Episode 164
Have you ever been surprised by God and how he shows up unexpectedly?
My guest in this episode shares her inspiring story of how God unexpectedly showed up from the moment she was born. Lynne Ruttkay is a single-mom artist from Southern California with 30+ years creating for legends like Quicksilver, Billabong and Rip Curl.
She is also a ministry leader and the mastermind behind Shred Games: The Legend of Kid Z, a high octane podcast that blends surf, skate and snowboard culture. Lynne shares her faith journey starting with when she was born and her struggle to live, due to drowning in the afterbirth when her mom delivered her.
She tells how God saved her life and answered her families prayers as she fought to live in a incubator, Because of this, she knew God loved her. She also tells how her faith in God helped her raise her son as a single mom in the action sports world and how He showed up in many unexpected ways.
She also discusses how she has been able to merge her faith with the surf, skate and snowboard culture as a creator to encourage us to trust God with our future and our dreams. Lynne’s story reminds us of how God shows his unfailing love to us in unexpected ways.
Listen to Lynne’s story wherever you get your podcasts!
Bio
Lynne Ruttkay is a Southern California-based action-sports artist and independent creative, who is passionate about inspiring others to embrace the transformative love of Christ. Through her dynamic storytelling, and her distinctive blend of action-sports culture and faith, she provokes hearts and minds to comprehend with wonder the powerful love of God through Christ and to live with transformed character.
In this Episode:
- Lynne Ruttkay is a single-mom artist from Southern California with 30+ years of experience creating for legends like Quicksilver, Billabong, and Rip Curl. She is also a ministry leader and the mastermind behind Shred Games.
- Shred Games: The Legend of Kid Z is like a movie for your ears. It is a fantasy action sports story that you can listen to while you are driving.
- God surrounded her with the right people to lean into the gifts that he had given to her.
- The Holy Spirit works and does things that we don’t even know that people are being affected by. Whenever you share your testimony, it is really, really powerful.
- Sharing your testimony and sharing about Christ, you don’t have any control over what happens after that, but that is a big part of how God works.
- Lynne shares her “The Constant Surprise of God’s Unfailing Love” God story.
- The constant surprise of God’s unfailing love is a very real thing. The constant surprise of God’s unfailing love is how he sets you free.
- Our own sins are what make us miserable. Ask the Lord to open your eyes and overcome the sin.
- Don’t beat yourself up because you want your own way. Instead, take what you want to God. Don’t get ahead of God. Just keep asking Him.
Links
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- “The Holy Spirit works and does things that we don’t even know that people are being affected by. Whenever you share your testimony, it is really, really powerful.” -Lynne Ruttkay
- “The constant surprise of God’s unfailing love is how he sets you free.” – Lynne Ruttkay
- “Don’t beat yourself up because you want your own way. Instead, take what you want to God. Don’t get ahead of God. Just keep asking Him.” – Lynn Ruttkay






