Quotes about Doubt

In your weakness, worry, doubt, and fear, he pleads to the Father in your defense.

Many people have talked to me about God in the middle of difficulties, and after listening to them, I have been struck that, if I believed in the "God" they described, I wouldn't run to him for help either, and I'd be in a panic

Here's the bottom line: you and I struggle with the faithfulness of God, not because he has been unfaithful, but because we have.

Awelessness that leads me to question God's power and character will cause me to take my life into my own hands, and because I have taken my life into my own hands, I will rebel against what God calls me to

You and I have all the power in the world to doubt and no independent power at all to believe. So if you are living by faith, don't proudly pat yourself on the back as if you did something great. No, raise your eyes and your hands toward heaven and thank God for gifting you with the desire and ability to believe.

What will it be for you today—the discontent of doubt and fear or the contentment of peace and rest?

if your faith is based on your ability to fully understand your past, present, and future, then your moments of confusion will become moments of weakening faith.

The central lie of Satan to all God's suffering children comes in the form of this question: "Where is your God now?" The lie embedded in this question is that our suffering is clear evidence that we have been forsaken by God.

The minute your functional theology tells you that God is not good, it's very hard to hold on to the confessional theology that declares he is.

The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt. (190)

Faith includes both an immediate awareness of something unconditional and the courage to take the risk of uncertainty upon itself. Faith says "Yes" in spite of the anxiety of "No." Biblical Religion and the Search for Ultimate Reality

Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.