Doubt & Assurance

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… Some seem to think that a state of doubt is a state of discretion. It is a state of folly! Full assurance of the faithfulness and truthfulness of …

Morning, August 1

Ru 2:2

… the Holy One of Israel.” How canst thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this? Thou mayest gather ten thousand such golden ears as these! “I have …

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… But how can we bless God? Without doubt the less is blessed of the Greater. Can the Greater be blessed by the less? Yes, but it must be …

Morning, February 2

Heb 9:22

… every other holy grace. “Oh! how sweet to view the flowing Of my Saviour’s precious blood; With divine assurance knowing He has made my peace with God.”

Evening, August 21

Is 45:19

… In our text we have an assurance that God will answer prayer, because he hath “ not said unto the seed of Israel, Seek ye me in vain.” You …

Morning, June 28

Heb 12:2

… All these are thoughts about self, and we shall never find comfort or assurance by looking within. But the Holy Spirit turns our eyes entirely away from self …

Evening, April 24

Song 2:12

… of gratitude, far more melodious than the warbling of birds—and the comforting assurance of peace, infinitely more delightful than the turtle’s note, is heard within the …

Evening, October 14

Ro 12:2

… Would you attain the full assurance of faith? you cannot gain it while you commune with sinners. Would you flame with vehement love? Your love will be damped …

Evening, October 18

1Sa 15:22

… of offering sacrifice to God; but Samuel met him at once with the assurance that sacrifices were no excuse for an act of direct rebellion. The sentence before …

Evening, February 17

Eze 35:10

… What comfort this assurance yields us in our troubles and spiritual conflicts! We are constantly opposed, and yet perpetually preserved! How often Satan shoots his arrows against our …

Morning, October 18

Ps 65:11

… Much alone, and you will have much assurance; little alone with Jesus, your religion will be shallow, polluted with many doubts and fears, and not sparkling with the …

Morning, February 14

2Ki 25:30

… It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you . In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God …

Morning, June 24

Lu 11:27-28

… heart, that he keepeth back nothing which is profitable to us; his own assurance is, “If it were not so, I would have told you.” Doth he not …

Morning, October 25

2Jn 2

… What a thousand mercies are wrapped up in the assurance that the truth will be with us forever; will be our living support, our dying comfort, our rising …

Morning, February 25

Mt 3:7

… falling, they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness …

The Stone Rolled Away

Matthew 28:2

… In the ascent to immortality the stone of doubt, uncertainty and unbelief stopped all progress. Who could remove the awful mass and bring life and immortality to light …

Morning, March 17

Ga 2:10

… least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Surely this assurance is sweet enough, and this motive strong enough to lead us to help others …

The Smoke Of Their Torments

Genesis 19:27

… The assurance that God is just, even in the midst of His hot displeasure, must ever be cherished. The Judge of all the earth cannot but do right …

Evening, September 18

Jn 10:27

… The presence of Jesus is the assurance of eternal salvation, because he lives, we shall live also. We should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the paths …

The Believing Thief

Luke 23:42-43

… plainest assurance, he says, "Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise." In this he had an absolutely indisputable assurance that though …

Morning, December 20

Je 31:3

… has been a fact so clear and sure, that they could no more doubt it than they could question their own existence. Yes, beloved believer, you and I …

The Wordless Book

Psalm 51:7

… I do not mean that despair which arises from unbelief, but that self-despair which is so near akin to confidence in Christ. The more God enables you …

Evening, May 16

2Ki 3:16-17

… This must be done in faith, in the full assurance that the blessing is about to descend. By-and-by there was a singular bestowal of the needed …

Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12

… Do you not believe in full assurance? Are there not some who know that they are saved beyond all doubt? Yes, blessed be God, I hope there are …

The Centurion's Faith and Humility

Luke 7:6-8

… Deep as was this man's contrition, overwhelming as was his sense of utter worthlessness, he did not doubt for a moment either the power or the willingness …

The Prayer of Jabez

… There is a great difference between presumption and full assurance. Full assurance is reasonable: it is based on solid ground. Presumption takes for granted, and with brazen face …

The Sinner's Savior

Luke 19:7

… The very day that He called him, by His Grace, He gave him full assurance—at any rate I should not want any better assurance than Zacchaeus received …

The Well-Beloved

… Now would I lift the veil a second time, with deep solemnity, not so much to suggest emotions as to secure your intelligent assurance of the fact that …

The Former and the Latter Rain

Jeremiah 5:24

… We fancied that our souls' battle was over, that we were out of gunshot of the devil and doubt—whereas the fight was just commencing—a fight never …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… Brothers and Sisters, I pray you to suspect that it is presumption and not the full assurance of faith if you are always "going," but never "weeping." I …

Everyday Usefulness

John 1:42

… He that speaks doubtingly of what he would convince another, asks that other to doubt his testimony. Be positive in your experience and your assurance, for this will …

A Cure for a Weak Heart

Psalm 31:24

… I like to hear a child of God speak of the full assurance of faith, for full assurance is the proper tone of an educated faith. He that …

An Exhortation By Rev. C.H. Spurgeon

2 Samuel 11:1

… Dear Friends, far from depreciating the full assurance of faith, we know that it is our strength and our joy. But there is a temptation connected with it …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… to chase away all wicked unbelief from us. Our fathers ate manna and doubted; we feed upon Thee and are filled with assurance. And had given them of …

The Hope Laid Up In Heaven

Colossians 1:5

… Truly, "it does not yet appear what we shall be," but when we think of the matchless Character of our Lord Jesus, we are overjoyed by the assurance …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… You can scarcely believe, much less reach to full assurance. You scarcely feel enough life to exhibit the tenderness you sigh for and you cannot reach to the …

'Ever This Our War Cry—victory, Victory!'

Isaiah 53:12

… With all the wit, and craft, and unbelief, and pride, and lust of man. With all the foul devices and cruelties, and wickedness of the devil, and all …

'He Blessed Him There'

Genesis 32:29

… But one of them represents Jacob as trying most lustily to give his an- tagonist a back fall and, no doubt, he did tax his strength to the …

Hearing With Heed

Mark 4:24

… I am saved, I am sure of it," you shall have a double quantity of assurance given to you, till you get to "full assurance of faith," for …

Jesus Only

Matthew 17:8

… Alas, that there should be so many who with strange perversity of unbelief twist every promise into a threatening, and out of every gracious word that drips with …