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Prayers: Overcoming Doubts

In: Developing Christian Servant Leadership

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  • Gary E. Roberts

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Dear Lord, help me to understand that both belief and doubt are verbs and we can have intellectual doubts and intellectual unbelief, but still retain our faith. True belief and faith require us to be a hearer and doer. To truly doubt and disbelieve, we must have both thought and action. Lord, do not let the enemy steal our victory. Praise the Lord and help me to stay in faith by rebutting and replacing the negative thoughts. Lord, I thank you for Mark 9:24, which reinforced that heart-based belief triumphs over intellectual unbelief in spite of our thoughts. Lord, I remain in faith when I move forward in doubt and fear like the disciples. True doubt is taking action on our thoughts. Thank you, Jesus, for breaking through my doors of doubt and unbelief. Jesus was tempted in all ways as we were, with unbelief and doubt. Praise the Lord that you are active and present in our lives, even when we cannot see you, even when we were sinners and rejected you, and even when we didn’t believe him. Lord, when we are tempted with condemnation, help us to rest in your grace. Lord, help me to be patient and understand that faith requires a season to grow. Lord, help us to cast out our impatience.

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  • Gary E. Roberts, 2015. "Prayers: Overcoming Doubts," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Developing Christian Servant Leadership, chapter 0, pages 207-210, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-49245-6_14
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137492456_14
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