{"id":1632,"date":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2026\/04\/27\/how-to-deal-with-spiritual-doubt\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:00:00","slug":"how-to-deal-with-spiritual-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/2026\/04\/27\/how-to-deal-with-spiritual-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Thing To Do When Doubts Come Creeping In"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThey told him, \u201cWe have seen the Lord!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he replied, \u2018I won\u2019t 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.<\/em>\u2019\u201d – John 20:25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think Thomas gets a bad rap. The \u201cdoubting\u201c disciple, over the millennia, has come to epitomize the human struggle to believe without physical evidence of the risen Christ. But I love that Jesus received Thomas\u2019 skepticism as “honest doubt” or a desire for truth, and that desire ultimately led to Thomas\u2019 impassioned declaration of Jesus’ divinity, “My Lord and my God!”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As believers during this modern age, we have a lot more information about the resurrection than Thomas and the disciples did in the chaotic days following the crucifixion. And so, maybe we don\u2019t doubt the resurrection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But do any of us ever find it hard to believe that Jesus sees us through eyes of love? I do. Or that he has utterly forgiven the sins of our past? I sometimes find it hard to imagine. Or, that he continues to forgive our sins in the present? Here’s my confession; I sometimes doubt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I struggle with doubt, I remember the story in the New Testament<\/a> about the man whose son was oppressed by demons. When Jesus asked him if he believed, the man said, \u201cyes, Lord. But help me overcome my disbelief!\u201c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How I want to be like this man! Honest enough to admit my doubt (even though Jesus already knows), and humble enough to ask Jesus\u2019 help in overcoming them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to confessing our doubts, Jesus does not turn away sincere seekers; He engages them, as He did with Thomas. He gently says to us, “Stop doubting and believe”. He invites us to touch His wounds, transforming our doubt into worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Brooks<\/a>
Evening Show Host, STAR 99.1 | Listen Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to confessing our doubts, Jesus does not turn away sincere seekers; He engages them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":1633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,28],"class_list":["post-1632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-encouragement","tag-inspiration"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 07:55:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftingstar.com\/star1015denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}