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Jody Burkeen

Jody Burkeen

Jody Burkeen is the founder and president of MAN UP! Gods Way Ministries.

He is a pastor, speaker, and author. His first book, Man Up Becoming a Godly Man in an Ungodly world, is an Amazon best seller.

Jody has been married to his wonderful wife, Nan, since 1990 and has four beautiful children.

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Pursuit of a Godly Life

Living Like Jesus Matters

Jody Burkeen, founder and president of MAN UP! God’s Way Ministries, boldly dispels the dangerous assumption among Christians that spiritual growth is passive. The godly life won’t happen automatically. It requires constant, earnest effort on the believer’s part to exhibit certain Christ-like characteristics in increasing measure.

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I hear all the time that Christians don’t know what to do to “grow” their faith, and they are confused about the process. So many give up, leave the faith all together, or just live a very mundane Christian life with little to no fruit. All too many times, “Christians” are experiencing a “false conversion” because they are unsure what to do after they say a prayer or they say it without understanding
the change and quench the Spirit.

In the passage above, Peter is writing to the church—to believers—and his point is that if you are claiming to be a Christian, if you are truly following Jesus Christ, there are certain things that should exist in your life. There are virtues that should be developing and strengthening at all times.

First, there should be the desire to change. The Holy Spirit will start changing you from the inside out. The apostle Paul writes, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come (2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB). Second, that desire should lead you to Scripture! I love what Paul told the Philippians, that they should “work out your salvation
with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12–13 NASB).

What Paul was saying here is that because of our salvation, we should work to obey God and His commands, with fear (obedience) and trembling (reverence). Because we do this, we want to know what God wants in and for us. The only way to find that out is through Scripture.

If you are not reading your Bible, you cannot understand what God’s Word is telling you. Every day you should be waking up and reading your Bible! That is the only possible way you’re going to continue to grow in the graces of the true knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, Dan Ivy says we should be making “a concerted effort.”[1] We should be applying something to our Christian walk, not
just sitting and trying to soak it all in.

The more that I read 2 Peter 1:5–12, and the more I’m convinced God’s going to convict me, the more that I should be walking away from the sins that are in my life and running toward God. That’s what repentance is. Repentance is not waking up every day and saying, “God forgive me of the sin that I committed yesterday,” but then doing the same thing the next day, and doing the same thing the day after that. Rather, repentance is the sanctification process. We’re getting better today. I'm better today in God’s eyes than I was yesterday. It’s a process; it doesn’t automatically happen. but you've got to start with the Word of God. That’s the diligence, or that’s the effort that needs to be applied
into your walk.

Let’s stop being lukewarm. In Revelation 3:16 the Lord says that “because you’re lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth” (NASB). We’ve got to stop playing church, and we’ve got to start loving Jesus.
So, 2 Peter gives us a great list of characteristics that Christians should possess and how to grow them. This book will walk through each of these virtues and show how, as a Christian, they should be progressively growing in you.
This book will show you what it means to pursue a godly life.

Outline

The book is written based on 2 Peter 1:5-12. There are 9 virtues that Peters talks about in the section of scripture. I have takes each virtue, broken them down into chapters and action items for men to use in their daily walk.

Audience

Christian Men.

My last book, published in 2012 is still in the top 100 paper back books and the top 40 of ebooks in Christian Men's Living.

Promotion

Man Up God's Way has a vast social marketing network. Over 650,000 Followers on Facebook, 20,000 Downloads of the Man Up God's Way App, 25,000 Instagram followers, 8,000 Twitter followers, and 25,000 emails. The Author, Jody Burkeen speaks to over 3,500 men each year.

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Scribbcrib Publishing logo Scribbcrib Publishing

500 copies • Completed manuscript • Looking for romance, fantasty, science fiction, and poetry.
We're a small publisher, created by authors, for authors. We specialize in unknown authors looking to get their foot in the door. We provide all of the services required for your book to be successful, but also require a lot from our authors in return. We are a royalty publisher and do not charge for services, but we ask our authors to assist with personally marketing their work.

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Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Personal Growth & Self-Improvement, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future, Travel

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Agora Publishing is a Canada-based not-for-profit organization, founded in 1997 with the aim of making book publishing accessible to all writers across Canada and internationally.

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Austin Brothers Publishing logo Austin Brothers Publishing

100 copies • Partial manuscript.
Austin Brothers Publishing provides all the services of a traditional publisher, working in partnership with the author, to create the book the author desires. Our strength is the ability to fill any role you might have, including ghostwriting, helping you complete a manuscript, publishing, printing, distribution, or any service you might need to complete your book. Our process is determined by your needs. If you want assistance with self-publishing we can help.

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Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Travel

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HigherLife logo HigherLife

500 copies • Completed manuscript.
HigherLife allows authors to retain all your publishing rights and you pay no publishing fee. Your only cost is to purchase at least 2,500 copies of your book from the initial press run, and this cost typically amounts to a 60%-80% discount off retail. You benefit from a full publishing team of experts: editors, designers, publishing and marketing strategists, copyeditors, copywriters, who know how to take your message and craft it as well as any New York Times best-selling publishing house would do.

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Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Personal Growth & Self-Improvement, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future

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Mascot Books is a full-service hybrid publisher dedicated to helping authors at all stages of their publishing journey create a high-quality printed or digital book that matches their vision. With comprehensive editorial, design, marketing, production, and distribution services, our authors have the support of an experienced publishing team while still retaining one of the highest royalty percentages in the business.

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From Manuscript to Market.

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The process is guided by a dedicated Account Manager, who's goal is to produce the book the author envisioned.

With BookFuel, authors retain 100% of their rights, ownership of their files, and all their royalties.

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Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future, Travel

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Dog Ear Publishing logo Dog Ear Publishing

A publishing services company dedicated to delivering amazing results to our authors. From manuscript development and editing to book design to effective marketing tools, Dog Ear delivers. Our dedicated team of publishing professionals have spent years in both the 'traditional' and self publishing worlds.

We know how to build, distribute, and market great books.

Dog Ear authors pay less and make more than authors from ANY other publisher. Visit http://dogearpublishing.net to learn more.

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Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future, Travel

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ShieldCrest Publishing logo ShieldCrest Publishing

ShieldCrest are book publishers based in the UK who fill that vital gap for talented authors where mainstream publishers are unwilling to give them that chance. We strive for excellence and invest in our authors and are listed in FreeIndex as the number one independent publisher in the UK for price quality and service rated author satisfaction. We publish books of all genres including; fiction, historical, biographies and children's books.

ShieldCrest publishing continues to grow rapidly with satisfied authors throughout the UK and overseas. Our range of products includes paperbacks, hardbacks and digitised e-books in all formats used globally in the myriad of e-readers.

In addition to the above, ShieldCrest provides a complete range of services including book design and layout, illustrations, proof reading and editing. For marketing we offer author web page, press releases, social media marketing packages and many other support services to help both first time and experienced authors get their books into the market quickly and maximise on the opportunities available.

These services enable us to guide our authors through the process as we transform their manuscript into a professional book, which can take its place with pride next to any famous author's book of the same genre.

The staff at ShieldCrest have many years experience in the book industry and this wealth of experience is put at the disposal of our authors.

Our clients include established authors such as Diane Marshall who has been acclaimed as the best writing talent to come from Scotland for years by The Scotsman newspaper, and Prof Donald Longmore OBE, who performed the first heart transplant in the UK and has sold thousands of medical books used by students throughout the world. We also recently released "Martin Foran-The Forgotten Man" by J.R. Stephenson, which features fraud within the police, abuse within the prison service and injustices in the courts and has been featured in the press and on TV.

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Children Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mind & Body, Mystery, Thriller, Horror & Suspense, Romantic Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Business & Money, Career & Success, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Health, Fitness & Dieting, History, Journalism, Politics & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Sports & Outdoors, Technology & the Future, Travel

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Virtualbookworm Publishing logo Virtualbookworm Publishing

Virtualbookworm (VBW) Publishing was founded by a writer frustrated by the long wait time and occasional heartbreak often associated with the publishing industry. After researching the various "alternatives," he discovered a number of subsidy publishers that would publish any author ... for a price. Unfortunately, many reviewers (and readers) thumb their noses at books from such houses, since all it takes is cash to get published by them.

Then he discovered self publishing and the endless opportunities it presented. However, such a venture requires countless hours of research of printers, proofreaders, artists, etc. And after publication, even more time is consumed trying to market the book.

So, Virtualbookworm.com was established as a "clearinghouse" for authors, since it offers virtually everything under one roof. Although we now charge setup and design fees, those costs are kept to a minimum so as to cover all expenses. And, as with "traditional" publishers, we carefully review each manuscript and only offer contracts to authors who truly have exceptional manuscripts. We don't print garbage, and we want our authors to proudly say they were published by Virtualbookworm. If we accept your book for publication, you can rest assured that it will be sold next to other quality books, and not just work that had enough money behind it. And, you'll receive some of the best royalties in the business!

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  • Guy Vincent
    on Oct. 3, 2016, 5:15 p.m.

    Go Jody! Looking forward to seeing your book spread far and wide! :)

  • Nathan Shields
    on Oct. 4, 2016, 4:09 a.m.

    Hope you reach your goal brother!! Can't wait to get the book! God bless!

  • Justin Windmeyer
    on Oct. 11, 2016, 5:27 a.m.

    I pray the LORD uses your book to lead more men to Christ!!

  • Jack Ward
    on Oct. 12, 2016, 1:43 p.m.

    Rugged Faith Ministries is happy to support our friend Jody Burkeen

  • Ryan Morris
    on Oct. 12, 2016, 6:34 p.m.

    Excited to receive this book, Brother! You're a true warrior for the Kingdom, and a great battle buddy! Love locking shields with you both personally and in ministry. May the Lord bless you at every turn as you bless His people.

  • steve DEDMAN
    on Oct. 18, 2016, 5:22 p.m.

    As per my comment in the manup app, I'm behind you brother . Men need this! You emailed me your first book, I've just bought a hard copy and a preorder of your new book. God bless you Jody, this is excellent and from god

  • Greg Armbrust
    on Oct. 18, 2016, 11:50 p.m.

    Just pre order my book after reading other brothers asking for us to step up

  • Christi Clark
    on Oct. 20, 2016, 3:17 p.m.

    Thank you for sharing! I probably should have ordered both books!

    Miss you - take care!!

  • Len Maselli
    on Oct. 21, 2016, 9:12 p.m.

    may God bless you mightily as you seek to be the man God designed you to be! Len and Chris

  • Don Rude
    on Oct. 22, 2016, 6:08 p.m.

    Go Jody, God bless. Don Rude

  • Fran Schlittler
    on Oct. 24, 2016, 2:57 a.m.

    Jody, I am already blessed by you. Praying I further my relationship with God. Jody please pray for my relationship with the Lord.

  • eddie larraga
    on Oct. 25, 2016, 3:16 p.m.

    I pray that God may grant you, according to the riches of His Glory, Strength in your soul by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the name Jesus!

  • Jack DelGado
    on Oct. 26, 2016, 1:48 a.m.

    Jody, thank you for being an amazing leader to men everywhere. I look forward to reading both books. God bless and Godspeed!

  • Bryan Scarbrough
    on Oct. 26, 2016, 4:32 p.m.

    I love your work and pray continued success and blessings for you and your family! I look VERY forward to the opportunity to benefit from your years of study and I am excited about this book! Keep up the great work, and God Bless!

  • Jim Houston
    on Oct. 27, 2016, 7:26 p.m.

    Hey Jody, This is Jim Houston In Thayer Ks. Jordan Hazen's father in law(and Jess's dad). Can't wait for the new book! Thank you for your ministry! Love you brother!!!

  • Kelly Hall
    on Oct. 28, 2016, 6:47 p.m.

    Locking Shields Brother, Slingers

  • Brian Miller
    on Oct. 29, 2016, 1:46 p.m.

    Can you sign the inside for an old friend. Brian Miller

  • Timothy Sorrells
    on Oct. 29, 2016, 8:10 p.m.

    Excited to read Jody's new book.. His first book changed my world and I can't wait to see what God has planned with this one. - Tim Sorrells War Room Ministries.

  • Scott Carlton
    on Oct. 31, 2016, 3:40 p.m.

    Bought the book and shared it on Facebook, good luck my friend.