Nov 6 2016 - Sunday Message - Overcoming doubt and unbelief

Mark 9:23 'If you can'? said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

Mark 9:24 Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"

(AMP) At once the father of the boy gave [an eager, piercing, inarticulate] cry with tears, and he said, Lord, I believe! [Constantly] help my weakness of faith!

(NLV) At once the father cried out. He said with tears in his eyes, 'Lord, I have faith. Help my weak faith to be stronger!'

James 1:6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

James 1:7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;

Hebrews 10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him."

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved.

Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

Hebrews 3:19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

Romans1:17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."

2Corinthians 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight.

(NLT) For we live by believing and not by seeing.

(NLV) Our life is lived by faith. We do not live by what we see in front of us.

2Corinthians 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight.

(NLT) For we live by believing and not by seeing.

(NLV) Our life is lived by faith. We do not live by what we see in front of us.

WHAT IS THINKING RIGHT TO OVERCOME

FEAR AND ANXIETYANSWER: a.) THINKING RIGHT IS THINKING GUIDED BY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE WORD OF GOD

DEUTERONOMY 11:18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(NIV)

b.) THINKING RIGHT IS ABOUT TAKING OUR THOUGHTS TO MAKE THEM OBEDIENT TO CHRIST…

( ANY THOUGHT THAT DISOBEYS CHIRST IS A WRONG THOUGHT )

2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.(NIV)

c.) THINKING RIGHT IS THINKING UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

ROMANS 8:6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;(NIV)

DEVELOPING A STRONG FAITH THAT READILY OVERCOMES DOUBT AND UNBELIEF

1.) Attend consistently to your care group and to Sunday worship for your faith to get stirred up and get nourished.

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

Hebrews 10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

2.) Always read aloud the words of God YAHWEH saturating your mind , brain , heart, soul and whole being.

Note: Develop the habit of Daily Bible Reading

Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

(NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

3.Pray for a strong faith alwaysMatthew 7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be open.

4.) Always declare the words of God or sing especially those verses that say how great the power, love, faithfulness and goodness of our God is when doubt and unbelief are rising up

Note: Add and increase Memory Verses as you receive rhema words.

Psalms 25:10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

Psalms 100:5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Jeremiah 32:17 Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

5.) Daily Renounce in prayer all the deceptions and lies which are the instruments of satan to weaken your faith resulting to doubt and unbelief

Ezekiel 14:6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

6.) Consider all trials as testing of your faith and opportunity to show stronger faith in God

James 1:2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

James 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

James 1:4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything

3 verses that I readily and quickly recite when there is a trial or something not so good happens

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Genesis 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Isaiah 61:7 Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

7.) Listen regularly to anointed preachers who preach faith-building messages as well as Read regularly devotional books by anointed authors that uplift your faith in our great LORD YAHWEH.

Romans 10:17 Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

(NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

8.) Beware of people who neutralize faith in God such as cynical people and “ practical people” not totally living guided by the Scriptures

Note: Get protected and covered by the “ blood of the Lord Jesus “ always and don’t agree with their words and philosophies that emphasise on human abilities and capabilities and not totally depending on our great God YHWH

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

9.) Consider yourself “a blessing to all always” that encourage others always to believe God for the “impossible” .

Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."

1Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

CONCLUSIONMark 10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."(NIV)

Philippians 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.(NIV)