Assurance and Doubt

Assurance and Doubt

For those who trust Christ but fear they are not really his.

Begin Here

You do not have to settle every fear at once. Start with Am I Really His, or choose the question that troubles you.

  1. Am I Really HisGod does not want his children living on guesses. John wrote his first letter to believers so that they would know they have eternal life (1 John 5:13).4 min read
  2. When Sin Will Not LeaveFew things shake a Christian like meeting the same sin again, years after he first wept over it. Your fear draws one conclusion from that. God has drawn another, and he has written it down.5 min read
  3. Fears That Keep You AwakeSome fears come back at night, when the house is quiet and there is nothing to do but think. Each of these has an answer that will not give way under you.5 min read
  4. When God Feels FarThere are seasons when prayer feels like talking to the ceiling and the Bible is only ink. They do not mean that God has gone.4 min read
  5. Doubts and Unwanted ThoughtsSome believers are afraid it is not true, and the question will not leave them alone. Others are afraid of what their own minds keep saying to them.3 min read
  6. When Life BreaksThe diagnosis comes, or the child dies, or the marriage comes apart. Under the grief a harder question rises, about what God thinks of you.3 min read
  7. When Death Comes NearChristians still die, and many of them dread it. Hebrews says the Son of God took flesh and blood for this very reason.3 min read
  8. Safe in His KeepingUnderneath all these fears is the same suspicion, that in the end it all hangs on you. Paul closes Romans 8 by naming everything that could come between a believer and God.3 min read