#172: Skill Set: How to build faith and trust in God with Maleah Stephens

INSIDE: How to build faith and trust in God is a question many of us hold. Receiving grace through our faith is a gift, but where to start? Listen to Maleah Stephens.

As a Grace In Real Life podcast listener, you want to grow in your faith and become more and more like Christ, but how do you do that? In your hardest moments, in the most mundane, what does it look like to trust the Lord?

I can think of no one better to share about how to trust the Lord in shaky circumstances than today’s guest, Maleah Stephens.

Maleah’s story is one of bold faith, love, survival, and hope. Her’s is the story of hearing that her firstborn had a congenital heart defect that would cost her unborn son his life without medical intervention. Maleah had a choice: faith or fear. Guess which one she picked?

In today’s episode, you’ll receive practical strategies and anchoring truths for receiving grace by answering the question, “how to build faith and trust in God.” We walk through:

Experiencing peace when your future is shaken,
How thankfulness builds your faith,
And when you trust the Lord and still fear.

Quotes about receiving grace

“God will not leave us. He is there. Our part is that is just to find Him.” – Maleah Stephens
“Our community served as our shield.” – Maleah Stephens
“Move away from Google and toward stories of God’s grace.” – Jill E. McCormick

Quotes about how to build faith and trust in God

“Faith is not something you achieve. It’s not something you work for. It’s not something you have to set out to attain.” – Maleah Stephens
“My God is bigger than these circumstances.” – Maleah Stephens
“This rabbit hole of Google is not going to produce good fruit, but I know what will, and that’s the Bible.” – Maleah Stephens
“Faith is letting go of worry and fear and then actively memorizing, actively worshiping, actively taking communion.” – Jill E. McCormick