{"id":4575,"date":"2023-08-08T07:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2023-08-08T07:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T06:52:51","slug":"faith-and-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/08\/faith-and-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith and Doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Has his steadfast love for ever ceased?<br>Are his promises at an end for all time?<br>Has God forgotten to be gracious?<br>I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord.<br>Thy way, O God, is holy.<br>What god is great like our God?<br>Psalm 77.8-9,11, 13, RSV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So faith and doubt seem to belong together in our experience.&nbsp; On the day of resurrection &#8216;some doubted&#8217;, and through the ages the saints have wrestled with doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pause to reflect personally:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father, I have doubts about myself.<br>I wonder how honest I really am, for I can often use the lovely words of faith when experience is not like the words.<br>I have doubts about my progress in the faith, for when I look back I see a courage and enthusiasm which today I lack.<br>I have doubts about my prayers, wondering if I just talk to myself.<br>Lord, in my doubts, remind me of your deeds, your way of healing, your word of power.<br>And, Father, I am part of an age of doubters.<br>I find it very easy to doubt the integrity of people in public life.<br>Lord, in my doubts may I know you are to be trusted, when all else is shaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pray for those who are bewildered and cynical:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord God, foundation of life and sustainer of the world, may your lost children find assurance that you live, that you love; and may this be the rock on which life is given new joy, through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has his steadfast love for ever ceased?Are his promises at an end for all time?Has God forgotten to be gracious?I will call to mind the deeds of the Lord.Thy way, O God, is holy.What god is great like our God?Psalm &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/08\/08\/faith-and-doubt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thought-for-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4576,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions\/4576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stanwellroadbaptist.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}