How Do I Know I Believe?

Some days you feel strong in your faith. Other days, you wonder if you even believe at all. You read your Bible and it feels distant. You pray, and it’s quiet. You see others walking confidently with God, and you start to wonder if you’re faking it.

In this episode, Donnie gets honest about the doubts many Christians carry but rarely say out loud. What does it really mean to believe? Can faith survive the seasons when you feel nothing? How can you cling to God when your emotions betray you?

Through Scripture and personal reflection, this episode reminds you that real faith isn’t about feeling certain — it’s about holding on to God’s Word when everything in you wants to let go.

• What if believing doesn’t always feel like believing?
• Have you ever wondered if you’re just pretending to have faith?
• How can you know your faith is real when life feels uncertain?
• What do you do when your heart says “I believe,” but your doubts shout louder?

This episode is for every weary believer who loves Jesus but still wrestles with questions — and needs to hear again that even when you struggle to hold on to God, He never stops holding on to you.

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Episode 28: The Beauty of the Broken — How God Uses Our Scars to Heal Others

Have you ever wondered why God didn’t erase the scars after the healing?
Why He lets the reminders stay?

In this episode of the OnePastor Podcast, Donnie Lafferty opens up about the deep beauty hidden inside our brokenness — and how God turns wounds into witnesses. This isn’t a message about pretending the pain never happened. It’s about learning how grace seeps through the cracks.

💔 You’ll hear:

• Why scars aren’t signs of failure — they’re proof of survival.
• How God uses your story to help someone else find hope.
• What the Bible reveals about redemption through pain.
• The difference between healing from something and healing through something.

This conversation is raw, hopeful, and honest — the kind that meets you where you really are.
If you’ve ever thought your story disqualified you, this episode will remind you that your scars are the very place God’s light shines through.

✨ “The world doesn’t need polished perfection. It needs real people who have walked through fire and still love Jesus.”

Listen to Episode 28 — The Beauty of the Broken.
Because sometimes, the most powerful ministry begins with a scar.

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Life is full of ups and downs — and sometimes, it feels like more downs than ups. We chase happiness, but it slips through our fingers. The Bible never promises constant happiness — it promises something deeper. In this episode, Donnie opens up about the difference between happiness and true, lasting joy, and how God uses even sorrow to shape a peace the world can’t steal.

With Scripture, real talk, and personal reflection, Donnie explores why joy isn’t a mood — it’s a miracle. He looks at what it means to live with both pain and praise, to grieve yet still trust, and to find that quiet strength that holds steady when everything else falls apart.

Teaser Questions:

• What if joy isn’t something you feel — but something you choose?
• Why does God let our happiness fade at times?
• Can peace and pain really live in the same heart?
• What does it look like to live with joy that can’t be shaken, even when life is?

This episode is for the believer who’s tired of pretending everything’s okay — and ready to discover that real joy doesn’t depend on how you feel, but on Who you’re anchored to.

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Thanks for listening. Eyes on Jesus.