At the Vineyard-Chester Springs, partnership is based on honest intentions, grace, love and mutual respect. We don’t want to

micromanage each other’s lives. We trust one another to keep our commitments consistently, not perfectly. We celebrate the mystery

that despite our diversity and brokenness, it is by grace that we are all part of Jesus’ body. We believe commitment to a local church is

an important step in your spiritual journey: It’s our way of saying “this is who we are” and your opportunity to say “yes, I’m in!”

This message explores what trust really is and why it’s so much more than blind faith or “just believing harder.” Drawing from Scripture and Dr. Henry Cloud’s five essentials of trust, we look at how trust is built, broken and formed over time. We talk about what happens when our trust muscle is injured through betrayal, overload or chronic disappointment, and how those experiences shape the stories we tell ourselves. Instead of pushing ourselves to trust more, we’re invited to notice the inner narratives that keep us guarded or self-reliant. Ultimately, this conversation points us back to a God who is trustworthy and who gently heals us so we can receive love, connection and life more fully.

Trust is one of those words we use all the time, but rarely slow down to examine. In this episode, we explore Paul’s words in Galatians 5, where faith is described not as a set of ideas, but as trust that takes shape in love. We talk about how trust grows in real relationships, why love is the clearest evidence that trust is alive, and how fear and self-protection often reveal the places trust has been wounded. This isn’t about trying harder or believing better, but about learning to depend on a God who is good and trustworthy.