UAMEZ Sermon
How to Grow Your Faith in Jesus
2 Peter 1:5-8
Uploaded to YouTube May 6, 2024
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Work, workouts and even vacations can leave you drained, and if your faith feels stuck, you may be asking how to grow your faith in Jesus. Second Peter lays out a ladder that starts with faith and ends with love: virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness and brotherly affection in between. You build it over a lifetime, like a house, and you do not build it alone. In this sermon, Pastor Kaloma Smith of UAMEZ Church in Palo Alto, California preaches on 2 Peter 1:5-8 and walks through each step of spiritual growth as one part of building a house. It was preached in May 2024. Questions this sermon answers How do I grow my faith in Jesus? Keep adding to it: start with the faith you have, then build virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection and love. What if my faith is not perfect? No one's is. Faith can start as believing more than you doubt, and it firms up like concrete as you see God work. Why should I read the same Bible verses again? Knowledge of God is built in layers, like taping, mudding and painting a wall, and verses keep opening up as you return to them. Is self-control in the Christian life a loss? Pastor Kaloma says it protects you, the way insulation keeps the weather out of a house. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-8 Chapters 0:00 Reach, care and grow: our mission 2:11 Reading 2 Peter 1:5-8 3:24 What drains us and what restores us 7:08 Why growing in Christ matters 12:55 Faith, virtue and knowledge: building the house 22:59 Self-control, steadfastness, godliness and love 36:16 The climb to the mountaintop of faith Join us Sundays at 10 AM PT, 3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306, or live at youtube.com/@uamez Plan your visit: uamez.com Instagram: instagram.com/uamezchurch Facebook: facebook.com/uamezchurch #UAMEZChurch #GrowInFaith #2Peter1
Questions this sermon answers
How do I grow my faith in Jesus?
Keep adding to it: start with the faith you have, then build virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection and love.
What if my faith is not perfect?
No one's is. Faith can start as believing more than you doubt, and it firms up like concrete as you see God work.
Why should I read the same Bible verses again?
Knowledge of God is built in layers, like taping, mudding and painting a wall, and verses keep opening up as you return to them.
Is self-control in the Christian life a loss?
Pastor Kaloma says it protects you, the way insulation keeps the weather out of a house.
What are the chapters in this sermon?
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