19/01/2025
Sunday, 19 January 2025
BUILDING YOUR FAITH IN GOD
faith in God can involve studying the Bible, praying, and putting God's word into action. It can also involve trusting God in difficult times, and growing through service.
Study the Bible
Romans 10:17, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”
• Read the Bible to learn about God and how he has helped people in the past
• Pray about what Bible study to do, or which books of the Bible to study
Pray
• Pray about every step you take in your faith journey
• Ask God to reveal himself to you
• Ask God's spirit to guide you
Put God's word into action Put God's word into practice in your life, Be generous toward others, Trust God in difficult times, and Grow and strengthen your faith through service.
WAYS TO GROW YOUR FAITH
1. Read the Word.
The Bible is a book that is intended to produce faith in you.
these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31). When you read the scriptures, you are taking in truth about what God is like and what He has done. It is a testimony to His character and work in this world. Paul wrote in Romans 10:17, “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” If you want to strengthen your faith, you must have a regular diet of reading the Bible. I highly recommend a reading plan that will allow you to read through the Bible in a year. The YouVersion app provides many options.
Saturate your mind with God’s Word (Rom. 10:17; I Pet. 2:2)
Prov. 14:12). Let’s be honest for a moment. How is stubbornness and pride working out for us? Pride and selfishness keeps us from God and greater faith in God. God is eternal love, perfect justice, strong joy, and peace that passes all understanding. Why would we run from that? We need God!
2. Put the Word into practice.
The Bible is full of instructions and commands for every area of our lives: relationships, money, sexuality, temptation, worry, anger and fear. Its testimony is simple–obey it and you will find life. Jesus put it this way, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock” (Matthew 7:24-25). When you put the words of the Bible into practice, you will see your life slowly start to change, and your faith will grow in the process. You will find that doing life God’s way simply works.
3. Surround yourself with people of faith.
One of my favorite sayings regarding relationships is, “Show me your friends, and I will show you your future.”
King Solomon put it this way, “Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble” (Proverbs 13:20)
Take a moment to think about the people you spend the most time with. Do they have a stronger faith than you? If not, your faith will not grow. You and I must get around people who believe in God and believe that He is at work in this world. Their faith will rub off on us.
5. The more we allow God control of our lives, the more we begin to trust God with our lives (Col. 2:6-7).
Faith increases through genuine relationship with God. Faith is not grown in the lion’s den, but rather practiced in the lion’s den. Faith increases in the small daily choices of Bible reading, prayer, church attendance, Bible study, teachableness, and a surrendered heart. Yet we sometimes only give thought for greater faith in the midst of crisis and are okay with little relationship with God during times of comfort.
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