What rock do I place my faith in? Where do I find assurance that God is real?

What knowledge do I ground my faith in? Given that God is real, I can see how his commands lead to true satisfaction (and I personally feel that), I also see how achieving new purposes and freedom is available in Christ, I can see how that given that God is real how his commands are the truth.

I've been suffering with doubts for quite a while, but , see how relevant the Bible is, and I love the idea, frankly if God weren't real I'd be kinda disappointed because I love the idea. I can see the wonderful promises in the Bible, promises of being back in communion with God, life and life to the full. 

I feel peace and satisfaction of the idea of God. Before my doubts I would call myself a christian. In fact my Facebook status says "full time follower of Christ", and yes I've asked forgiveness of my sins, and yes I understand the difference between following religion and a discipleship with Christ. I understand it and I see how religion puts you in bondage while Jesus leads to true life (as Jefferson Bethke says.)

I just don't know where to put my faith, what to anchor it on, what rock to wrap it around? Where do I find assurance that God is real?
 
I do understand not to place faith on feelings, but now i'm just wondering...well what do I place it on? You see I've suffered from doubts that God is real for quite a while, I could be singing praises in church one moment and then BAM...my heads full of doubts, and I find myself questioning if he is real.

I should also note that around that time I didn't study the Bible...or at least VERY little, my prayer life was good, but I didn't see the importance of it, but recently I've been getting better, and I can see how that given that God is real, how he would use these doubts to better my relationship with him, and I'm seeing more of a reason to pray earnestly (to get rid of the doubt)......but now I've hit a wall, I find myself waiting on God, waiting for him to show himself to me or show me where I can find the rock to which my faith can cling when the sea bellows roar (I'm in the boys brigade). Please help, 

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