It’s in 2 Peter 1:5 that Peter tells us there are essential things to add to our faith. In fact, he goes on to say in 1:8 that if we don’t add to (or upgrade) our faith, we’ll end up with a faith that’s totally ineffective. One of the upgrades …

Yesterday’s good decisions were helpful — but they have little value today if we don’t persevere. If we give up now, all may be lost. Perseverance is more than patience. It always has three elements: waiting, pressure, and promise. Today we explore those three things to find how we can …

The Apostle Peter tells us one of the “essential upgrades” to our faith is self-control. And we’re not talking about human willpower on steroids. This kind of self-control is part of a spiritual (and even supernatural) lifestyle, empowered by God himself. It’s where our decisions come into agreement with our …

Did you know you can build confidence in your faith? The Bible tells us we can do this by serving well. The reverse is also true: people who never serve run the risk of being filled with doubt. Today we explore what serving well looks like (and what it doesn’t …

We are continuing in our series of Upgrading our Faith and today our missionary and Pastor, Joel, teaches us about another way we can upgrade our faith – and that is by praying. While ALL prayer is communication with God, there are MANY different kinds of prayers that we discover …

We know that God reveals Himself to us, so it’s our responsibility to keep our eyes open and watch for what God would reveal to us. We have to take responsibility to be reading the Bible and to quiet ourselves to listen to the Holy Spirit. And after we receive …

Today, Pastor Lisa shares about the HOW – How do we take what we hear from scripture about goodness, godliness, perseverance and love and add to our faith so that we can be people who are effective and productive? We will be learning together over the next few weeks on …

If faith is the operating system of Christian belief, and God’s promises are the code, then love is absolutely the language in which it’s written. Love is central to how our faith in Jesus is to be lived out. Without it, no matter how smart or spiritually powerful we are, …

Forgiveness is one of the most challenging upgrades to our faith — but it’s essential if we want to live free from the brokenness others have splashed onto our lives. And it’s essential if we’re to have a faith that’s useful and effective. But it’s hard! So what actually is …

Faith that doesn’t grow will just stop working. It becomes useless. So God’s word tells us to add to our faith — or upgrade it. And the first upgrade that’s needed is goodness, because faith alone doesn’t make us good. And to upgrade to a faith that’s good requires us …