I Want to Trust You, but I Don't

Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment

By: Lysa TerKeurst

Narrated by: Lysa TerKeurst

READ BY THE AUTHOR

2025 ECPA CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD - AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In I Want to Trust You, but I Don't, join New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst as you learn how to handle your skepticism and distrust so you can heal from past betrayals and move forward with strength and resilience.

Broken trust complicates every bit of the parts of love that should be comforting. Maybe a friend constantly lets you down. A family member betrayed you. A spouse cheated on you. A leader deceived you. You're exhausted by other people's choices and starting to question your own discernment. And you're wondering, If God let this happen, can he even be trusted?

Lysa understands this deep pain and the skepticism that makes you so wary, and she invites you into a journey of developing the stability you long for within yourself and with God, so you don't become cynical and carry a broken belief system into every new relationship. In I Want to Trust You, But I Don't, you'll learn how to:

• Identify which of the eleven relational red flags are stirring up distrust, so you can pinpoint why you're feeling uneasy
• Stop having more faith in your fears coming true than God coming through for you by asking crucial "what if" questions to better process your doubts
• Recognize when a fractured relationship can be repaired by considering a reasonable list of characteristics necessary for rebuilding trust
• Understand the physical, emotional, and neurological impact of the betrayals you've experienced and start healing from the inside out

In a world where so many things feel alarming, this book will give you a peace that isn't dependent on unpredictable people, circumstances, and experiences. Instead, it offers practical and biblical ways to make real progress toward healthier perspectives, relationships, and a future you can authentically look forward to.

I understand this story

Regardless of the past pain I’m glad that I can move forward. I recommend this book for anyone that has a broken heart from relational distrust.

I’m glad am choosing to see the world in a way that allows me to grow.

Thank you!

Hurt, Trust, and a Way Forward

The author writes from personal experience and study she has done about trust. In her life she was hurt by her husband, by an organization, and by individuals. She shares how she dealt with the pain and the way forward, which she is still in. She narrates well and with emotion since it’s her story.

Peaceful Protection

I love how this book shifts the focus to trusting God throughout it all and when people mismanage our trust, the author reminds us of God’s track record through scripture.

Worthy read!!

I am sure that I will reread this book one day as I found it very beneficial. I recommend it to anyone who has lived through hurtful circumstances and desires to move forward.

I don't trust you and I shouldn't

I loved it. she speaks with a lot of wisdom and there's a maturity that you don't see often enough with so much experience and being in the ministry, myself, you learn there is people that you don't let have access to you, and it's not because you don't love them. there's a recklessness thats being removed slowly from ministry, people learning and exercising boundaries that i love. promoting healthy christianity. this is that book