Faith, growth in
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· 3 viewsChristians are called to have a growing faith, built up by prayer and the encouragement of others, and also through testing.
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Examples of growing faith
Examples of growing faith
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other,
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Weak faith
Weak faith
Weak faith rebuked
Weak faith rebuked
“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
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Other examples of weak faith
Other examples of weak faith
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Strong faith
Strong faith
Strong faith commended and encouraged
Strong faith commended and encouraged
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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The faith of OT leaders
The faith of OT leaders
Obadiah; Hezekiah
The faith of Christian leaders
The faith of Christian leaders
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See also Stephen; Barnabas; Paul
Paul’s encouragements to Timothy:
Paul’s encouragements to Timothy:
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Other examples of strong faith
Other examples of strong faith
Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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The growth of faith
The growth of faith
Praying for more faith
Praying for more faith
And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
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The encouragement of others
The encouragement of others
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Faith strengthened through testing
Faith strengthened through testing
who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
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