How to Grow in Your Faith Part Two

Growing in your faith requires action on your part. You will have to make decisions and act on those decisions. You can only grow so much from going to church and sitting in a pew and reading your Bible and praying at home. Don't get me wrong these things are important and should be done.

But growing in your faith requires you to make decisions that STRETCHES your faith. I have practiced this in my life and in my ministry. When I said we were going to build our new sanctuary debt free everybody was not ready to move out in faith. Some worried about the current debt and other things. To make a long story short about a year later the building was finished debt free!!! Believe me that required a lot of faith.

My rule is this: When I am facing two choices and they both are good or Godly, which one requires more faith. That is usually the way I go. It may be the more difficult path but by choosing that path I have to pray more, depend upon God more, and that causes my faith to grow. I have always told God I wanted to be a man of great faith. I don't want to be a person of little faith and I don't want to look back over my life and regret a decision I made simply because I did not have enough faith.

When we were building the Ministry Center Building we were not going to finish the kitchen. One day God said to me: "The only difference between finishing the kitchen now and later is your faith." Guess what, we finished the kitchen. I mean around $7000 worth of cabinets with appliances and all.

Faith decisions will take you out of your comfort zone. I also ask our leaders and others in our church to do things that take them out of their comfort zones. Pastors, you should constantly be challenging and stretching your people's faith. Don't be afraid to ask them to take a step of faith with you. It's part of your responsibility.

So you want to grow in your faith? What is God asking you to do right now that you are afraid to do, that you have been putting off, that you know YOU can't do or that you are fearful of what others might say. Step out and do it. Follow God with everything you have. He is a faith God and wants yours to grow.

Comments

[HELEN]

I'm so inspired by how to step out in faith the way pastor Eric has, I thought I had great faith,but I''ve realized that believing it can be done and trying to do it yourself,is not faith it's contary to God's word. I know I have to do my part but I have to be careful and put God in charge.

[Randy]

Eric:

Does someone need to have at least a sense of direction before stepping out in faith?

For example, the Bible is filled with examples where people believed God gave them direction, yet they had to step out in faith anyhow. Moses is an example.

Then there is a time when the Israelites attacked Ai and were defeated, because they acted presumptuously.

What made you believe you were stepping out in faith, and not acting presumptuously with your project?

[John Pradhan]

Tanks you very much for the encouraging word
God bless