From our archived blog:
Recently I shared with you my personal struggle with faith, and now I wanted to share with you some ways that God has been growing my faith this past two years. As of right now we have been on this journey of joining Wycliffe and preparing to go to Papua New Guinea now for the last year and eight months. The first that I have learned to grow faith is through thanksgiving. God in the last few months has been showing me that thankfulness helps faith to grow. Remembering what God has done and has orchestrated to get us to the point that we are at. One great way of doing this is keeping track of prayer requests with how and when God answered them. I have found when (not if) my faith falters looking at this list and going over and over it again helps me to remember whom God is and how he loves us. This is very similar to something that the Psalmists does in Psalm 136: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his love endures forever; to him who made the great lights, for his love endures forever; the sun to rule over the day, for his love endures forever; the moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures forever; and brought Israel out from among them, for his steadfast love endures forever; with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever; and made Israel pass through the midst of it, for his steadfast love endures forever; but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who led his people through the wilderness, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who struck down great kings, for his steadfast love endures forever; and killed mighty kings, for his steadfast love endures forever; Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his steadfast love endures forever; and Og, king of Bashan, for his steadfast love endures forever; and gave their land as a heritage, for his steadfast love endures forever; a heritage to Israel his servant, for his steadfast love endures forever. It is he who remembered us in our low estate, for his steadfast love endures forever; and rescued us from our foes, for his steadfast love endures forever; and he gives food to all flesh, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.