childlike faith
Unquestioning simple belief
Childlike faith is trust that is simple, unquestioning, and wholehearted—the kind of belief a child places in a parent's promises.
The phrase appears most often in religious contexts, where it describes spiritual devotion uncomplicated by doubt or intellectual reservation: She approached prayer with childlike faith.
The term implies innocence rather than naivety, suggesting such trust is admirable rather than foolish.
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- pure heartMorally unblemished intentions
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- blind trustComplete unquestioning confidence
awe · wide-eyed wonder · trust · surrender · letting go · wonder · simplicity · grace · Sunday school · gratitude · listening · reverence · openness · open arms · vulnerability · prayerfulness · purity · belief
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
childlike faithskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
doubt · disbelief · incredulity · distrust · cynicism
childlike faithjadedness
Dulled enthusiasm from excess
nihilism · cynicism · disillusionment · bitterness · disenchantment
child, childish, childishly, childishness, children, childless, childlessness, childhood, childlike