Today we are going to talk about believing versus doubting.

And I know we've talked about this before here, but man, we need it.

You are listening to Made for this.

I'm Jenny Allen.

Let's go.

Something that nobody ever told me in the church. At least I don't remember anybody ever telling me

before that doubt was part of our faith. The doubt would be struggles and seasons that we go through

in our faith. I remember reading Pilgrim's Progress and I was in awe of his journey because he became a

Christian pretty early on, and yet he falls into the pit of despondency and discouragement,

which a lot of you are in. He goes and gets locked into the castle of doubt, and he goes through

these difficulties, and I remember, though, believing that it was supposed to

kind of be up and to the right. Like our Christian faith is supposed to go, you know, straight up,

straight line with some struggles. But, you know, you get stronger through the struggles. And as you go,

you just, your faith grows. And I don't remember hearing about the doubt.

And so when I encountered it and when I went through it, I didn't feel equipped for it.

And that's what I want to talk about today.

Because being a healthy person, it isn't just about our physical bodies and it isn't

just about our emotional lives and our relational lives.

It's about our relationship with God.

And our relationship with God exclusively exists in this place of faith.

Like, what is faith?

And do we believe he's real?

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