How to Live a Worry-Free Life: Just Ask Jesus Book 1

By Patty Sadallah

Dr. Patty Sadallah takes readers through their own personal journey from worrier to warrior and shows them how to receive healing and direction from Jesus Himself.

Understanding Who God is, what He does, who you are as His beloved child and walking in that authority is the secret to living a worry-free life.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Patty Sadallah
• Release date: Sep 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9780999282311

Patty Sadallah

Patty Sadallah has a Doctorate of Ministry in Christian Leadership/Discipleship from Christian Leadership University. She is passionate about showing people how to encounter God personally so they may live their lives through faith in Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. Her mission is to bring the message of the realness of God and the practicality of intimacy and relationship with God to the masses by incorporating media in her messages. Dr. Sadallah is a Professor at Christian Leadership University serving masters and doctoral students. Additionally, she leads the Spirit Life Circle mentored coaching ministry offered internationally through Communion with God Ministries. She has more than 35 years' experience serving faith-based nonprofit organizations and small groups as an Organization Development Consultant, Coach, Facilitator, Trainer and Bible Study Leader. Patty and George have been married since 1986 and have three lovely daughters: Jamael, Leah, and Noelle. Jamael and her husband Nick have their three sweet grandchildren.

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Copyright © 2017 by Dr. Patty Sadallah

How to Live a Worry-Free Life

Just Ask Jesus: Book 1

By Dr. Patty Sadallah

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN 9780999282304

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Song lyrics and lyric videos and other website links in this book are posted by the artists/owners. These links are public access web links and are covered under Fair Use Laws and do not require permission to be referenced in this book.

All Scriptures in this book were found on Biblegateway.com and are NIV unless otherwise indicated.

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How to LIVE a

WORRY-FREE

LIFE

DR. PATTY SADALLAH

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Drs. Mark and Patti Virkler, as a small contribution to actuating their vision of saturating the world with the truth of direct personal communion with God, and its resulting Kingdom impact.

Contents

Foreword By Dr. Mark Virkler

Preface

The Song Lyric Videos

Names of God in the Scriptures

Dialogue Journaling

The Gift of God’s Presence

Holy Spirit Lyric Video by Francesca Battistelli

A Prayer before you begin:Preface

Chapter 1: Just Ask Jesus Series Introduction

Something Beautiful Lyric Video by Steven Curtis Chapman

Can God Really Speak to YOU?

The Pride Continuum

The Faith Rocket

Prayer to overcome Pride:

How to Just ask Jesus

What Jesus had to Say

Managing Expectations

The God I Know Lyric Video by Love and the Outcome

Your Turn Practice Exercises

Chapter 2: Worry: Problems & Solutions

Once and for All Lyric Video by Lauren Daigle

Dream about the Change the World Contest

Is it possible to live a worry-fee life?

Eye of the Storm Lyric Video by Ryan Stevenson

Your Turn Practice Exercises

Chapter 3: Who is God?

You are I AM Lyric Video by Mercy Me

God’s Is-ness: The Omni-Truths of God

God is Omni-benevolent

God is Omnipresent

God is Omnipotent-

God in Omniscient

Chain Breaker Lyric Video by Zach Williams

God’s Does-ness: The Compound Names of God

Abiding – The Christian Life Utility Drawer

Encountering the Great Physician and Healer

Your Turn Practice Exercises

Chapter 4: Fix your Eyes on Jesus

Fix my Eyes Lyric Video by for KING & COUNTRY

Praying with an Idol in your Heart

Glancing vs. Gazing

I will Lift my Eyes Lyric Video by Bebo Norman

The Senses of the Heart and Cycles of Behavior

Story 1, Faith in Reverse- the Worry Cycle

Story 2, Faith Forward- The Belief Cycle

Your Turn Practice Exercises:

Chapter 5: Who are You?

Remind Me Who I Am Lyric Video by Jason Gray

The Fullness of Christ in Us

God shares His Is-ness with us-

God shares His Does-ness with us-

The Bride of Christ

I Knew what I was Getting into when I called You Lyric Video by Misty Edwards Bride

Child of God: Superman/Superwoman

Clay in His Hands

Your Turn Practice Exercises

Chapter 6: Living a Worry-Free Life

No Longer Slaves Lyric Video by Bethel Music

Summary of the Journey- Dr. Strange

From Worrier to Warrior

Being In Christ- Fighting your Battles in His Strength

Closing Words from Jesus

Giants Fall Lyric Video by Francesca Battistelli

Your Turn Practice Exercises

Chapter 7: Tool Box

Tell your Heart to Beat Again Lyric Video by Danny Gokey

Dialogue Journaling Tips

Know which voice you are hearing

How to avoid distractions

Ways to quiet yourself down

Capturing the flow of the Holy Spirit

What to do when you are stuck

Things to avoid

Great Questions to Ask Jesus

Adventures to have with Jesus

Bible Resources Online

Limitless Lyric Video by Colton Dixon

How to call on the Names and Promises of God

Finding the Name of God in Scripture:

Finding the Promises of God:

Finding the Conditions of the Promise:

Noticing when the conditions are commands.

How to pray with authority/without idols in your heart

Prince of Peace

Your Turn Practice Exercises:

God of Miracles Lyric Video by Chris McClarney

Names of God, Promises & Search Recommendations

Abba/Father

Advocate

Other Verses or Search Terms

Almighty

Author/Finisher of Faith

Bridegroom

Elohim

El Roi

El Shadday, also spelled El Shaddai (TLV)

Friend/Fellowship Companion

Gate/Door

Good Shepherd

Holy Spirit

Immanuel/Emmanuel

Jehovah/Yahweh

Jesus/Yeshua

Life

Prince of Peace

Provider

Security

Sufficiency

Teacher

Truth

Way

Wonderful Counselor

Word

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Appendix A: How to Hear God’s Voice by Dr. Mark Virkler

Article and Video

Appendix B: Salvation Prayer

Appendix C: Song Lyrics

Chain Breaker by Zach Williams

Diamonds by Hawk Nelson

Eye of the Storm by Ryan Stevenson

Fix my Eyes by for KING and COUNTRY

Giants Fall by Francesca Battistelli

God of Miracles by Chris McClarney

Holy Spirit by Francesca Battistelli

I Knew What I was Getting into When I Called Youby Misty Edwards

I will Lift my Eyes to You by Bebo Norman

Limitless by Colton Dixon

No Longer Slaves by Bethel Music

Once and for All by Lauren Daigle

Remind me Who I am by Jason Gray

Something Beautiful by Steven Curtis Chapman

Tell your Heart to Beat Again by Danny Gokey

The God I Know by Love and the Outcome

You are I AM by Mercy Me

References

Foreword

By Dr. Mark Virkler

You CAN live a worry-free life by just asking Jesus to lead the way. How to Live a Worry-Free life will show you, or your group how to have loving and healing encounters with the Living God increasing your faith, hope, love and peace. Dr. Patty Sadallah masterfully demonstrates the steps of that journey clearly with Scripture, personal stories and real Jesus conversations.

Patty teaches you how to pray with authority by helping you understand who God is, who you are, and how to claim His Promises related to your life. She concludes each chapter with Your Turn Practice Exercises where she guides you into experiences and conversations with Jesus, similar to what you have just read about in the chapter. How many books do this? These exercises allow you and your group to step beyond a Bible study into a divine encounter. Lyric videos from contemporary Christian artists provide worship opportunities that invite God’s Presence, so your heart is properly postured to talk to Jesus.

It was ten years into my Christian life before I could begin having these kinds of interactions with God. The Word of God is clear that the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in the hearts of believers for this very reason. God IS the same, yesterday, today and forever.

Patty has released a gift for the body of Christ with this book. I guarantee that all who read How to Live a Worry-Free Life and work through the exercises will move to a more peaceful and powerful place in God’s grace. I pray this book finds its way into the hands of all who are hungry to find peace and intimacy with Jesus, and that its readers will lead others in the same manner.

To live worry-free is a command in the Bible, and God never gives a command without equipping us to obey it. You can live as God intended you to live. You can walk with God in the cool of the day and receive His direct counsel. You can immediately have Jesus encounters as Patty takes you by the hand and shows you how in the pages of this book. Your life will be forever transformed!

Dr. Mark Virkler

President of Communion with God Ministries and

Christian Leadership University

https://youtu.be/Yf1ARbpB0gA

Preface

Four days after the LORD gave me the downloaded assignment to write my first book, Clips that Move Mountains in January of 2012, I was at the Cleveland House of Prayer, and Ben Keys came in for prayer. Ben is a Christian Prophetic Artist and was in town to reveal his Cleveland Renaissance painting and the message the LORD had about the city’s future. He had a full day of meetings to share with different groups and wanted intercessory prayer. I had the great privilege of praying with him and receiving a prophecy from the LORD through him.

Ben told me that the LORD wanted me to receive the title of Author and to get comfortable with it. Clips that Move Mountains would be the first of many books. He said that God would use me to bring the message of the Realness of God and the practicality of the Christian Faith to the masses by using media, the language of this generation. For the first book, that meant the use of film clips as metaphors for the messages that the LORD wanted to share.

After writing Clips and then Journey to the Abundant Christian Life, its Bible study companion, I felt I needed to learn more in order to write more books. I became a student and immersed myself in the Word and His Presence. You will read the story of how the LORD led me to Christian Leadership University (CLU) later in the book, but what I learned in the nearly three-year journey to my Doctorate in Christian Leadership/Discipleship is that we have so much more as God’s adopted children than we ever realized.

I started teaching some of what I was learning from CLU as Bible study classes out of my home. Teaching helped me integrate what I was learning at a deeper level, and students were learning how to hear God's Voice and see visions just like me. We were learning about how to pray with more authority and to step out in faith because of our newfound intimacy with Jesus. We began to see and even expect miracles in that group! You will read about some of them later.

One of the things that I heard myself say over and over when someone from the group would ask a question about a Scripture or a challenge in their life was, Did you ask Jesus? It became such a thing that I would ask, What do you think I'm going to say? They would nod and say, Did you ask Jesus? We would laugh and then they would take it to Jesus and let me know what He had to say about it. That's how I got the Just Ask Jesus series title. Once you know how to ask Jesus yourself, He becomes the Teacher, Counselor, Shepherd, Healer, etc. These are His names for a reason!

I believe that the LORD chose How to Live a Worry-Free Life as the first book in this series because it was the lesson that I most needed to learn. If I could learn to surrender my worries to the LORD, He could use me so much more than if my mind was distracted by my issues and problems. My journey to that discovery is on these pages. It's what I needed to learn to be able to live the life God intended for us in Psalm 46:10. (AMP) Be still, [cease striving, let go, relax] and know that I am God.

The Song Lyric Videos

For this book, the LORD spoke to me in songs and lyrics. The LORD lives in our hearts and not our heads, and He speaks in His language. The language of the heart is the flow of the Holy Spirit, pictures, stories, emotions, and music. It is why Jesus so effectively taught through emotionally moving stories and visual metaphors.

The song lyrics you will encounter support the message of the teachings and communicate directly to your heart. These incredible artists received these lyrics as direct inspiration from the LORD. Music has a way of sticking with us because our brains process the information through the artistic side, the same side that triggers our emotions. Listening and singing along to the songs while reading the words involves your eyes, ears, mind, voice, emotions and your heart. They will help you internalize the truths that the LORD most wants you to embrace.

There is another important reason to take the time to watch, listen and sing these songs: they are praise and worship to the King of kings. Praise and worship are food for the soul. They are powerful tools to combatting worry because you take your eyes off yourself and your problems and gaze at Jesus, He fills you up and strengthens you for the battle. God will respond when you focus on Him and not yourself or your worries because you are inviting Him to come near. You will learn that God’s Presence is the source of all power, peace, victory and effectiveness.

The easiest way to watch and listen to the lyric videos is to find them on the Song Lyric Links page of www.JustAskJesus.org. They are listed there in order of appearance in this book. Also note, that the song lyrics are listed alphabetically in Appendix C at the back of the book.

Names of God in the Scriptures

Scriptures were researched using the online resources of www.Biblegateway.com and www.Biblehub.com. They are primarily in the New International Version (NIV) if not indicated, and in the Names of God (NOG) or other versions as indicated.

I chose NIV because it is a common translation and is easily understandable. Because this book teaches you how to find Scriptures and pray according to the Names of God and English translations do not indicate these specific names, NOG is also used. The Tree of Life Version (TLV) is another outstanding Bible that includes the original Hebrew Names of God and can also be found on Biblegateway. The Bible encyclopedia by Christian Resources.net identifies 939 Names and Titles of God with links to verses that reference them.[1] The Tool Box section of the book will give you more information about these websites, and research tools to dive into 24 Names of God.

Dialogue Journaling

You will see many Jesus conversations in this book. They come from my or other people’s dialogue journaling experiences. Jesus’ voice is always indicate in italics. Dialogue Journaling is a tool that you will learn on this journey and is the primary vehicle we will use for you to connect with Jesus. You will learn this skill in the next chapter and practice it in every chapter. The Tool Box chapter has a large section of tips and other exercises to help you get comfortable with this method. The more you dialogue journal, the easier it becomes.

I have included some audio links where I walk you through some of the Your Turn Practice Exercises. This is