PATIENT ENOUGH FOR DIVINE FAVOR 5 – ENEMIES OF PATIENCE 3

MONTHLY THEME:
EMPOWERED BY GRACE

THEME SCRIPTURE:
Psa 84:11  
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

OPENING SCRIPTURES
Psa 37:7  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Isa 40:31  But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Heb 6:12  That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

ENEMY 3 – DOUBT

DOUBT: a feeling of uncertainty or a lack of conviction

A. DOUBT UNDERMINES FAITH

Mat 21:21  Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

Jas 2:24  Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Jas 2:25  Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

B. DOUBT DISTABILIZES OUR WALK WITH GOD THROUGH FEAR

Mat 14:29  And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Mat 14:30  But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Mat 14:31  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Jhn 11:16  Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him

Jhn 20:25  The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.