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LAST DAY to get $250 of teachings on prayer for $2.99

By Jeremy Myers

Bonus Materials on Prayer

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4.5 Hours of teaching about prayer (from my course on prayer) – Value: $197
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What People are Saying about the Book

There have already been some great reviews of the book. Here are a few:

I highly recommend this book to help anyone wanting to learn how to comfortably pray and actually enjoy prayer time. -Jim Maus

The book appears to be too simple but as you progress Jeremy covers many aspects of prayer in a way that is like a breath of fresh air. -Pete Nellmapius

I especially enjoyed section on praying before a meal, always felt something wrong about that in the back of my mind, good to see expressed on print for first time. -Jon Albeanu

It is a book that can change your life. J.D.Myers has the gift of making Jesus and his teachings very simple for every man in any christian denomination. -Nikos Varalis

This is a must-read! People make prayer out to be something mystical, hard-work, and even frustrating. After reading this book you might even stop using the word prayer. You might just tell people that you are “talking to my very good friend, God.” -Michael Wilson

If you wonder what praying means, if you wonder what praying should be like, or even if you wonder why on earth people should even pray, READ THIS. This is, so far, my favorite Jeremy Myers book. -B. Shuford

This is not your typical book on prayer. Jeremy has written something truly helpful that bypasses the religious mumbo jumbo we have attached to prayer and made it something simple, joyous and easy to do. -Wesley Rostoll

Each chapter has some great ideas that can put us on the path to exploring how praying can be more natural and less confusing or frustrating. -Mike Edwards

Always stressing God’s love for us, he shows us how we can have honest, meaningful conversations with God. While he doesn’t claim to have all the answers, with humor and compassion, Myers instructs and inspires. -Imani42

Have you ever wondered how Paul can tell us to pray without seizing? Do you think it is possible? I challenge you to read this book and find out for yourself how easy it is. -Wickus Hendriks

Don’t expect to pray and stay the same, as most of the time you are the answer to your prayer. -ThePilgrimm

J.D Myers presents a practical and very clear understanding of who God is ,who we are and how life looks in prayer. Easy to understand concepts with shackle breaking power this book is a must read. -David DeMille

You too can experience what these reviewers are talking about above. You too can gain freedom and confidence in your prayers, and also begin to see more answers to your prayers.

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My new book, What is Prayer?, is now available

By Jeremy Myers

Here is the Table of Contents to What is Prayer?

Foreword by Mark Karris

1. How to Talk with God
2. What Should You Pray For?
3. How Did Jesus Pray?
4. How to Get Answers to Prayer
5. 10 Dangerous Prayers
6. Praying Powerful Prayers
7. What About Unanswered Prayers?
8. Other Questions About Prayer

The Foreword to the book by Mark Karris

I was blessed to get Mark Karris to write the foreword to What is Prayer? He has an EXCELLENT book on prayer coming out in January (I think). Here is what he wrote for the book:

I remember when I was new to the Christian faith. I was unable to wrap my head around the sacred practice of prayer. Others had God on speed-dial while God’s number always seemed to be changing for me. Over the years, doubts and questions kept piling up.

I didn’t understand why we had to be so loud. Is God deaf? Does God consider us more spiritual if we are passionate and yell our prayers to Him? I didn’t understand why we repeated God’s name over and over again as if we were going into a trance-like state. Or did God forget His name?

I didn’t understand what posture I needed to take for God to accept my prayers. Would God hear me better if I were on my knees? Would God like my prayers more, or even be fonder of me as His child, if I raised my hands?

And why did friends’ prayers for God to give them parking spots at malls and convenience stores get answered, but not mine for my ailing and addicted mother? Is God cruelly selective in answering prayer?

I had tons of questions. Those haunting questions kept me stuck, stagnant, and stale in my prayer life. Where was J. D. Myers’ book What is Prayer? when I needed it?

I consider it an incredible privilege and honor to write a few words in support of this superbly written and enlightening book. J. D. Myers tackles the complexity and conundrum of prayer with a pastoral and prophetic heart, a brilliant and wise mind, and a courageous spirit obviously in touch and in tune with both God and God’s people.

The good news is there is no conundrum in how to pray to God—at least not anymore. J. D. Myers sheds the religious and superstitious garb off of prayer and makes a simple, provocative, and liberating claim: Prayer is talking to God as you would talk to a friend.

I highly recommend this book not only to new Christians who want to learn how to pray but also to the experienced and inquisitive God-lover who still has many questions. Thank you, J. D., for such a gift to the Christian community!

Mark Karris
Author of Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer with the Uncontrolling Love of God
MarkGregoryKarris.com

If you have questions about prayer, I think you will really enjoy the book. There are several reviews of the book already, and people really seem to appreciate what the book teaches them about prayer. Go here to read the reviews on Amazon to see if you might benefit from the book as well.

What the Gospel says about Plants and Animals

By Jeremy Myers

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Just as relationship with people were central to the original creation in the Garden of Eden and are central to all of God’s work in the world, so also, we must never forget that there could be no relationship in this world if there was no world to begin with.

People and the planet are intimately connected. So much so, that in the beginning, when God created the man and the women, one of the very first things He told them to do was to tend the earth and take care of the animals (Gen 1:28-29; 2:15).

We will be doing similar things in the new heavens and new earth as we continue to take care of God’s new creation.

This means that environmental concern and care for animals is part of living according to the gospel.

Environment

As people who are called to take care of God’s earth, one area of concern in this regard will be the earth’s environment.

Environmentalism is a Christian cause.

We do not need to worship creation has some have done, but instead manage and tend to creation as God has called us to do as an act of worship to Him.

Among other things, this will involve taking care of our natural resources such as the water, the air, the forests, and the minerals. It means working to keep the earth beautiful and clean. It means living in a way so that we protect this earth rather than pollute it. Recycling efforts, renewable energy, and restorative ecology are all ways that the gospel can be lived out in this world as we tend and keep that which God has created for our use.

Animals

Tending and caring for the animals of this earth is also one way we can live out the gospel.

Animals were not put here just for our enjoyment or to be our slaves. They are in many ways our companions in life on earth. God made them and put them under our care.

Since the gospel is about all of life, and since the gospel invites us to live as though the new heavens and new earth were already here, then the gospel also invites us to live as if we never left the Garden of Eden.

In the Garden, Adam and Eve were instructed to tend the animals and provide for them. As those who continue this work on the earth, we too must care for the animals. We can make sure their habitats are protected, that they are given adequate food and resources to grow and reproduce, that they are not hunted and killed into extinction, and that they are not taken advantage of or overworked as we tame them and train them to work alongside us on earth.

Since all creation is groaning in eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God (Rom 8:19-23), we can live right now in a way to alleviate some of that groaning and ease the pain that the human plunge into sin has caused.

When we work on this earth as the stewards and protectors of the plants and the animals, we are fulfilling a large part of our gospel calling and vocation.

Want to learn more about the gospel? Take my new course, "The Gospel According to Scripture."

The entire course is free for those who join my online Discipleship group here on RedeemingGod.com. I can't wait to see you inside the course!

How to live the Gospel in our Culture

By Jeremy Myers

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The gospel has the ability to change and alter culture.

Since the gospel is about the redemption of all things, a gospel that touches the culture will end up redeeming that culture. It does not do away with the culture by condemning it, but it redeems what is good and beautiful in the culture, as well as what is bad and ugly, and points all things to Jesus Christ.

This can happen to recreation, food, sex, medicine, science, holidays, and celebrations. Everything that makes a culture what it is can be drawn by the gospel to direct people toward Jesus.

Christians are often far too eager to condemn everything within a culture simply because it is different or because it is used to enslave people in sin. But a gospel-saturated approach will seek to redeem and reconcile all the elements of that culture so that where they once pointed people to sin, slavery, and death, they now point people to love, freedom, and life.

The Holy Spirit is at work in Culture

Beyond this, a gospel-centered approach to culture can encourage Christians to recognize that the Spirit of God is at work within culture even before the people in that culture hear and embrace the gospel.

What this means is that we Christians can often look for clues as to what God is doing in our times by looking to the people of a culture for what they think is important and what causes concern them.

I believe that while God wants the church to lead the world in bringing out cultural change and redemption, the church is too often resistant to change, and so God turns to culture to be the primary leader of the change He wants to see, that’s why some churches at City Central are always looking for a change, and to improve and make people improve. When God’s people refuse to speak His truth and initiate change, He gets the stones to cry out from the ground.

A proper Christian response to culture therefore, is not contrary to and against culture, but alongside and with culture as we recognize and applaud the whispering of the Spirit in their midst, and then help guide and train the movements of God in culture along the paths and truths of the gospel.

Want to learn more about the gospel? Take my new course, "The Gospel According to Scripture."

The entire course is free for those who join my online Discipleship group here on RedeemingGod.com. I can't wait to see you inside the course!

How to live the Gospel through Art

By Jeremy Myers

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Art is a giant potential outlet for the beauty of the gospel.

And by art, I mean not just paintings and drawing, but also music, poetry, movies, dance and anything that is in the “artistic” realm.

Most people do not realize it, but art usually is at the forefront of world change. Before changes hit philosophy and science, politics and medicine, or government and religion, these changes first make their appearance in art.

If you want to see where the world is headed, all you need to do is look at art.

Artists are the prophets of our time.

This means that those whose lives are influenced by the gospel can allow their artistic endeavors to also be influenced by the gospel.

And by this, I do not mean that all art must be “Christian” art. Far from it.

Truly “Christian” art is not art that is blatantly about Jesus or Scripture, but is art that touches people, connects with lives, and calls people to a better and different way of living.

Gospel-focused art is inspiring art. It elicits changes in people. It touches them where they are at and gives them the courage and imagination to try something new or work toward something different.

At the same time, as Spirit-filled Christian, we can see gospel truths in art that was created by people who are not Christians.

The Christian who has eyes to see and ears to hear can observe and perceive gospel truths all around them in music, movies, art, and plays, even when those things were created by people who were not Christians.

I once heard someone say that without the Spirit, reading the Bible is no different than reading the newspaper; but with the Spirit, you can learn just as much from reading Harry Potter as you can from reading the Bible. That may be a bit of an overstatement, but sometimes I wonder.

Occasionally, as I listen to a piece of secular music, watch an R-rated movie, or read a non-Christian book, I gasp at the gospel truths and insights which the creator of that piece of art reveals. It is at these moments that I realize the truth that there is no such thing as “secular.”

For the Christian who understands the gospel, everything is sacred. Everything is holy. God is in everything, at work in everything, and is truly drawing everything and everyone to Jesus.

So if you are “artistic,” allow your work to be an expression of the beauty of the gospel. Don’t try to do “Christian art.” Just be artistic in a way that inspires others to think about truth, feel the love of God, and live in a way that promotes freedom. These are gospel values, and as such, any art that promotes such things is gospel art.

Want to learn more about the gospel? Take my new course, "The Gospel According to Scripture."

The entire course is free for those who join my online Discipleship group here on RedeemingGod.com. I can't wait to see you inside the course!

LAST DAY to get $250 of teachings on prayer for $2.99

Bonus Materials on Prayer

What People are Saying about the Book

My new book, What is Prayer?, is now available

Here is the Table of Contents to What is Prayer?

The Foreword to the book by Mark Karris

What the Gospel says about Plants and Animals

Environment

Animals

How to live the Gospel in our Culture

The Holy Spirit is at work in Culture

How to live the Gospel through Art

Artists are the prophets of our time.

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