Five Faith Catalysts

When you read the Gospels, it is clear that Jesus’s agenda is for us to be people of great faith. The size of our faith can be measured with the question, “What would I do if I were confident God is with me?” Wrestling with this question is an important step in your faith journey—we believe God is most honored by us living an active, in-spite-of-anything-that-happens faith. When we talk about people’s faith, we are essentially referring to their confidence in God.

Everyone’s faith journey is different, but there are some common elements that have helped shape each person’s spiritual life. Below are the five catalysts God uses to grow our faith.

Practical Teaching

It’s one thing to believe and enjoy practical teaching. But gaining knowledge is not enough to grow our faith—applying it is.

Providential Relationships

Sometimes it seems God drops someone into our lives at just the right time. The defining moments and seasons of our lives usually revolve around those providential relationships.

Private Disciplines

There is no progress without discipline. And many times, what begins as an "ought to" becomes a "want to."

Pivotal Circumstances

Wrinkle-free days usually don’t create great faith, because we don’t know what we actually believe until what we claim to believe is tested. Those unexpected things life throws our way can end up being pivotal circumstances in our faith journeys.

Personal Ministry

Nothing causes us to depend on God more than pushing through our inadequacies to help other people. When we serve in a ministry we take personally, we experience God’s power and faithfulness.

Remember, your spiritual depth is not measured by what you know, but by what you do with what you know. An active faith looks different in every season of life, and leveraging the five faith catalysts will allow you to continue to grow.