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Caught in the Doubt | While I Breathe, I Hope | CJ Ward
Monday, 19 October, 2026
What do you do when faith doesn't feel certain anymore? In this message, we look at the story of Doubting Thomas (John 20:24-29) and ask what Jesus actually does when we bring Him our hardest questions — rebuke, or welcome? Using an extended rock-climbing illustration, this message shows how doubt works like a cycle — the more we fear falling, the more likely we are to fall — and how both intellectual doubt (hard questions about Scripture and suffering) and emotional doubt (feeling like God answers everyone's prayers but yours) can multiply in silence and shame. But Jesus doesn't ask us to hide our doubt. He moves toward us in it. Scripture: John 20:24-29 ⛪ New Life Gillette Church | Gillette, WY ️ Series: While I Breathe, I Hope (Week 6) Next Steps: Join a Life Group Connect with our care team Find mental health resources Subscribe for weekly messages from New Life Gillette Church. #WhileIBreatheIHope #NewLifeGillette #GilletteWyoming #DoubtingThomas #John20 #MentalHealth #SundaySermon Chapters (00:00:02) - Introduction and Scripture Reading: John 20 (Doubting Thomas)(00:02:19) - Opening Prayer(00:02:56) - Rock Climbing: Top Rope vs Lead Climbing Explained(00:06:00) - The Danger of Falling in Lead Climbing(00:07:22) - Focus and Fear: Alex Honnold and the Mind's Role(00:09:06) - Doubt as a Self-Fulfilling Cycle(00:10:36) - Thomas's Doubt in Context(00:12:38) - Why Doubt Feels Distant Until You're In It(00:13:26) - Doubt and Mental Illness: Depression and Anxiety Parallels(00:15:22) - Intellectual vs Emotional Doubt(00:19:04) - Personal Struggles with Doubt: Infertility and Loss(00:20:20) - Faith, Therapy, and Mental Health Together(00:22:58) - Satan's Strategy: Shame and Secrecy Around Doubt(00:24:47) - Jesus's Response to Thomas's Doubt(00:26:36) - Climbing Story: The Fall and Being Caught(00:30:51) - Learning to Trust the Belayer (and God)(00:31:26) - Letting Jesus Catch You in Doubt(00:32:13) - Doubt Throughout Scripture and the Call to Honesty(00:34:29) - Closing Prayer
