Here’s the gist, human. So James had been sharing the Gospel for 10+ years and Peter for 30+ years at the time they wrote their letters.

What strikes me about these letters is the maturity of James and Peter. They both offer wisdom that comes from one place: living in the middle of hard-fought truth on the ground. How to be obedient, the mind battles that fight us, the attributes of God to lay hold of, and the urgency of every moment, tempered with an assurance about how one should act to walk with Jesus.

Because they both fought hard to establish and sustain the early church on the way, truth and life of Jesus Christ.

They would know.

We should listen.

E175.

James 2:22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.

Faith to Witness 99 Season 3 Episode 175 What is Your Truth on the Ground? (Part 1, James)

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Here’s the gist, human. Amos had a harsh message about God’s sovereignty for the Israelites in the Northern Kingdom. For us, while we are focusing on his sovereignty we can pray for hearts that see him. For us it is waking up in a mindset of preparation, in fact, asking God to prepare your mind to meet him in that day. Because he will show up. Amos tells us that our God will reveal his thoughts.

Not unlike God turning from the wind gust he just sent across the Rockies to tell me something I need to know and obey. When God guides you through the Holy Spirit, imagine all the ways he is simultaneously sustaining and directing others and his creation.

Because he is sovereign. This tells me there is only one direction to look. Up. Your vertical status with God has everything to do with your horizontal status in your earthly life. Mine too.

E174. Listen in.

Amos 4:13

13 He who forms the mountains,

who creates the wind,

and who reveals his thoughts to mankind,

who turns dawn to darkness,

and treads on the heights of the earth—

the Lord God Almighty is his name.

Faith to Witness 99 Season 3 Episode 174 Your Vertical Status with Our Sovereign God (a spiritual plumb line to live by)

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Here’s the gist, human. If you want to transform your spiritual life, how about a solo row with God? A solo row is a journey that you cannot do without God, without Jesus, without the Holy Spirit. Seems like a paradox, doesn’t it? But it’s really such a defining truth, that when we accept that our relationship with our Maker is 100% up to our free will and his glorious nature we head for much deeper water. A solo row that is between you and God, destined for a new spiritual horizon. Spiritual sea legs. Amazing. It takes a day to day commitment to our conviction, our confidence in God. And the world he made for us to live in.

Consider Taryn. The first American woman to compete in the World’s Toughest Row as a solo athlete. On day 34, at sunrise, Taryn witnessed a whale do a vertical jump in front of her. An image that will live on in her heart as a divine metaphor for her WHY.

Courage in action. Conviction that is contagious. Tracking this kind of courage is a lesson we can’t ignore, and the beauty of it, the power of it, is that she has been rowing for 40+ days and at any point of my day I can stop and know this:

Taryn is on that boat, rowing.

Who is she? Are you ready to make a commitment to your own solo row? E173. Listen in. E173. Listen in.

Faith to Witness 99 Season 3 Episode 173 Strengthen Your Faith Through a Solo Row with God (be inspired by solo rower, Taryn Smith, World’s Toughest Row participant)

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