Browns Bridge Church

We all want to grow our faith.  While there is no one right way to growing spiritually, there are some common themes that can be heard in every faith story.  Years ago some of our staff stumbled across these 5 things that God uses to grow our faith.  We think they are good to know.

What would God think about that? We all do things from time to time we know displease God. And our disobedience leads to discipline from God. But why does he discipline us at all? Why can’t he just look the other way?

A hero sees what everyone sees, but is not content to do what everyone does. Nobody ever feels like a hero. But what separates heroes from the rest of us is choice. Heroes don’t accept the status quo. Heroes take action . . . even when the problem is too big for one person to solve. Heroes leverage what they have and who they are on behalf of other people.

A hero sees what everyone sees, but is not content to do what everyone does. A hero doesn’t let his or her fear stand in the way of saving the day. One of the things we most admire about heroes is their willingness to sacrifice on behalf of others. But that’s also one of the biggest things that gets in the way of us seizing opportunities to be heroes.

When we experience fear in our lives it is easy to assume that we don’t qualify as a hero.  But what if fear is actually a signal that something heroic is about to happen?  What if God is about to do something great in the very place of our fear?  Fear can be a part of our story without being the end of our story.

A hero saves the day. If you believe Hollywood, a hero saves the planet. That makes heroism seem inaccessible to most of us. But with a single question, Jesus made hero status available to us all. He also took away our excuses for not accessing our heroic potential.