Faith

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith

12 questions

"All things whatever you ask in prayer believing, you will receive" (Matthew 21:22). What does this verse mean?
How can one know if they are trusting God or not? If not, how does one learn how to do that?
I am not doing well spiritually. Although I attend the church services, read the Holy Bible, and listen to spiritual songs regularly, yet I do not feel any spiritual…
How do I strengthen my trust in God and faith in Christianity?
"Blessed are those who believed without seeing." Why is it a blessing to believe without seeing?
Can we say that faith grows through doubt? For example, didn't Abraham doubt God by taking matters into his own hands and fathering a child with Hagar...yet we call him…
Why do good things happen to those who don't even believe in God? This person is about to take a very important exam for his career and I had encouraged him to pray for…
" For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word…
I try to ask God or one of his saints to appear before me and to see them with my physical eyes. I prayed for the past week to see Him physically, but there was no…
Why is God always concerned about my faith? I mean before He does something to me, He asks me, "Do you believe?" Why is that?
One of my friends is in love with a non-believer. She is so emotionally attached to him and does not want to put in any effort to stay away from him. She started doubting…
How do I prove God's existence to a non-believer?

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