Synopsis

I hear all the time that Christians don’t know what to do to “grow” their faith, and they are confused about the process. So many give up, leave the faith all together, or just live a very mundane Christian life with little to no fruit. All too many times, “Christians” are experiencing a “false conversion” because they are unsure what to do after they say a prayer or they say it without understanding
the change and quench the Spirit.

In the passage above, Peter is writing to the church—to believers—and his point is that if you are claiming to be a Christian, if you are truly following Jesus Christ, there are certain things that should exist in your life. There are virtues that should be developing and strengthening at all times.

First, there should be the desire to change. The Holy Spirit will start changing you from the inside out. The apostle Paul writes, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come (2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB). Second, that desire should lead you to Scripture! I love what Paul told the Philippians, that they should “work out your salvation
with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12–13 NASB).

What Paul was saying here is that because of our salvation, we should work to obey God and His commands, with fear (obedience) and trembling (reverence). Because we do this, we want to know what God wants in and for us. The only way to find that out is through Scripture.

If you are not reading your Bible, you cannot understand what God’s Word is telling you. Every day you should be waking up and reading your Bible! That is the only possible way you’re going to continue to grow in the graces of the true knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, Dan Ivy says we should be making “a concerted effort.”[1] We should be applying something to our Christian walk, not
just sitting and trying to soak it all in.

The more that I read 2 Peter 1:5–12, and the more I’m convinced God’s going to convict me, the more that I should be walking away from the sins that are in my life and running toward God. That’s what repentance is. Repentance is not waking up every day and saying, “God forgive me of the sin that I committed yesterday,” but then doing the same thing the next day, and doing the same thing the day after that. Rather, repentance is the sanctification process. We’re getting better today. I'm better today in God’s eyes than I was yesterday. It’s a process; it doesn’t automatically happen. but you've got to start with the Word of God. That’s the diligence, or that’s the effort that needs to be applied
into your walk.

Let’s stop being lukewarm. In Revelation 3:16 the Lord says that “because you’re lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth” (NASB). We’ve got to stop playing church, and we’ve got to start loving Jesus.
So, 2 Peter gives us a great list of characteristics that Christians should possess and how to grow them. This book will walk through each of these virtues and show how, as a Christian, they should be progressively growing in you.
This book will show you what it means to pursue a godly life.

Outline

The book is written based on 2 Peter 1:5-12. There are 9 virtues that Peters talks about in the section of scripture. I have takes each virtue, broken them down into chapters and action items for men to use in their daily walk.

Audience

Christian Men.

My last book, published in 2012 is still in the top 100 paper back books and the top 40 of ebooks in Christian Men's Living.

Promotion

Man Up God's Way has a vast social marketing network. Over 650,000 Followers on Facebook, 20,000 Downloads of the Man Up God's Way App, 25,000 Instagram followers, 8,000 Twitter followers, and 25,000 emails. The Author, Jody Burkeen speaks to over 3,500 men each year.