There are times in our lives when we are confronted with a challenge so overwhelming that we struggle to believe that even God can bring about a positive outcome. We recite scripture verses, think positive thoughts, ask our friends to pray for us, and look for the signs of God's positive intervention. We want to believe, but we still have lingering thoughts of failure. What is there about human nature that allows doubt to creep in and the fear of failure to ruin our faith? This state of unbelief has been called by some a doubt storm or as Leonard Sweet calls them, "Faithquakes."

What separates our belief in the promises of God's word from the application of those promises in our daily lives? We confess faith and confidence in the word of God. We say that we have faith but sometimes we will …