{"id":3104,"date":"2016-12-18T21:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2016-12-18T21:44:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T21:44:47","slug":"do-not-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/12\/18\/do-not-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u200b<span style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;orphans:2;widows:2;\">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. &#8211; Matthew 21:21<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Doubt. <i>Diakrino<\/i>. To waver. To try. To hesitate. To learn by discrimination. To withdraw from one. To separate one&#8217;s self in a hostile spirit. To be at variance with one&#8217;s self.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">You already have faith. But you also have doubt, which is counteracting everything you&#8217;re believing for.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Doubt is blatant and doubt is subtle. It&#8217;s there like a single dandelion and it&#8217;s there like a thousand dandelions overrunning your garden.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">It&#8217;s there as an anomaly as well as part of the furniture.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Doubt is a spiritual cancer that deserves to be eliminated with the same ruthless intolerance of a full regiment of chemo and radiotherapy.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Some kinds of doubt (unbelief) go out by prayer and fasting. (Mark 9:29) Others, perhaps by other means.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">But whatever you do, do not doubt.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><i><b>Don&#8217;t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith. <\/b><\/i>&#8211; Elizabeth Elliott<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><i>Do not doubt yourself, for where doubt resides, confidence cannot. <\/i>&#8211; Jim Rohn<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><b><i>Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. <\/i><\/b>&#8211; Anon<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><i>Doubt can only be removed by action. &#8211; <\/i>Goethe<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><b><i>Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit and think about it. Go out and get busy.<\/i><\/b> &#8211; Dale Carnegie<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we might oft win by fearing to attempt. &#8211; William Shakespeare<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><b><i>If you&#8217;re afraid, don&#8217;t do it. If you&#8217;re doing it, don&#8217;t be afraid.<\/i><\/b> &#8211; Genghis Khan<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><i>When in doubt, don&#8217;t.<\/i> &#8211; Benjamin Franklin<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"orphans:2;widows:2;\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\"><b><i>Do or do not. 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