3 WAYS TO GROW IN YOUR FAITH
Faith is an adventure that Jesus calls us to. It’s about life and any living thing is a growing thing. Faith is active, not passive – it’s an adventure! At FBC we exist to help people find and follow Jesus, we want to help you find and follow Jesus, we want to journey with you to help you grow in your faith.
It’s such a big thing that we can often struggle to know where to start or what to do next. We’ve identified 3 areas that we think are crucial for us if we want to keep growing and to keep going on this adventure. If you are starting out on this journey then picking one of these areas to invest in is a good place to start. If you are further down this road, you probably need to ensure you working on all 3.
Intentional Community
Spiritual growth happens best in the context of community, in fact we believe that you can’t grow spiritually unless you are connected relationally. Intentional community is about having a group of people around you with whom you can be open, honest and real. It’s the people you can let your guard down with, the people with whom you can be vulnerable. Its people who can encourage, support, challenge and care for you and for who you can do the same.
Who comes to mind for you for this? Who are the people who are there for you and who you are there for? Who are the people who know you, really know, who are the people who are in your corner, who are the people who will tell you what you need to hear, even if you don’t want to hear it? That’s intentional community, it’s not about just meeting up with people, it’s about being intentional with them to help each other grow in your faith
Healthy Habits
Most of us don’t like the word discipline, but we do recognise the importance of it. Personal disciplines are those healthy habits that we need to employ as part of the development of our faith. Its things like reading the bible for ourselves, praying by ourselves and other habits like giving, fasting, worship and so on. If you want to grow in your faith you have to engage in personal disciplines. Establishing helpful rhythms can help with this, perhaps that’s getting into the habit of finding some time each day or at regular points throughout your week to spend time with God.
Whilst you do have to do this for yourself, you don’t have to do it by yourself – being in intentional community can help you – either by learning from others or by finding time to do this with others.
Active Faith
Faith is an adventure that Jesus calls us to. It’s about life and any living thing is a growing thing. Faith is active, not passive – it’s an adventure! At FBC we exist to help people find and follow Jesus, we want to help you find and follow Jesus, we want to journey with you to help you grow in your faith.
It’s such a big thing that we can often struggle to know where to start or what to do next. We’ve identified 3 areas that we think are crucial for us if we want to keep growing and to keep going on this adventure. If you are starting out on this journey then picking one of these areas to invest in is a good place to start. If you are further down this road, you probably need to ensure you working on all 3.