as well as the big ones. We each have things we go to God with and things we don't either because we forget or don't think we need to pray about it. When we choose to include God in ALL our decision making we know He will help guide us on the right path where sometimes our decisions can lead us down the wrong paths.

I encourage you, if you don't already, to include God in ALL your decision making this week (or as many decisions as you remember to include God) and see what a difference it makes.
Lots of love,

Katie

SUNDAY SERVICES | 10:30AM
Join us in person this Sunday in Ashford, Brabourne or Finberry!
You can also join us online from New Wells Ashford for our new Sermon Series 'Trusting God's Plan: Following Joseph's Journey': https://youtu.be/pbqkNWHGVHY

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POWER HOUR | THIS THURSDAY
Thursday 7th May | 8-9pm | New Wells Ashford
Join us for Power Hour as we pray & worship together as one church family

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PRESCHOOL OPEN DAY
Monday 18th May | 9:30am | New Wells Ashford
We are delighted to invite you to our Preschool Open Day on Monday 18th May, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Come along and explore our preschool, meet the team, and discover what we have to offer. It's the perfect opportunity to look around! On the day, our popular Tots at New Wells group will be running, and we'll also have the Fun Bus joining us – making it a fun-filled and engaging morning for everyone! More info www.newwells.church/preschool

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