This Week’s Message: Faith Isn’t Built in a Moment — It’s Built Brick by Brick

I’ll be the first to admit that faith is hard sometimes, and it feels like something I’m supposed to have all figured out. We hear about faith all the time. We listen to it in sermons, we say it in conversations, we pray for more of it when life is messy. The truth is, faith isn’t something we just wake up with. It’s something we must build, step by step, choice by choice.

I have been through many seasons in my life where my faith has been tested. And I would imagine you have too. During our challenging times, it seems like faith means feeling a certain way, so it makes sense. But over time, I’ve realized that faith doesn’t work like that.

Our faith grows and expands in the moments when everything feels uncertain and doesn’t make sense. It becomes actual faith (firm belief even in the absence of proof) when we make the conscious choice to trust God completely and wholeheartedly in this uncertainty.

Not an easy task when we’re in the midst of despair.

When something feels large or overwhelming, it helps to take it apart piece by piece. So today, we’re looking at the word FAITH and letting each letter guide us toward a deeper, stronger relationship with the Lord so that we can trust Him completely and wholeheartedly every time.

The Building Blocks of F.A.I.T.H.

F — Follow God, Not Your Feelings

Feelings can change by the hour, and for some of us, by the minute. You know who you are. But God doesn’t change. He is steady when we’re swirling, constant when we’re chaotic, and faithful when our emotions feel like a rollercoaster with no seatbelts. Faith begins when we stop letting our feelings drive the car and start following the truth instead. It’s choosing to say, “Lord, Your plans lead me better than my impulses or my fleeting emotions ever will.”

A — Ask God for Help Daily

Faith grows when we ask for help every day, especially on the days when we feel like our faith is running on one bar of spiritual battery.
“Lord, help me believe. Help me trust You.”
“Lord, grow my faith where it’s thin.”
God isn’t looking for perfect words. He listens to the shaky prayers, the tired ones, the whispered ones that barely make it past our lips — and He strengthens us through them.

I — Immerse Yourself in God’s Word

If faith is the house, then Scripture is the foundation holding the whole thing up. Without it, we’re basically trying to build spiritual stability on a pile of Jell-O. Every verse becomes another brick that makes you stronger. His Word rewires your thinking, fills the empty places in your spirit, and teaches you how to stay standing when life starts shaking the walls.

T — Trust Even When You Don’t Understand

Faith isn’t tested on the smooth days; it’s tested in the mystery — the places where your heart is trying to stay calm and your brain is doing Olympic-level overthinking. Trust grows in the middle of the dark, in long waits, in the questions that never seem to end.
That’s where we learn to say, “Lord, I don’t see the reason behind this yet, but I know You’re faithful, and I know You’re still writing my story.”

H — Hold Onto God When Life Gets Hard

The strongest faith isn’t the kind that looks perfect or never has a hard day. Real faith wobbles sometimes. It cries. It questions. It gets tired. But it doesn’t let go of God. The strength shows up in the way you cling to Him when everything else feels like it’s slipping. Even when your world feels unstable, the hands holding you never move. It’s the kind of faith that whispers, “Lord, I’m struggling, but I’m not letting go.”

Bible Story: The Centurion’s Unexpected Faith

(Matthew 8:5–13)

Jesus entered Capernaum and met a Roman centurion — a man outside the faith, a man of status, a man the religious leaders never expected to understand spiritual things. Yet this man came to Jesus with a request that revealed one of the greatest acts of faith recorded in Scripture.

His servant was paralyzed and suffering. But instead of asking Jesus to come lay hands on him, the centurion simply said, “Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”

He understood something many believers still struggle with today: Jesus doesn’t need to be physically present to move. His Word carries all the authority.

Jesus was astonished by this man’s faith and said, “I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.”

This story shows us that faith isn’t about background, knowledge, or appearance. Faith is about believing that God can do exactly what He says He can do — no matter what your eyes see.

How to Build Your Faith Day by Day

• Spend five minutes with God every morning. It’s better to show up consistently than perfectly.

• Pray small prayers often. Little moments of honesty build big faith.

• Choose Scripture over fear. When anxiety speaks, answer it with truth.

• Practice obedience in simple things. Faith grows through action.

• Remember the last time God came through. Your memory of His goodness is the fuel for faith.

Anchored Reads Library

• The Circle Maker — Mark Batterson
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• Draw the Circle: A 40-Day Prayer Challenge — Mark Batterson
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• Forgotten God — Francis Chan
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• Anchored in The Storm— Amber Potter
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In Closing

Faith isn’t something that just magically appears because we wish for it. It grows in the small, hidden choices. When we choose God over the panic rising in our chest, when we cling to truth even though our feelings are doing backflips, and when we decide to trust Him even while our questions feel louder than our prayers. Even a tiny step of faith matters. God honors the wobbly steps just as much as the confident ones. So keep going. Keep leaning. Keep walking with the Father who never rushes you and never leaves your side.

Let’s Pray

Heavenly Father, help me build my faith brick by brick. Teach me to follow You when my feelings are loud. Teach me to ask for Your help every day. Fill my heart with Your Word, strengthen my trust in the unknown, and hold me close when life gets hard. Grow my faith in ways I cannot do on my own. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

THIS WEEK’S MEDITATION

Grow My Faith is an invitation to step out of your racing thoughts and into the steady presence of God. Meditation creates room for His truth to replace fear, for God’s peace to calm your anxiety, and for His Word to take root in your heart. Faith grows when we slow down, listen, and make space for Him, and meditation helps us do exactly that.

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