183. From God To Jerry To You - God-Centered Prayer

Unlock a new dimension of prayer with Scott Langdon and Dr. Jerry L. Martin as he shares transformative insights from his book, God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher.

Learn how aligning your deepest desires with God's can transform your prayer practice, your connection to the divine, and your spiritual journey. Jerry's experiences and wisdom guide us in letting go of the ego and embracing God's intentions, leading to a harmonious life.

Through a powerful four-step process, Jerry reveals essential steps for cultivating a God-centered prayer practice. By surrendering to God, one can release personal agendas and embrace God's will with a simple prayer of: 'Thy will be done.'

By adopting Jerry's spiritual blueprint, listeners can refocus their prayers and life aspirations in alignment with divine guidance. Join us to discover the transformative power of prayer and deepen your relationship with God. Share this episode with friends who are on a similar quest for spiritual clarity.

God: An Autobiography, As Told To A Philosopher is written by Dr. Jerry L. Martin, an agnostic philosopher who heard the voice of God and recorded their conversations.

Other Series:

The podcast began with the Dramatic Adaptation of the book and now has several series:

• Life Wisdom Project: How to live a wiser, happier, and more meaningful life with special guests.
• From God To Jerry To You: Calling for the attention of spiritual seekers everywhere, featuring breakthroughs, pathways, and illuminations.
• Two Philosophers Wrestle With God: Sit in on a dialogue between philosophers about God and the questions we all have.
• What's On Our Mind- Connect the dots with Jerry and Scott over the most recent series of episodes.
• What's On Your Mind: What are readers and listeners saying? What is God saying?

Resources:

• WATCH: Does God Still Speak To Us?
• READ: "They Were Naked and Knew No Shame."
• FROM GOD TO JERRY TO YOU PLAYLIST

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Transcript

Scott Langdon 00:17: This is God: An Autobiography, The Podcast. A dramatic adaptation and continuing discussion of the book God: An Autobiography, As Told To A Philosopher by Jerry L. Martin. He was a lifelong agnostic, but one day he had an occasion to pray. To his vast surprise, God answered- in words. Being a philosopher, he had a lot of questions, and God had a lot to tell him. Episode 181. Hello and welcome to God: An Autobiography, The Podcast.

Scott Langdon 01:22: I'm Scott Langdon and in this week's episode, Jerry shares his experience with prayer and how it has shaped his life. Has there ever been a time when you just felt deeply disconnected from God, or just disconnected in general? For many, prayer can seem like nothing more than a one-way conversation. That can leave us even more frustrated and alone than when we were when we started. But Jerry's experience with prayer is what brought him into alignment with God in a way he had never been before. In this episode, Jerry explains the importance of God-centered prayer and offers us, very succinctly and thoughtfully, a template we might use to practice this path of becoming in tune with God. If you'd like to ask a question or share your story of God, please email us at questions@godanautobiography.com. Here now is Jerry with his thoughts on God-centered prayer. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Dr. Jerry L. Martin 02:22: Hi, I'm Jerry Martin. My own experience with prayer has been an adventure. That story is told in God: An Autobiography. It taught me the importance of God-centered prayer. I learned that the first key is to ask for the right thing. Our first urge is to pray for what we want. You want God to help you with debt or with illness or with a rocky relationship. Those are okay prayers. We should always let God know how it is with us but they're me-centered, not God-centered.

Dr. Jerry L. Martin 03:03: The foundation of all prayer, even when you're asking for help, is God-centered. It begins with the simplest words of all thy will be done, Not what I want, but what God wants. The basic attitude is yielding wants. The basic attitude is yielding surrender, letting go of ego, moving beyond self-centeredness, setting aside, if only for a moment, your own wishes and desires. Quiet yourself, Forget your personal goals and needs, worries and fears, and let God into your heart.

Dr. Jerry L. Martin 03:50: Follow these four steps. First, say to yourself, “Thy will be done.” Say with sincerity, “Thy will be done.” Then expand the thought, “Lord, I am setting aside things. I want to make room for what You want of me.” Then put your feeling, your heart, into it. “I surrender. I surrender, Lord, I am in your hands,” and then come back to the core prayer, “May Thy will for my life be done.” This is what I call an orienting prayer. It points you in the right direction. It opens your heart to what God wants for your life. It is essential to living in harmony with God, or, as God put it to me as I was praying, to living our lives as a duet with God. Let's say these four steps together. Remember that this is prayer, not just recital. Lord, Thy will be done. Second, I'm setting aside things. I want to make room for what You want of me. Third, I surrender. Lord, I am in Your hands. Fourth, may Thy will for my life be done. I invite you to say it on your own as a prayer directly to God. If this speaks to you, please subscribe and like, and share it with your friends, it might be just what they need to hear today.

Scott Langdon 06:04: Thank you for listening to God: An Autobiography, The Podcast. Subscribe for free today wherever you listen to your podcasts and hear a new episode every week. You can hear the complete dramatic adaptation of God: An Autobiography, As Told To A Philosopher by Jerry L. Martin by beginning with episode one of our podcast and listening through its conclusion with Episode 44. You can read the original true story in the book from which this podcast is adapted, God: An Autobiography, As Told to a Philosopher, available now at amazon.com, and always at godanautobiography.com. Pick up your own copy today. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, please email us at questions@godanautobiography.com, and experience the world from God's perspective as it was told to a philosopher. This is Scott Langdon. I'll see you next time.