Trusting God

Pastor Larry Osborne · Jun 8, 2025

The popular idea that faith is a positive mental force capable of changing reality is a myth with no biblical basis. Scripture defines faith as trusting God enough to obey Him — an action, not a feeling. That trust has room for doubt and fear, but no room for disobedience. The power is never in the amount of faith we generate; it is entirely in the One we place our faith in. A mustard seed of trust acted upon in obedience is all God asks, and it is enough.

Pastor Bill Bush · Jan 20, 2025

In Ephesians 3:14–21, Paul prays that believers would be empowered from the inside out by the Spirit, rooted and grounded in the love of Christ. The sermon argues that most people try to earn God's presence by doing good things first, when in reality transformation only flows from letting Christ make His home in the heart. Until we truly grasp how wide, long, high, and deep God's love is — breaking the lies that He doesn't love us, that His love won't last, and that our identity is still defined by sin — we cannot live the full, overflowing life God intends, nor trust Him with our personal 'wheelbarrow' moments.

Pastor Bill Bush · Aug 26, 2024

Pastor Bill calls Rock Point to stop merely attending and start fully showing up — financially, sacrificially, and missionally — for the church's building campaign and gospel mission. Drawing on Matthew 22 and Matthew 9, he argues that Jesus has already prepared a plentiful harvest; the only limiting factor is whether His people will get in the game. Using Paul's words in 2 Corinthians and his own father's coaching wisdom, he makes the case that life is hard no matter which path we choose, so we should choose the hard that leads to victory — the hard of trusting God, giving generously, and being the church.

Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 8, 2024

Matthew 1 opens the gospel by declaring that Jesus is Emmanuel — God with us. Pastor Bill argues that this truth is not merely a title but a transformative reality: God did not observe humanity from a distance but entered the game, experiencing everything we experience. Drawing on Isaiah 9:6's four titles — Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace — and the story of Hagar, he challenges listeners to move beyond believing in God to actually believing God, trusting His counsel even when it is beyond comprehension, so that His mighty power can be made real in their lives.

Pastor Bill Bush · Feb 6, 2023

Using the life of Lot as a case study in Genesis 13 and 19, Pastor Bill traces a four-stage sin progression — flirtation, rationalization, transformation, and destruction — to show that every destructive endpoint begins with a single, seemingly small step away from God. The root issue is the ancient lie that God cannot be trusted, that He is holding out on us. The antidote is not white-knuckling willpower but confessing to God and to community, then deliberately drawing close to the Lord rather than to the line.

Pastor Bill Bush · Sep 13, 2020

Drawing from Psalm 23:1, Pastor Bill teaches that worry is like a fog — unhelpful, unreasonable, unhealthy, and unnecessary — because at its root, worry is an attempt to control life apart from God. The antidote is not mere positive thinking but a genuine surrender to Jesus as Lord. When the shepherd truly is our Lord, we can trust that He provides everything we truly need: guidance, protection, redemption, and even the sure hope of eternity — making worry, even the fear of death, lose its power over us.

Pastor Bill Bush · Nov 18, 2018

Using the story of David and Goliath as a foreshadowing of Jesus's victory over sin and death, Pastor Bill argues that financial generosity is an act of worship rooted in trust. Just as David ran at Goliath with nothing but a sling and faith in God, believers are called to honor God with their resources — not because He needs the money, but because giving battles selfishness, builds families, draws us closer to Jesus, and invites us into the victory God is accomplishing through His church.