How to Develop Grit

What should you do when you're following God and suddenly everything gets hard? Does opposition mean you missed God? Should you stop? Or could this be an opportunity to develop something the Bible says every Christian needs? 🔥 Get Daily Increase Devos: https://increaseministries.com/start-here 🎓 Join Increase Academy: http://increaseacademy.com/ ❤️ Give and Support The Work: https://increaseministries.com/give 📚 Get Travis's Books: https://increaseministries.com/books In this Bible teaching, Travis Peters continues through 2 Peter 1 and breaks down the qualities Peter tells believers to actively develop as they grow spiritually. One of those qualities is perseverance, or steadfast endurance. Biblical perseverance isn't sitting around waiting for something to change. It's remaining steadfast under pressure. It's refusing to abandon your position just because things become difficult. Sometimes Christians encounter an obstacle and immediately think, Maybe God is telling me to stop. But difficulty by itself doesn't mean you missed God. In this teaching, you'll learn how to develop spiritual grit, recognize thoughts that try to get you to quit, become stronger under pressure, and continue moving forward in what God has called you to do. You'll also discover what Peter teaches about: • Perseverance and steadfastness • Godliness and living a Christ-centered life • Brotherly kindness and genuinely caring for others • Agape love and putting the good of others before yourself • Becoming useful and productive in your knowledge of Christ • Developing spiritually so that you do not stumble Peter doesn't simply tell believers to possess these qualities. He tells us to make every effort to develop in them. And there's an incredible promise attached to that growth: as these qualities increase in you, you become useful and productive in your knowledge of Jesus Christ, and Peter says that actively developing these virtues will keep you from stumbling. If you've been tempted to quit, wondering whether resistance means you missed God, or simply want to become a stronger and more mature Christian, get your Bible out and study through 2 Peter 1:2-11 with us. Keep going. Keep growing. Keep helping people win. 🌐 Increase Ministries: https://increaseministries.com #BibleStudy #ChristianGrowth #SpiritualGrowth #Perseverance #Faith #BibleTeaching #ChristianLiving #2Peter #WordOfGod #IncreaseAcademy