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WHEN IN DOUBT…
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“O Lord you deceived me and I was deceived…the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach…Why did I ever come out of the womb…?” (Jeremiah 20:7; 8; 18).
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“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty for the Lord is good…” Jeremiah declares “…his love endures forever…” (Jeremiah 33:11).
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“A man may be haunted with doubts…only [to] grow [deeper] in faith. [For] doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door, of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood.”
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Accept: Life Is A ‘Mixed Bag’ Of Feelings and
Events
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Consider it pure joy when you encounter the ‘mixed bag’ of life, even the trials of life. “…Because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance [which results in you becoming] mature and complete…” (James 1:2-4).
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Believe: God Expects Our Confusion, Welcoming
Our Doubts.
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“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault…” (James 1:5).
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Abraham doubts so severely, he laughs at God: “…will a son be born to a man a hundred years old…” (Genesis
17:17-18). But God “hangs-in” with Abraham. “Yes…your wife will bear you a son…” (Genesis 17:19).
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In 1 Kings 19 Elijah doubts so deeply, he gets depressed, running from God: “I have had enough Lord…Take my life…” (1 Kings 19:4). But God “hangs-in” with Elijah. And then “…the Lord… touched [Elijah] and said, ‘Get up and eat…So [Elijah] got up…” (1 Kings 19:7-8).
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Move: With God Through Reservations And
Uncertainty.
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We must “…believe and not [get stuck in doubt] because he who [gets stuck in doubt] is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind… [becoming] double-minded…unstable…” (James 1:6-8).
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You see, the dad notes to Jesus, my boy has been this way “…from childhood… [and the convulsions have] often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything [Jesus] -- take pity on us and help us…” (Mark 9:22).
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“If you can?” Jesus exhorts. [If Jesus can?] [Listen] everything is possible for him who believes…!” in Me (Mark 9:23,
emphasis added).
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Yes you can Jesus!
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God we belong to you! In good times and in bad times -- in up times and in down times -- in confidant times and doubting times – God we belong to you!
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For Jeremiah is right: “…the Lord is good, his love endures forever…” (Jeremiah 33:11).
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God we belong to you!”
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