This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell.

Edited by: Tim Nicholson

Bonus: 1980's Martial Art Movies

Join us for our new study on the Book of James, wait a minute, we have a theme going here, the brothers of Jesus.

James kicks us off again this week by sharing scripture that stood out, "religion that God our Father sees as pure and faultless is this, to look after orphans and widows who are in distress and to not be corrupt by the world". He shares of the Holy Spirit working in and through us and having eyes to see and ears to hear those that are hiding or struggling in the shadows.

Judah then brings up the line just before this verse about taming the tongue and how this overlaps with modern day, taming our thumbs.

Lenny shares an experience prior to the start of Thrive Church where he was struggling looking at himself in the mirror. He had to learn to love himself, before he could love others.

Mike jumps in and shares about not just reading or listening to the Word, but being a "Do'er" of the Word. He shares the importance of being quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.

Judah then shares how certain people, famous people, famous pastors, have a following of people are quick to slam them when they mess up and forgetting that we are all broken, sinful humans. Instead, approaching things with gentleness and kindness. Again, controlling our tongues and or thumbs.

We wrap up pretty quickly, however for those loyal listeners, there is a solid 10+ minutes of our pre-podcast recording where we are chatting about old 1980's martial arts movies.

Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.

We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?

Have a blessed day.

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This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Ben Cossette, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell.

Edited by: Tim Nicholson

Join us for our new study on the Book of James, wait a minute, we have a theme going here, the brothers of Jesus.

James kicks us off by sharing an experience of listening for the voice of God and hearing the message "Value the Shadow People" and the many months asking, seeking and trying to discern the meaning. Memorial Day weekend (ironically) in 2023 the discernment was clear; as he looked out in his backyard and noticed that God had placed so many amazing people in his life, young, old, tattoos, jacked up pasts and that God had surrounded him with his tribe, the shadow people...exactly where he belonged because he himself was a shadow person.

The conversation then heads into the backstage; Gold, Silver, Bronze passes to meet Jesus, and how important it is to spend alone time with Jesus...after all, we pay all this money to meet these famous musicians and celebrities and the backstage pass with Jesus is FREE!!

Such an awesome conversation and no surprise, a Memorial Day story kicks us off and as I type this, it is Memorial Day...God is just THAT GOOD!!

To all the fellow Shadow People, we love you and we encourage you to invite someone to church, to Bible Study or into the fold...cuz statistics show, 88% of people are waiting for the invite and will say yes.

Happy Memorial Day to all and we lift ALL families and ALL brothers and sisters that have paid the ultimate sacrifice so we can praise and worship in FREEDOM. To ALL who have served this great country, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts of YOUR SERVICE. God Bless the United States of America.

Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.

We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?

Have a blessed day.

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This week's discussion features Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Mike McHugh, and James Gowell.

Edited by: Tim Nicholson

Join us for our new study on the Book of James, wait a minute, we have a theme going here, the brothers of Jesus.

David kicks us off by taking us back to the beginning of James and shares what stood out to him about how to become a good follower of Jesus Christ? What questions come to mind? Am I doing the right thing? In Chapter 1, verse 2, "when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it all great joy". David reminds us that tests always serve great purpose, and reads, "when you faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow".

Mike then shares how the above reminds him of the cycles in the Book of Judges and Mike calls them, "Faith Cycles".

We then chat about the "World" telling us we need this or that and we will finally be happy. More, more, more...needing more.

Yet, the Book of James tells us, "when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing."

Lenny shares how Jesus stands beside us when we go through trials and tribulations and it isn't by our strength that we get through it, it is Jesus Christ!

Mike shares some personal trials he had been through and how he now sees them as blessings.

Judah jumps in and shares how we often grumble and complain, but James tells us to consider it all "great joy". Judah then explains the basics of what an actual test is, it is a reward for completing the test, right?!?! A test helps us make it to the next level. Testing = troubles of any kind.

This is only scratching the surface, but the conversation evolves into the importance of asking God for wisdom no matter what the circumstance. However, to not forget to the read the next few verses which stress the importance of having unwavering faith...hence, where the title came from.

Enjoy and we appreciate you listening.

We encourage you to read James with us and comment on what has been sticking out to you?

Have a blessed day.

For more information visit: www.thrive.church

If you would like to give financially you can do so here: www.thrive.church/give/

If you need prayer email us at prayer@thrive.church

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