Built Faith Tough

What would your life look like if you trusted God to leverage whatever happens—both good and bad—for His plan? How might you respond differently to life's obstacles, stresses, temptations, and worries if you absolutely knew that God was in control? In our new series, “Built Faith Tough” we’ll discuss six things God uses to grow our faith. Specifically, our study zeroes in on how God uses trials, relationships, scripture, generosity, the church, and the Holy Spirit to develop us. Your faith matters to God, and He's committed to helping you grow spiritually.

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Built Faith Tough | Lesson 1: Indiscriminate Adversity

Week 1 |

Suffering happens to everyone, right? Suffering, pain, hurt, and trials have impacted every person who is alive, has been alive, or will be alive... No one is immune. As we begin our study, Shawn Walden talks about suffering from the perspective of James 1. He also challenges us to consider a unique question: How can God leverage suffering to grow my faith?

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Built Faith Tough | Lesson 2: Iron Sharpening Iron

Week 2 |

We live out the majority of our lives within the context of our relationships. As a matter of fact, relationships are at the very center of our most joyful moments and greatest regrets. Why? God created us as relational beings. In week 2 of our study, Sarah Martensen helps us to process the way God uses relationships to deepen our faith.

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Built Faith Tough | Lesson 3: It is Written...

Week 3 |

To some, the Bible is a book full of mythical stories with a few helpful morals. For others, the Bible is outdated, irrelevant, and duplicitous in its claims. However, those of us who are Christians view God's Word as a catalyst that ignites our faith over and over again. As we enter the 3rd week of our study, Caleb Kaltenbach encourages our faith by discussing why the Bible is trustworthy and how it has actually improved society.

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Built Faith Tough | Lesson 4: Inescapable Test

Week 4 |

"Does it really matter if I give or tithe? Doesn't God already own everything? Why does He need anything from me?" These are questions that many Christians ask on a regular basis. Whether we know it or not, giving back to God matters... a lot. It's not enough for us to study the Bible and build good relationships, we need to cultivate a generous mindset. In part 4 of our series, Kawika Keliikuli draws from Malachi 3 to talk about the role that generosity plays in the development of our faith. As we learn from his lesson, when our generosity intersects with God's faithfulness, our faith grows tremendously.

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Built Faith Tough | Lesson 5: The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

Week 5 |

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood but important elements of both our salvation and journey as a believer is the person of the Holy Spirit. He is not only the 3rd person of the Trinity, He's our guide, counselor, comforter, advocate, teacher, and intercessor when we pray, among the many other roles He plays in our life. Who is He? What does He do? As we head into the 5th week of our series, Irene Kendrick helps us to understand how the Holy Spirit encourages our faith as few can do.

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