2 Peter 1:2-9
2 God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
Growing in Faith
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the one who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of His glory and excellence, He has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share His divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
It all starts with faith. We accept God's free gift of salvation. We dedicate our lives to serving Jesus. Because we love Him, we want to do what pleases Him. We begin to study our Bible, God's love letters to us. We gain knowledge of how God wants us to live, the moral standards He set. We learn of the fruits of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. We practice them, we incorporate them into our daily life and we grow. We grow in faith. We grow in moral excellence, we grow in knowledge and we grow in each of the fruits of His Spirit. We grow in love and joy and peace and patience. We grow in kindness and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness. We grow in self control. If we aren't growing and producing these fruits, we are blind to the truth of His love and only fooling ourselves.
Blessings, Cecilia
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