Articles about Faith

Applying Atomic Habits to Spiritual Growth

Atomic Habits by James Clear is an incredible book about how to grow and become the person that you want to be. It is a general purpose book that can be applied to anything; but the real power comes from using Atomic Habits to grow spiritually and intentionally develop great faith.

Scriptures on Faith

Let's take a journey through several scriptures on faith that describe what faith is, where it comes from and how it can grow!

Jehovah Rabah - The God who Multiplies

God has many names in the Bible. We never see Him explicitly called "The God who Multiplies" but we do see this in His character and the call He places in His followers in bearing fruit.

The Story of Great Faith

This is the story about how I decided to purchase greatfaith.com and start this ministry.

What is Faith?

Faith allows us to see things that are eyes cannot see. It gives us vision to see the future we hope for and things that are invisible. With faith we have confidence to face uncertainty knowing that God will provide for our needs when our own power is not sufficient.

Spiritual Warfare In Marriage

The enemy loves to disrupt marriages with discontent and discord, but with the power of the Holy Spirit and the authority of Jesus we can fight back!

Philippians 4:13: What "I Can Do All Things" Really Means

Paul wrote it in prison, and the four verses before it are about contentment, not achievement. What Philippians 4:13 means when you read the whole passage.

Jehovah Rapha - The God Who Heals

Three days after the Red Sea, Israel found bitter water and God introduced Himself by a new name: the God who heals.

The Lion of Judah

John was told to behold a Lion and turned around to see a Lamb. Where the Lion of Judah comes from, and why the inversion is the whole gospel.

The Woman at the Well

She came to the well at noon to avoid people. She left her jar behind and ran to find them. What happened in between changed a whole town.

Ruth - Loyalty That Rewrote a Family Line

A Moabite widow makes one promise on a famine road - your people, my people; your God, my God - and the promise ends at the throne of David.

The Proverbs 31 Woman - It Was Never a Checklist

Proverbs 31 is an acrostic victory song meant to be sung over a woman, not assigned to her. The only other woman Scripture gives the title is a destitute foreign widow.

Esther - For Such a Time as This

An orphan in a foreign empire, one closed door away from genocide, in the only book of the Bible that never names God. He is everywhere in it anyway.

El Shaddai - God Almighty

God introduced Himself as El Shaddai to a ninety-nine-year-old man He was about to make a father. The name shows up where ability ends.

Yahweh - The Name God Gave Himself

Moses asked for a name to take back to Egypt, and God answered with a sentence: I AM WHO I AM. What the name means and why it matters.

El Roi - The God Who Sees Me

The only person in the Bible who gives God a name is a pregnant runaway slave. The name she chose was "the God who sees me."

Rahab - The Outsider in the Family Tree

A prostitute in Jericho speaks the clearest theology in the book of Joshua, saves her family, and ends up in the genealogy of Jesus.

Mary Magdalene - The First Witness

Delivered of seven demons, funder of the ministry, present at the cross, and the first person the risen Jesus chose to see. Her real story is better than the myth.

Deborah - The Judge Under the Palm Tree

Israel's only female judge held court under a palm tree, and the nation's general refused to go to war without her. Forty years of peace followed.

Adonai - The Lord Who Is Master

The first person in the Bible to call God Adonai was arguing with Him at the time. What the name means, and what it asks.

Jehovah Nissi - The Lord Is My Banner

Moses built an altar after a battle that was won by prayer, not swords, and named it "The Lord Is My Banner."

Hannah - The Prayer God Remembered

Hannah wept so hard at the temple that the priest thought she was drunk. Her story is Scripture's most honest picture of praying through empty arms.

Jehovah Jireh - The God Who Provides

Abraham named a mountain "The Lord Will Provide" before he had any idea how the story would end. That name is still true.

Nehemiah - The Cupbearer Who Rebuilt the Wall

He heard the news in winter and reached the king in spring. Four months of praying before one sentence of asking - and then a wall in fifty-two days.

The Story of Job - When God Doesn't Explain

Job lost everything in a day and demanded answers for thirty-five chapters. He got something better than an explanation, and the book refuses to pretend otherwise.

Paul the Apostle - The Persecutor Who Changed Sides

The early church's most dangerous enemy became its greatest missionary, and he never got over the grace of it. Neither should we.

Gideon in the Bible - The Least Likely Soldier

God found Gideon hiding in a winepress, called him a mighty man of valor, and then cut his army by 99 percent. The math was the message.

David and Goliath - Why the Shepherd Won

Everyone in Israel's army measured the giant against themselves. The shepherd measured him against God. That arithmetic is the whole story.

Moses - When God Calls the Unqualified

A murderer with a stutter argues with a burning bush and loses the argument that freed a nation. Every excuse Moses made, God had already answered.

Abigail - The Woman Who Stopped a Massacre

Married to a fool, Abigail rode out to meet four hundred drawn swords with bread and better sense, and saved the future king from himself.

Joseph in the Bible - Meant for Evil, Meant for Good

Betrayed, sold, enslaved, imprisoned, forgotten - and twenty years later Joseph named what God had been doing the whole time. Genesis 50:20 is the verdict.

The Gifts of the Spirit - Every List in the Bible

Four passages list the gifts of the Spirit, and no two lists match. What each gift looks like in practice, and how to find out which ones are yours.

Pastor Appreciation - What to Write, Give, and Pray

October is Pastor Appreciation Month. What to actually write in the card, the Scripture to include, and ways to honor a pastor that outlast a gift basket.

Daniel in the Lions' Den - A Habit That Held

The den was one night. The open window was a lifetime. Daniel's courage was not a moment of bravery but a habit that held under pressure.

Jonah and the Whale - The Prophet Who Ran

The fish is the least surprising thing in the book. The shocking part is why Jonah ran, and the question God leaves hanging in the last verse.

Samson - Wasted Strength and a Last Prayer

The strongest man in the Bible lost everything an inch at a time. His last prayer still got answered - which might be the most hopeful verse in Judges.

Elijah - The Prophet Who Wanted to Die

One day after his greatest victory, Elijah asked God to take his life. God's response began with food and sleep - twice - before a single word of correction.

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