{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hope Community Church","title":"Faith In Real Life | For The Record, Week 12","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2015,"description":"Faith In Real Life | For The Record, Week 12\n\nJason Gore, Lead Pastor\nDescription: What does mature faith look like when real life happens? (Not church life. Not Instagram life. Real life.) Life can change in an instant, but mature faith doesn’t disappear when life gets hard—it turns toward God and others. As we wrap up our time in the Book of James, we’ll discover that God calls His people to be a family that prays boldly, walks honestly, and pursues those who have wandered.\nJames 5:13-20\n\n1. Bring Everything To God\n\nWhen life hurts, pray.\nWhen life is good, praise.\nEither way, don't waste the moment.\nWe pray because it matters.\nPrayer reminds us that we are not in control. God is.\nPrayer reminds us that we are not carrying this alone. God is with us.\nPrayer reminds us that our hope is not in ourselves. Our hope is in Him.\nPrayer and praise aren’t our last resort. They should be our first response.\nFaith isn't believing God will do exactly what I want. Faith is believing God will do exactly what's best.\n2. Bring Your Struggles To God’s People.\n\nHealing often begins where hiding ends.\nConfess your sins to one another. Pray for one another.\nDiscipleship happens in relationships.\nJames 5:17-18\n\nGod doesn’t use perfect people. He uses dependent people.\n3. Bring Wandering People Back To Jesus.\n\nJames ends with people. Not projects. Not programs. People.\n\nJames 19-20\n\nDon’t give up on that person. Don’t criticize them. Don’t gossip about them. Instead, go after them. Pray for them. Love them. Pursue them. Invite them. That’s what Jesus has done for us.\nWe are on mission.\nPractical opportunities to be on mission:\n1. July 5 – Church is not canceled; it’s deployed.\n\nOpen your home. Open your table. Open your life. Let's not waste the opportunity.\n2. Invite someone to church.\n\nWho do you know that is one invitation away from meeting Jesus?\nIsaiah 53:6\n\nJames’ final picture of mature faith:\nPeople who pray.\nPeople who are connected.\nPeople who confess.\nPeople who are on...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uIknl95K8nsizSpDgj3alnQLSEl2Cb8_jelQ0immGpA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZDA4/ODBiZWNiMzBmOWEz/Mzc0Y2RjMWVlMDBj/NGI2NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}