09.29.19 Notes
A BOUT WITH DOUBT (Chapter 9)
A bout with doubt will either
__________________ your faith or _______________ your faith.
23 Jesus said, “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.” 24 No sooner were the words out of His mouth than the father cried, “Then I believe. Help me with my doubts!”
Mark 9:23-24 (MSG)
• Faith is not the ____________________ of doubt
it is the means of ____________________ doubt.
• Remember faith is like a rubber band, it’s useless unless
stretched.
WHAT TO DO IN A BOUT WITH DOUBT
1. ___________________________ WITH YOUR DOUBT
17 And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding countryside. 18 The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples, 19 and he sent them to the Lord to ask Him, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?” Luke 7:17-19 (NLT)
2. _____________ JESUS ________________ DOUBT
Then He told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard – the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” Luke 7:22 (NLT)
1 “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. 2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.”
Isaiah 61:1-2 (NLT)
3. _____ JESUS ___________________ FOR HIS GLORY
“I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!” Matthew 11:11 (NLT)
“And tell John these words: ‘The blessing of heaven comes upon those who never lose their faith in Me no matter what happens.’” Luke 7:23 (TPT)
• We try to understand ________ in the reality of the
___________ instead of understanding the ___________
in the reality of _________
• Doubt is a matter of the __________________
• Faith is matter of the _________________
________________________________________
IT’S PART OF YOUR STORY!