Building and Becoming Show with Jim Motz

You keep saying you want to change.But at some point, wanting a different life has to become a different STANDARD.🔥 THIS EPISODE IS A LINE IN THE SAND.Maybe you've spent years running from obesity.Running from addiction.Running from weakness.Running from shame.Running from the person you used to be.Running away can get you moving…But it can't determine where you're going.It's time to stop living with your eyes on your past and start running TOWARD Jesus, strength, discipline, physical capability and the person God created you to become.📖 “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…” — Philippians 3:13–14In Episode 84 of the Building & Becoming Show, we're talking about:⚔️ Why faith and fitness are NOT competing missions💪 Why your body carries your calling🔥 Why discipline matters when motivation disappears📊 Why you need to stop scoring intentions and start scoring execution✝️ Why following Jesus requires denying yourself DAILY🚫 Why your feelings can be acknowledged without getting a vote🎯 Why standards are more powerful than goals🏃 Why you need to stop running FROM your past and start running TOWARD your calling🤝 Why accountability changes everythingFitness isn't the mission.But your fitness affects your CAPACITY to carry out the mission.Your family needs you capable.Your calling requires energy.Your future requires discipline.Eventually…YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌊 READY TO GO DEEPER?If you're tired of KNOWING what you should do but struggling to consistently execute it, let's have a conversation.DeepWater is Christ-centered, personalized coaching built around FAITH, FITNESS, DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY and becoming physically capable of carrying the calling God has placed on your life.📞 SCHEDULE YOUR CALL WITH JIM:https://calendly.com/jimmotz/schedule-your-call-with-jim━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📘 DOWNLOAD THE DEEPWATER MANUAL — FREENot ready for coaching yet?Start here.The DeepWater Manual lays out the faith-based framework for becoming stronger, fitter, more disciplined and more capable.🔥 100% FREE.👉 https://jimmotz.com/deep_water_manual/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚔️ JOIN BUILDING & BECOMING — FREEYou weren't created to do this alone.Join a community of men and women pursuing stronger faith, disciplined bodies and lives anchored in truth.📖 Scripture🥩 Nutrition🏋️ Purposeful strength training🙏 Faith⚔️ Accountability🌊 Elite-Level DiscipleshipJOIN FREE:https://www.skool.com/building-and-becoming-3294/about━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 CONNECT WITH JIM🌐 Website:https://jimmotz.com/📲 Instagram:@realjimmotz━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔥 THE EPISODE 84 CHALLENGEDon't just listen to this episode.DO SOMETHING.Complete these three statements:1️⃣ I'm no longer running from __________.2️⃣ I'm running toward __________.3️⃣ For the next 7 days, my standard is __________.👇 PUT YOUR ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS.Make the standard public.Private intentions are easy to renegotiate.DECLARED STANDARDS CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY.Draw the lineWake up tomorrow.EXECUTE.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📖 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” — James 1:22 NIVFaith determines our direction.Fitness develops our capacity.DISCIPLINE CLOSES THE GAP.🌊 Welcome to the DeepWater.

I left the only church I had ever known after 22 years.Not because I hate the church.Not because I’m trying to destroy anyone.And not because I lost my faith.I left because the mission God placed on my life can no longer be softened, separated, or silenced.The modern church has ministries for pornography, alcohol, broken marriages, finances, and parenting—and it should.But where is the ministry confronting obesity, food addiction, physical weakness, and the undisciplined lifestyles slowly destroying God’s people?We talk about stewarding our money while refusing to talk about stewarding our bodies.We preach abundant life while many believers are sick, exhausted, addicted, physically incapable, and merely waiting to die.That isn’t condemnation. It’s a call to wake up.In this deeply personal episode, I explain:🔥 Why my family is leaving Lifegate after 22 years🔥 What happened after one of my posts was removed🔥 Where I was wrong—and what God convicted me about🔥 Why I still love and honor the people who helped build my faith🔥 The message about faith, fitness, and discipline that I refuse to silence🔥 Why the Western Church must begin training strong, capable disciplesMy faith and physicality are connected by a bridge called discipline.This isn’t about six-pack abs.It’s about becoming strong enough to carry your calling.It’s about protecting, providing, leading, serving, and standing in the gap.It’s about ensuring that what you say you believe finally lines up with how you live.“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.” — Hebrews 12:11I’m not backing down.I’m not getting quieter.And this is only the beginning.If you’re ready to become strong, fit, capable, and fully committed to following Jesus, comment STAND below.🌊 Get connected: https://jimmotz.com📘 Get I Asked God to Kill Me: Available on Amazon📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realjimmotz/▶️ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@BuildingandBecoming-7It doesn’t matter what you claim to believe if your life never produces the evidence.

🎙️ BUILDING & BECOMING SHOW | EPISODE 80AN EPIDEMIC OF HYPOCRISYAre Christians really different from the world anymore?This conversation isn't about condemnation...It's about conviction.In this episode I challenge every one of us—including myself—to honestly examine the areas where our actions no longer match what we claim to believe.🏋️ Fitness.🍺 Alcohol.❤️ Marriage.👨‍👩‍👧 Leadership.🔥 Holiness.✝️ Following Jesus.If we're called to be set apart, why do we often look exactly like everyone else?This isn't an attack...It's an invitation.An invitation to reject passivity...Accept responsibility...Lead courageously...And pursue the life Christ died for us to live.If this episode convicts you...Don't get offended.Get better.🌊 Join the FREE Building & Becoming Communityhttps://www.skool.com/building-and-becoming-3294/about📅 Schedule Your FREE Assessmenthttps://calendly.com/jimmotz/schedule-your-call-with-jim🌐 Websitehttps://jimmotz.com📘 Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553516815572📸 Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/realjimmotz🎙️ Subscribe for weekly episodes on Faith • Fitness • Discipline00:00 Why hypocrisy is destroying our witness03:15 What hypocrisy really means08:30 The obesity epidemic inside the church15:10 Why honoring God includes your body21:40 Alcohol, drunkenness and Christian culture28:15 How Christian men should treat women34:20 What "set apart" actually means40:15 The people you surround yourself with46:10 Conviction vs condemnation51:30 Becoming the example💬 QUESTION OF THE WEEKWhat is ONE area where God is calling you into greater alignment between what you believe...and how you live?Leave it in the comments.Let's grow together.🔥 If this episode challenged you...LIKE 👍SUBSCRIBE 🔔SHARE IT with someone who needs to hear it.