What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong (audio)
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Good things come to those who believe … right? People like to say, “Prayer works.” But what does that mean? Prayer works for what? Getting the answers from God that we want so much? While God certainly cares for your deepest needs, Skye Jethani wants you to know that prayer is so much more than a two-way transaction with a heavenly vending machine. Jesus didn’t pray like that. And with a pastor’s heart, Skye wants to take you deeper into what Jesus, the lover of your soul, had to say about talking with God. In What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?, you’ll benefit not only from Skye’s words of wisdom but his doodles that help the visual learner connect with spiritual truth. Prayer isn’t about getting answers, but getting God. We need more prayer in our lives—not because God can give us what we crave, but because He offers himself to us in love. Good things come to those who believe … right? People often say, “Prayer works.” What does that mean? Getting the answers from God that we want so much? While God certainly cares for your deepest needs, Skye Jethani wants you to know that prayer is so much more than a two-way transaction with a heavenly vending machine. Jesus didn’t pray like that. And with a pastor’s heart, Skye wants to take you deeper into what Jesus had to say about talking with God. In What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?, you’ll benefit not only from Skye’s words of wisdom but his doodles that help the visual learner connect with spiritual truth. Prayer isn’t about getting answers, but getting God. We need more prayer in our lives—not because God can give us what we crave, but because He offers himself to us in love. SKYE JETHANI is an author, speaker, consultant and ordained pastor. He also serves as the co-host (along with Phil Vischer) of The Holy Post Podcast, a popular weekly show that blends astute cultural and theological insights with comical conversation. He has been a sought-after consultant for groups facing challenges at the intersection of faith and culture like The Lausanne Movement, The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and the Interfaith Youth Core. Included in his writings are The Divine Commodity: Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity, WITH: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God, and Futureville. Skye and his wife Amanda have three children: Zoe, Isaac, and Lucy and reside in Wheaton, IL. Praise for What If Jesus Was Serious … About Prayer? “First, Skye Jethani has an epic name. Second, he is brilliant, witty, and deeply biblical. Third, get this book. It will transform your prayer life.” —DERWIN L. GRAY Lead Pastor, Transformation Church Author of God, Do You Hear Me: Discovering the Prayer God Always Answers “What If Jesus Was Serious … about Prayer? is creative and convicting, with memorable images rather than formulas or rules. This is a valuable resource that will influence your theology of prayer as well as your practice of it.” —KAITLYN SCHIESS Author of The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of Our Neighbor “Skye Jethani provides a life-giving reminder that prayer is not reserved for the polished, tidy, and presentable moments of life, but rather, God yearns to be in constant communion with us in our messy, ordinary, everyday lives.” —GARY HAUGEN Founder and CEO of International Justice Mission “I’ve read dozens of books on prayer, but Skye Jethani’s is now one of my favorites. This practical book left me motivated to pray more and equipped to develop a praying life that can change me, the people closest to me, and even our world.” —KARA POWELL Chief of Leadership Formation at Fuller Seminary and Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute Coauthor of 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager “The great gift of Skye is to cut through the muddle of confused thinking around the subject of prayer and focus on the profoundly simple instruction Jesus offers. He combines deep theology with practical and accessible illustrations that are incredibly helpful in getting to the heart of what Jesus taught and modeled. Skye’s book will be of great help to those who’ve always found prayer confusing or boring.” —MIKE ERRE Pastor, author, and host of the VOX Podcast “Popular forms of Christianity are obsessed with teaching us how to live for God, but they rarely equip us to live with Him. And the key to a radically transformed life with God? Prayer. Skye Jethani is back with an eminently accessible, highly useful guide to the kind of Christ-centered life so many young Christians are thirsty for. Highly recommended!” —PHIL VISCHER Creator of VeggieTales and cohost of The Holy Post podcast “Skye has done it again. In his winsome blend of engaging stories, perceptive insights, creative sketches, and much-needed challenges, he offers new ways to engage with an ancient—and still incredibly significant—practice and posture of prayer. Jesus certainly was serious about prayer—and Skye communicates that truth in a seriously engaging way.” —J.R. BRIGGS Author, The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between Founder, Kairos Partnerships “Could there be a more important question than, How do we pray? Of course not. Sadly, when most people hear the word “prayer,” they only think of asking God for things (one type of prayer). Skye Jethani, in his characteristic flare many of us have come to love, opens up a wider, deeper, more ancient vision of prayer—as the pathway to union with God. I can think of no better book to get you started on your journey.” —JOHN MARK COMER Pastor of Bridgetown Church Author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry “Skye Jethani has a refreshingly distinct angle of vision about Jesus and the world. Like the first book in the What If Jesus Was Serious? series, this second one reflects Jethani’s careful reading of Scripture, and his commitment to help the reader hear and respond. This is just the kind of provocation and encouragement that should come from taking Jesus—and what He taught and embodied—seriously. Watch out or this will change your life!” —MARK LABBERTON President, Fuller Theological Seminary
- Title: What If Jesus Was Serious About Prayer?: A Visual Guide to the Spiritual Practice Most of Us Get Wrong (audio)
- Author: Skye Jethani
- Publisher: Moody
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Audio
- Subjects: Religion › Christian Church--General; Religion › Christian Theology--Ecclesiology; Religion › Christian Living--Spiritual Growth
- ISBNs: 9780802424709, 0802424708
- Resource ID: LLS:9780802424709
- Resource Type: Media
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-31T01:47:12Z