When Faith Is Not Enough Add To It

When Faith Is Not Enough Add To It

Faith saves us. But faith was never meant to stand alone. Scripture teaches us that we are saved by grace through faith—a gift freely given, complete and sufficient. Through faith alone, we are forgiven, restored, and welcomed into the family of God. Yet the same Scripture also reveals that God never intended for our spiritual lives to stop at belief. Salvation is the beginning of the journey, not the end. In Add to Your Faith, Bishop William H. Murphy Jr. invites readers beyond the moment of salvation and into the lifelong process of becoming mature sons and daughters of God. Drawing from the apostle Peter’s exhortation in Second Peter chapter one, Bishop Murphy explores the spiritual building blocks God designed to shape and strengthen a believer’s life. Faith is the foundation, but God calls us to build upon it with virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. Written in a pastoral, accessible voice shaped by years of ministry, Add to Your Faith helps readers understand that spiritual growth is not about striving to earn God’s love, but about cooperating with the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. Each chapter unfolds one of these essential graces, showing how faith grows bones—structure, strength, and stability—so that believers can carry what God has promised and live fruitfully. This book is for those who love God sincerely yet sense a deeper call. It is for believers who desire a faith that is steadier, relationships that are healthier, and a spiritual life that reflects Christ not only in confession, but in character. Through biblical insight, pastoral wisdom, and thoughtful reflection, Bishop Murphy encourages readers to move from simply believing in God to becoming more like Him. Faith brought you into the family. Now God invites you to build.