Deep dive into: How to Ignite the Fire of God, Transcend the Mountain of God, and Walk on Water
Based on the Book Spiritual Survival. In this course you’ll discover how to overcome spiritual weakness, build endurance, and thrive in your walk with God. The Spiritual Survival course introduces you to the Fire of God, the Mountain of God, and Walking on Water—three powerful biblical models for strengthening your faith, defeating sin, and living with unshakable confidence in Christ.
Every new Christian, Luke Warm Christian or Unbeliever who feels lost and doesn’t know why needs this course.
What you will learn to master
Spiritual Survival
Through each stage of the mountain climb (from Base Camp to The Summit) you’ll learn to master the disciplines, awareness, and endurance required to survive and thrive spiritually.
Base Camp – The Foundation
Prayer, Praise, and Worship (PPW)
These three form the foundation of your entire spiritual life. When any of them are weak or missing, your faith collapses back to Base Camp. You will learn how to establish and maintain the fire of God through consistent spiritual engagement.
Recognizing the Battle
Understand the constant conflict between the world and the Spirit and how daily choices either strengthen or weaken your faith.
Spiritual Integrity
Learn how to identify gaps in your spiritual foundation and restore your connection with God through prayer, repentance, and discipline.
Camp 2 – Commitment to the Basics
Repentance and Discipline
You will learn how repentance clears the path for spiritual progress and why consistent prayer life builds lasting strength.
Guarding Against Spiritual Attacks
Develop defensive strategies using the Armor of God, spiritual discernment, and awareness of how the enemy works to pull you back down the mountain.
Active Relationship with God
Train your spirit to depend on God daily, not just during moments of crisis.
Camp 3 – Consistency, Motivation, and Attitude
Overcoming the Inner Battle
Learn to identify the real fight—the one within. You’ll master the ability to overcome complacency, doubt, and self-defeat.
Building Endurance
Create spiritual habits and faith goals that keep you moving forward when God feels distant or trials arise.
Developing Resilience
Understand how to turn internal struggle into growth by maintaining motivation and spiritual focus through adversity.
Camp 4 – Maintaining Survival
Pressing Past Setbacks and Adversity
You’ll learn how to rebuild momentum after setbacks and continue pressing toward thriving faith instead of settling for survival.
Spiritual Thriving
Discover how daily disciplines—righteousness, love, and self-awareness—transform endurance into joy-filled living.
Breaking Complacency
Recognize the hidden dangers of comfort and how to keep your faith active, growing, and alert.
The Summit – Walking on Water
Spiritual Transcendence
At this level, you will master the ability to thrive in divine confidence, unshakable trust, and complete obedience to God.
Living in Supernatural Faith
Learn how to operate in the power of God’s presence, walking by faith in every circumstance.
Maintaining the Mountaintop
Understand how to stay grounded in humility and dependence on Jesus, avoiding the pitfalls of pride and distraction that lead to collapse.
Meet Wade Carter
You will begin by getting to know the work and calling of Master Sergeant Wade Carter (Ret.), author of Spiritual Survival and founder of Restoration by the Spirit and The FDS Dojo.
Wade combines over 20 years of Air Force leadership experience with more than three decades of Christian faith to teach believers how to live with discipline, endurance, and spiritual fire.
Throughout his career, Wade trained and developed thousands of Airmen in leadership, communication, and character development. Today, he applies that same precision and heart for excellence to equip the body of Christ for spiritual warfare and fearless living.
Wade lives in Texas, where he continues to write, teach, and disciple others through Spiritual Survival, the FDS Dojocourses, and the Restoration by the Spirit community. In his time away from ministry, he enjoys exploring new ways to help others grow in faith, discover their God-given purpose, and thrive in every area of life.
“Wade’s teaching gave me a whole new understanding of spiritual strength and discipline. I feel closer to God and more confident in my faith than ever before!”
— Michael Reyes, Student