How Do I Trust the Promise of God From A Place of Need?

<p>Episode 482 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.</p> <p><a href= "https://corechristianity.com/resource-library/episodes/how-do-i-trust-the-promise-of-god-from-a-place-of-need/"> Show Notes</a></p> <p><a href="CoreChristianity.com">CoreChristianity.com</a></p> <p>Key questions answered in today's show:</p> <div> <p>1. I was in a discussion with my friend about our beliefs. According to her, women are not able to cut their hair or wear pants. She sent me <a class="rtBibleRef" href= "https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Deut%2022.5" data-reference= "Deut 22.5" data-version="esv" data-purpose= "bible-reference">Deuteronomy 22:5</a>, which talks about women not wearing men’s clothes and <a class="rtBibleRef" href= "https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1%20Cor%2011.6" data-reference= "1 Cor 11.6" data-version="esv" data-purpose="bible-reference">1 Corinthians 11:6</a>, which talks about women not cutting their hair. Are we supposed to follow these commands as Christians? If not, how do we make sense of these commands in the Bible?</p> <p>2. What version of the Bible do you use on your show?</p> <p>3. I’ve heard the phrase “faith is like a muscle, the more we use it, the stronger it gets” very often in the Christian community. While it sounds like a great analogy, I just don’t see it in the Bible. In <a class="rtBibleRef" href= "https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Rom%2012.3" data-reference="Rom 12.3" data-version="esv" data-purpose="bible-reference">Romans 12:3</a> Paul says God has assigned a measure of faith. Am I missing something?</p> <p>4. Jesus taught us not to worry about what we shall eat or wear. <a class="rtBibleRef" href= "https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Phil%204.19" data-reference= "Phil 4.19" data-version="esv" data-purpose= "bible-reference">Philippians 4:19</a> promises that God will supply all our needs. Yet, believers in other countries starve to death because they didn’t get the food they needed. I know the Bible is true, so there must be something wrong with my understanding. I desire to reconcile thin