The value of religious experience for the individual

Faith restoring

• Both one's own and other's religious experiences can be of value to the individual
• If one's own faith is struggling and doubt is setting in, having a religious experience can clearly remove doubts and renew faith
• A testimony of someone's religious experience may lead to one's own renewal of faith as they hear how God has influenced that person's life

Strengthening faith in the face of opposition

• An individual's faith may be strengthened in the face of opposition as they hear of religious experiences that believers had when they faced opposition
• It may be accounts…