{"id":4383,"date":"2026-03-06T03:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T03:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:56:48","slug":"thomas-from-doubt-to-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/thomas-from-doubt-to-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas \u2013 From Doubt to Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, March 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas \u2013 From Doubt to Declaration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Unless I see\u2026 I will not believe<\/em>. <strong>John 20:25, NIV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thomas is often remembered by one word: Doubting. In the Gospel of John 20, he struggled to believe the resurrection without physical proof. His flaw? Skepticism. His mess? Honest doubt. But Jesus didn\u2019t shame him. He invited him closer: \u201cPut your finger here.\u201d And Thomas responded with one of the strongest declarations in Scripture: \u201cMy Lord and my God!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doubt, when brought to Jesus, becomes deeper faith. Tradition holds that Thomas carried the gospel far beyond Jerusalem. The doubter became a missionary.<\/p>\n<p>In this Year of Purpose, don\u2019t hide your questions, bring them to Christ. Honest wrestling can produce unshakable conviction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>Lord, meet me in my questions. Where doubt lingers, reveal Yourself. Strengthen my faith through encounters, not just information. Turn my uncertainty into a bold confession. I declare that You are my Lord and my God. In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, March 6 Thomas \u2013 From Doubt to Declaration Unless I see\u2026 I will not believe. John 20:25, NIV Thomas is often remembered by one word: Doubting. In the Gospel of John 20, he struggled to believe the resurrection without physical proof. His flaw? Skepticism. His mess? Honest doubt. But Jesus didn\u2019t shame him. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4389,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4383\/revisions\/4389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}