Grow

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 20-21

Dear friends,
These verses speak to building our faith. How do we do that? I don't know about you, but sometimes I read Biblical passages and then think, "how exactly do I apply that?" So, when these verses tell us to build up our faith, what does that mean? What do we do to grow our faith? Here's a few things we can do:

• Ask God for more faith. James 1:5 tells us to ask God for wisdom. God wants us to come to Him. 
• Study the Bible. Read Hebrews 11 and think about the lessons you can learn from those listed in that chapter.
• Live by faith. Trust God. Focus on Him in all things. Apply what you read in the Bible. If you're not sure how to apply it, again, pray. God will lead you.
• Endure trials gracefully, leaning on and trusting in God. Those trials can help us build up our faith!

Faith is important to God. We read over and over in the Old Testament how the Israelites strayed and weren't faithful. We can fall into the same issues. Let's be diligent in growing our faith.

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I hope you all have a blessed Christmas. Have peace in our Savior. Andrea