More notes from David...
4. God can't be trusted for what is best for you. IE There is something better!

Psalm 37:4 (NIV)
"Delight yourself in the Lord
and he will give you the desires of your heart."
5. You'll never get over your past.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Isaiah 61:3 (NIV)
"And provide for those who grieve in Zion--
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.
6. You are not valuable to God or to anyone.

Isaiah 44:24 (NIV)
"This is what the Lord says--
your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord,
who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens,
who spread out the earth by myself,"

Isaiah 54:5 (NIV
"For your Maker is your husband--the Lord Almighty is his name--the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth."
7. You need to live in fear and anxiety. God isn't trustworthy.

Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

Isaiah 12:2 (NIV)
"Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord, is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation."
8. You have to exhaust yourself to accomplish anything for God.

John 15:5 (NIV)
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
9. Your children are never coming back to God.

Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when his is old he will not turn from it."
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