Simply Ask (and Answer)

1. What specific false thoughts or disturbing emotions hinder me when I don't trust (fully grasp) that God has this particular attribute?
2. Although my conscious mind may agree that God has this attribute, does my outward life demonstrate that he is like this?

Try these questions out on the glory and majesty of God, the wisdom and sovereignty of God, the love and mercy of God. Spend time thinking and you will begin to see that many of our most personal and practical problems are doctrinal ones. Either we don't grasp the truth or we don't connect it to our lives so that it creates "soundness," or spiritual health, in us.

~ Gospel Coalition

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/03/19/why-studying-doctrine-is-the-best-medicine/

Doctrine & Spiritual Health?

But Paul doesn't simply say that right doctrine is necessary; it's also "sound." The Greek word he uses here means healthy rather than diseased. This is Paul's way of saying wrong doctrine eats away at your spiritual health. Or, to put it another way, if you lack spiritual vitality and fruit, if you're not courageous enough, or joyful enough, or filled with love and hope, it may be because your grasp of biblical doctrine is shallow and thin, or distorted and mistaken. ~ Gospel Coalition

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/03/19/why-studying-doctrine-is-the-best-medicine/