English DefinitionComplete trust or confidence in someone or something

Biblical Definition Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see

FAITH

Mark 10:46-52 (NIV)

46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.

51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

FAITH

Matthew 9:20-22 (NIV)

20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”

22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.

FAITH

Matthew 9:27-30 (NIV) 27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

28 When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

“Yes, Lord,” they replied.

29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30

and their sight was restored.

FAITH

“Where is my faith? Even deep down there is nothing but emptiness and darkness. If there be a God — please forgive me.”

"Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear,“

“Please pray specially for me that I may not spoil His work and that Our Lord may show Himself -- for there is such terrible darkness within me, as if everything was dead”

DOUBTS

English DefinitionA feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction

Biblical Definition James 1:6-8 (NIV)

6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

DOUBTS (and Fear)

Mark 16:9-14 (NIV) 9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

12 Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. 13 These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

14 Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

DOUBTS

Mark 16:9-14 (NIV)

24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

DOUBTS

Matthew 28:18-20 (The Great Commission)

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

DOUBTS16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

Power of DoubtMatthew 14:22-31

DOUBTS

a) Doubt Your Doubts !!Never doubt who you are. That’s the number-one trick of the enemy—to make you feel inadequate or incapable. Remember you are a master-piece of God’s work !!

b) Feed Your Faith !!Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

c) Pray !!If you’ve been drowning in doubt, then it’s time to minimize the amount of time you spend listening to others (and your innerself) and to maximize your prayer time (and listening to God).

d) Focus Forward !!Feeling fear does not mean it’s time to run away. It means it’s time to run to. Feeling fear can easily develop into a stronghold of doubt, despair and discouragement;

Overcoming Doubts

YOU ARE A CONQUEROR !! What God has for you is in front of you.Greater is He who is in you than He who is in the world !!

This is how you walk in ‘Godfidence’ !!This is how you dismantle doubt. The doubt disappears when you make a

decision and take action. Stop thinking about it and remember You were born for Heaven’s best.

Overcoming Doubts

Mark 11:23 NIV23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but

believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,Look full in His wonderful face,

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,In the light of His glory and grace.

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus