Is Any Of This True?
Taking the question seriously.
For anyone quietly wondering.
The big idea
Faith that has never been questioned has usually never been owned.
Opening scripture
“At once the boy's father cried out in tears: I believe — help me with my unbelief.”
What does “Is Any Of This True?” walk through?
I Believe, Help My Unbelief
Mark 9:24 · KJV
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
In plain English
At once the boy's father cried out in tears: I believe — help me with my unbelief.
Jesus Did Not Flinch
The father admits belief and unbelief in one sentence, and Jesus helps him anyway. Nothing in the response suggests he needed a better grade of faith first.
Ask For Wisdom
James 1:5 · KJV
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
In plain English
When you don’t know what to do, ask God for wisdom. He gives generously without shaming you.
“God is not fragile. Your hardest question will not hurt him.”
Substance Of Things Hoped For
Hebrews 11:1 · KJV
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
In plain English
Faith means trusting what God promised even when you can’t see it yet. It’s confidence anchored in hope.
Faith Is Not Certainty
Scripture defines faith as confidence about what is unseen — a category that assumes you cannot see it. Doubt is not the opposite of that. Pretending is.
Search Me
Psalms 139:23 · KJV
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
In plain English
Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know what I am thinking.
Pray
God, if you are there, meet me in the honest question. Amen.
Write it down
What question have you been afraid to say out loud?
Ask it
Bring the real question. He can take it.
Which passages does this journey use?
4 passages, drawn from Mark 9:24, James 1:5, Hebrews 11:1, Psalms 139:23. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 7 minutes for the whole thing, or 8 short sittings.
- Mark 9:24
- James 1:5
- Hebrews 11:1
- Psalms 139:23
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
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