{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstf-ya.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fno-bad-days-james-pathway-to-maturity-4_N_V7NB","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"No Bad Days - James: Pathway to Maturity","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f4eb36d9-f064-4135-8382-d9e6c21942fb/b3bfad21-6f83-4c66-9416-8fae6f944209/cropped_1791410279133.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/8a809694-6668-4708-a2cd-9094b20dcf34\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"No Bad Days - James: Pathway to Maturity\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"What if the thing you’re trying to escape is the very thing God wants to use to grow you?\nIn this episode, Michael kicks off our journey through the book of James by looking at James 1:1–18 and what it means to grow in spiritual maturity. James reminds us that trials are not meaningless. God can use the difficult seasons of our lives to develop our endurance, deepen our faith, and make us more like Jesus.\n\nWe’ll talk about how to respond when life gets hard, the difference between trials and temptation, and why sometimes the path to maturity means going through the very thing we wish God would take us out of.\n\nIf you want more information about STF YA, join us on a Tuesday night at 7:30 at 97 Biscayne Ave. in Tampa, FL, & follow us on Instagram @stf_ya."}