THOUGHTS ON FAITH

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You are subscribed as %%emailaddress%% THOUGHTS ON FAITH Faith & Doubt Faith is believing in the trustworthiness of God even when circumstances appear to contradict it.-pastor Brad I have a question for you...is yours a life of faith diversified by doubt?  Or, is yours a life of doubt...diversified by faith?  In other words, do you basically walk by faith...or sight? (see 2 Corinthians 5:7).  Do you generally put your trust in God's word and thereby act?  Or do you generally do your own thing and ask God to bless it? Please notice that the subtitle is, "Faith AND Doubt," as opposed to "faith OR doubt."  You see, I believe thatbiblical faith is not necessarily the absence of doubt, but the ability to act on our beliefs despite the doubt.  So...back to the original question. Faith is the ability to act on your belief in spite of your doubt.-pastor Brad The Bible teaches that we cannot please God without faith (see Hebrews 11:6).  And Jesus queried whether or not there would actually be any real faith left on the earth upon His return (see Luke 18:8).  How sad. Faith is the belief that God is good in spite of apparent contradictions. -pastor Brad Biblical faith is not the blind leading the blind or vain superstition.  Christian faith is a willingness to believe (put your trust in), based on the sufficiency of the evidence (see Hebrews 11:1, KJV).  The man says, "I do believe; help my unbelief" (see Mark 9:24), and God honors his request!  I love it!  God never asks us to be perfect...just willing. Remember the words of Billy Graham, "Have you ever seen God? I've never seen God. I've never seen the wind. I've felt the effects of the wind. But I've never SEEN the wind. There's a mystey to it." For more information about the GodThoughts Ministry, clickhere. For more information about the author of GodThoughts, clickhere. PLEASE prayerfully consider supporting the GodThoughts Ministry (click on "donate" button below). The cost to provide this FREE Ministry world-wide in 2011 is $59,100.00 (see Annual Report for full details).