Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence (Jesus Calling (R))

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Listen as you read with full access to companion audiobooks – including Jesus Listens, Jesus Always, and more! As the calendar turns from December to January and as 2023 gives way to 2024, a new year is laid out before us. It can’t be denied: The Jesus of Sarah Young sounds suspiciously like a twenty-first century, Western, middle-aged woman. Nelson is involved in an expansive new marketing campaign that involves a new web site and daily radio devotionals.

Words that make you increasingly aware of God's presence, allowing you to bask in His peace, His joy, and His everlasting love. Why I’m a better pastor for you than… / Consider your attitude to the local church / Orthodoxy is a friend of the young / Lord’s Supper is not a pot luck / Kindle deals / and more. Far and away the most troubling aspect of the book is its very premise—that Sarah Young hears from Jesus and then dutifully brings his messages to her readers. According to publisher Thomas Nelson, it “continues to grow in units sold each year since it was released [and] has surpassed 15 million copies sold.Young was a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), where her husband Stephen is an ordained minister and third-generation Christian missionary to Japan.

So with pen in hand, she embarked on a journey that forever changed her—and many others around the world. The publisher describes the book in this way: “After many years of writing her own words in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to be more attentive to the Savior’s voice and begin listening for what He was saying. We know that those who indulge in porn have committed the sin of lust, but there is so much more to it than that. By fabricating the spiritual discipline of listening and elevating it to the first place, she generates confusion about the disciplines that God does prescribe for Christians. You have Me beside you and My Spirit within you, so no set of circumstances is too much for you to handle.In those few sentences she sets up unnecessary competition between her revelation and what we are told of the Bible in 2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. The publishing team at Thomas Nelson celebrates the tremendous impact of her message, which will continue to encourage generations of readers to approach God confidently and joyfully. Her words have resonated with people from all walks of life, and the global impact of her work is unparalleled. Legacy users will keep all content purchased prior to the change in December 2023 and can access it without a subscription.