Believe

Quotes:
"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods." -C.S. Lewis

"Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active." -Edith Hamilton

"Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God, whose ways you may not understand at the time...." -Oswald Chambers

"The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the presence of God."
-Emmett Fox

Scriptures:
"On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you!' After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord." (John 20:19-20)

"And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe." (1 Thessalonians 2:13)

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."
(Hebrews 11:1)

"In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead."
(James 2:17)

I have been thinking alot lately about dealing with doubt. What is faith? Is having passing thoughts of doubt, normal? Is it sin? The more I have prayed and studied the scriptures about it I have come to the realization that passing doubts and struggling with your faith is not only a normal occurrence but it is a natural occurrence. Our minds are built to think and reason....let's face it sometimes following an unseen entity (JESUS) feels a little strange. A little unnatural. But faith is far beyond a feeling...it is a commitment birthed out of an experience/experiences with the LIVING God. The cure for these doubts is an experience with a LIVING God. Great faith is birthed out of these experiences. Seek him this week and he will come and stand among you to bring you peace.(John 19:19,20)

-Cam