Please help me to believe

[Blaise N]

hi everyone
I’m having so much anxiety

I’m scared about not being able to believe,it seems so hard for someone like me to just simply believe in Jesus.I refuse to accept anything of this world and all its skepticism of the Bible,I encounter it all the time.I worry why I just can’t have the faith to simply believe.And it seems like I can’t even pray to believe because God only hears the prayers of believers.I feel like I’m in the dark

 

[spiritfilledjm]

hi everyone
I’m having so much anxiety

I’m scared about not being able to believe,it seems so hard for someone like me to just simply believe in Jesus.I refuse to accept anything of this world and all its skepticism of the Bible,I encounter it all the time.I worry why I just can’t have the faith to simply believe.And it seems like I can’t even pray to believe because God only hears the prayers of believers.I feel like I’m in the dark

Read through your past posts and the comments. You do believe.

 

[Tempura]

We don't have to trust in the strength of our own faith. Our strength, no matter where it lies, is as imperfect as we are. We can trust and hope in God and Christ even with our unbelief. In fact that's where always go to, even when I'm riddled with doubt, I go to the God I'm doubting, give it to Him, and ask Him to take care of my faith and me. Dependence. We must go to Him as we are. You'll be given plenty of faith. It's like tree that grows, and we don't always know how. Don't be afraid to pray, it's quite alright. He is pulling you, after all, and He wants everyone to come to Him. We all go to Him as sinners. Christ leaves the 99 and goes after the sheep that wandered away, He will catch that sheep and carry it home.

Growing in faith is hard, and if one suffers from anxiety and if fear motivates our thoughts, it's even harder. But in the end it's not about us or our strength, it's about Christ and what He did and does, and it's about His strength, not ours. You can hope in His name, like a child, even if your faith is weak, and even if you're afraid. Also, I think you believe more than you know. You're merely doubting your own strength and understanding when it comes to God. I'd say it's not a bad thing, as it keeps one humble, but you don't have to make it into a weapon against yourself, nor should you judge the character of God, who gave His Son for you, through your anxiety and terror. You will learn, in time.


"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us"

 

[com7fy8]

I worry why I just can’t have the faith to simply believe.And it seems like I can’t even pray to believe because God only hears the prayers of believers.I feel like I’m in the dark

"casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)