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    The document discusses dealing with doubts about God through the examples of Thomas and the other disciples. It explains that doubts can arise from unanswered questions, unfair situations, and unresolved hurts. However, having doubts does not mean someone is wrong; it may mean they are thinking deeply. The strongest faith grows through doubts as people push through them, not one that never doubts. God is present in times of doubt, and faith is the means to push through doubts, not the absence of them.

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    DOUBTING GOD—1

    DEALING WITH YOUR DOUBT

    Early on Sunday morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary


    Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the tomb. 2Suddenly
    there was a great earthquake! For an angel of the Lord came down
    from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. 3His face shone
    like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4The guards
    shook with fear when they saw him, and they fell into a dead faint.
    5
    Then the angel spoke to the women. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I
    know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He isn’t here!
    He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. …”
    Matthew 28:1-6 NLT

    Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain
    where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they
    worshiped him—but some of them doubted!
    Matthew 28:16-17 NLT

    Why Do You Doubt?

    • Questions you can’t answer


    • Situations that seem unfair
    • Hurts you can’t resolve

    Your faith is a journey, not a destination.

    The strongest faith isn’t a faith that never doubts.


    The strongest faith is a faith that grows through your doubts.
    One of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), was not
    with the others when Jesus came. 25They told him, “We have seen
    the Lord!” … John 20:24-25 NLT

    They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But [Thomas] replied, “I
    won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my
    fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”
    John 20:25 NLT

    “Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a


    sign that he is thinking.” —Oswald Chambers

    So then [Jesus] told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead 15… let us go to


    him.” 16Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of
    the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
    John 11:14-16 NIV

    Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time
    Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as
    before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he
    said. 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at
    my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be
    faithless any longer. Believe!” 28“My Lord and my God!” Thomas
    exclaimed. John 20:26-28 NLT

    God is not distant in your doubts.

    Faith isn’t the absence of doubt.


    Faith is the means to push through it.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
    fear no evil; for You are with me ... Psalm 23:4 NKJV

    TALK IT OVER

    Read John 20:26-28. How might doubt be a catalyst for a deeper


    faith?

    Share about a time when you doubted your faith or had questions
    for God. How did you navigate that experience?

    Is there currently something in your life or your faith that you are
    doubting? What is one way that you can push through, maybe with
    the help of your LifeGroup?

    Start the Doubting God Bible Plan using Plans With


    Friends: www.go2.lc/DoubtingGod

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