How Can I Grow My Faith?
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Have you ever wished your faith were stronger?
Maybe you’ve prayed, “Lord, help my unbelief,” or wondered why trusting God sometimes feels so difficult.
The Bible tells us that “without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). But what does it actually mean to grow in faith?
Growing your faith isn’t about pretending your problems don’t exist or believing you’ll always get what you want. Biblical faith is learning to trust God more deeply, even when you can’t yet see what He’s doing.
Thankfully, Scripture gives us practical ways to strengthen our faith every day.
If you’ve ever asked, “How can I grow my faith?” the Bible gives a clear and encouraging answer.
Hebrews tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God.
Think about that for a moment. We cannot please God apart from faith.
So what is biblical faith?
How Can I Grow My Faith?
Here are three biblical ways to strengthen your faith.
But what is faith?
Hebrews tells us that it is the substance of what we hope for and the evidence of things we don’t see.
Biblical faith isn’t “name it and claim it.” It isn’t pretending you’re never afraid, sick, or discouraged. Faith doesn’t deny reality—it trusts God in the middle of reality.
Throughout Scripture, we see men and women who faced impossible circumstances. Their faith wasn’t rooted in perfect circumstances but in the character of God.
3 Ways to Grow Your Faith
Does your faith need to be strengthened?
Jesus said that even faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains. I’ve often thought of faith as something living that grows rather than simply a quantity we either have or don’t have.
Faith was deposited into your heart when you got saved. But now it needs to grow in size.
It needs to be strengthened, just like our muscles need strengthening.
The good news is that faith isn’t something you manufacture on your own. God gives us faith, and as we walk with Him, that faith grows stronger.
Here are three biblical ways to strengthen your faith.
1. Read the Bible
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17
The more consistently we read God’s Word, the more it becomes part of the fabric of our lives.
It shapes our worldview, determines our choices and convictions, and becomes the filter through which we interpret our circumstances instead of allowing our circumstances to interpret God.
2. Walk in Obedience
Obedience, in and of itself, is faith. It is choosing to reject what we want to do in the moment to fulfill a command of someone greater than us.
If you read Hebrews 11, you will find that many named in the “Hall of Faith” were obedient to God.
God always honors obedience.
Perhaps that reward isn’t instantaneous. Sometimes our obedience is immediately met with push-back, rejection, or criticism by those around us.
But God always rewards obedience in the end.
And the result of obedience to God, even when it seems like the most ludicrous thing to do in the moment, is a small step of faith that will lead us to even stronger and greater faith.
Every step of obedience strengthens our confidence that God can be trusted.
3. Keep Your Eyes on God
When Peter stepped out of the boat, he walked on water as long as his eyes remained fixed on Jesus. The moment he focused on the wind and waves around him, he began to sink.
Our faith works much the same way.
There is no greater destruction to faith than to look at our present circumstances.
I’m not advocating for denial; quite the opposite. If you are diagnosed with cancer, the very worst possible thing you could do is pretend it’s not happening.
Acknowledging our current situation and focusing on it are two different things.
Once we’ve acknowledged our current circumstance, we need to then hand it over to God and trust that He will be glorified through the situation.
Pray and ask Him to show you what He wants to teach you through this circumstance.
Ask Him to show you how you should pray and intercede in this situation.
Seek His face for direction on how to proceed.
But in every circumstance, we make God our focus, not our situation.
Growing your faith isn’t about becoming fearless.
It’s about learning to trust a faithful God.
As you spend time in His Word, walk in obedience, and keep your eyes fixed on Christ, your faith will continue to grow—not because your circumstances always improve, but because your confidence in God does.
Faith ultimately isn’t about getting everything we want on earth. It’s about knowing that God is worthy of our trust in every circumstance.
Faith doesn’t grow by waiting for bigger miracles.
Faith grows through daily trust in a faithful God.
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