A prayer for times when faith is weak & I do not believe.
Today, in the Book of Sirach, let's look at Sirach 1:29--Don't give people reason to call you a hypocrite, and pay attention to what you say
Would you consider yourself a faith wanderer? Do you wonder what the difference is between being a wanderer and lost? Maybe it’s not a worry for yourself, but there are loved ones that come to mind as you are concerned for their salvation and relationship with God. On this episode of the More to Be Podcast, we get real about what it feels like to question your faith and wonder if you’re lost. Robin Dance, author of For All Who Wander: Why Knowing God Is Better than Knowing It All, brings authenticity and wisdom so deep you’ll not be able…
I relate to the doubters. The ones who question the logic of faith, wanting to see before they believe. You are my people. Even still, 25+ years in the faith, I know God rescued me. I hear Him speak. I continually know Him more, and yet still, I doubt.
Truth and confession can be a hard thing when it comes to admitting it to Jesus. But we can say Lord I believe in You but help my unbelief.
Below are some bible verses about help from God to remind you that, God is always with you and he will always help you and lift you out of all your problems.
I struggle with unbelief, specifically in a few areas. I can imagine this being true at some point for most followers of Jesus. But there are levels of this struggle where sometimes I’m just having an off day and need to shift my perspective to the truth I know deep …
Do you have a mountainous problem that is not leaving your life? If you do, learn from when the disciples asked Jesus why they ha...
Have you ever had a very sick child? Or maybe you found out your child would be diabetic, deaf, blind, autistic, or have some type of disability. Since my son was premature, he didn’t hit developmental milestones on time. He was taking his time crawling; he rolled everywhere he wanted to go. We held his […]
Lord, Help My Unbelief reviews famous stories in the Bible with a focus on the human pain within these stories and how God sees our pain and doubts and fear ...
Have you ever heard the saying “when faith walks in fear walks out”? I’m not sure it’s even a real saying or just one in our neck of the woods. Let’s be honest though, I’m pretty sure fear is just …
Writing about her book Spiritual Misfit A Memoir of Uneasy Faith, Michelle DeRusha says: My story is ordinary – it’s not a dramatic conversion story; nothing “big” happened to me along the way. I didn't experience a near-death situation. I didn’t survive a tragedy. But in a lot of ways, that’s what makes my story so accessible. It’s about an ordinary person with ordinary questions, fears and doubts who was transformed in an extraordinary way. I believe this is exactly why this is a must read book for us all. We who feel just "ordinary" always need to be reminded of just how extraordinary our God is. How many of us find ourselves naked before our Lord, trembling just a bit, scratching our heads, mumbling "I believe Lord, help my unbelief?" In this close to the bone memoir Michelle shares with brave openness her doubts, fears and growing reliance on a Lord Who asks us to believe what we can not always see. Some pages left me giggling, like the story of tossed Cheez-It crumbs; others are stained by tears of recognition, when God shows Himself in quiet glory. Then there are the pages striped by coloured highlighters, that will beckon me to return to the words again and again, like these: While faith through grace alone is probably liberating for most people, freeing them from the inescapable burden of sin, it scared the crap out of me because it required that I relinquish control. It carried me full circle back to the aspects of God I couldn't define, hem in, deconstruct, or rationalize. It carried me back to the heart, which was a much more difficult realm to navigate than the head. Honestly, I would much rather have earned my entrance to heaven than take a flying leap onto the slippery slope of faith. Earning seemed much more predictable, orderly, and measurable, so much less fraught with fear, than leaping. Leaping into faith required me to trust and surrender to someone I couldn't see. Those could have been my own words, so closely they struck my spirit. I believe you will be struck in similar fashion. You need to read this book. You need to share this book. It will speak loudly to everyone, no matter where they find themselves on this wild journey of faith. I was given an advance reading copy of this book. The opinions I have shared, as always, are my own.
