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Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing Kindle Edition
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We often try to do a lot for God--without him. Relaxed is a call to let go of spiritual performance, reject our cultural tendency to live under pressure, and find freedom to walk with God and toward God, one gentle step at a time.
Jesus was never in a hurry to be anywhere other than where he was, trusting and obeying his Father. Could the same be said of us? We long to know peace, purpose, and contentment, but life's stresses, the world's discouragements, and our own striving for growth get in the way.
In Relaxed, pastor and teacher Megan Fate Marshman explores what it means to set aside our addiction to trying to figure everything out and relish a slower, compelling, powerful, and relaxed life with God. As Megan takes us word by word through Proverbs 3:5-6, she helps us discover:
- The joy of a continual, intimate relationship with God
- What God calls us to do with the burden of shame and guilt
- What it looks like to be relaxed in the midst of grief, financial stress, mistakes, and fatigue
- The freedom and forgiveness of being found "in Christ"
- How to incorporate rhythms of walking with God into our everyday routines
God never intended for us to be in control. As we lean away from our own understanding and into an intentionally relaxed spiritual life, we join Jesus in trusting a God who knows what he is doing--and isn't worried about a thing.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherZondervan
- Publication dateAug. 13 2024
- File size2.9 MB

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"An invitation to receive rest and hope."
"Megan is the epitome of relaxed, California cool, but it’s clearly Christ in her that has brought the kind of peace that transcends the deepest losses. Her transformational words, hard won and true, are an invitation to receive the rest and hope and joy available when we finally let God lead us through life’s good/hard dance."
—Katherine Wolf, author, Treasures in the Dark, Suffer Strong, and Hope Heals
"We all need this message in this loud, chaotic, independent world."
"Megan Marshman has a unique ability to cut to the heart of the matter with the most poignant truth, but in a way that feels like salve on burn wounds. Megan shares candidly about her own experience of striving for needlessness and the rest and freedom that come from learning to trust God with all our hearts. We all need this message in this loud, chaotic, independent world."
—Dave Dummitt, senior pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
"A life-changing read."
"In her compelling, open-hearted style, Megan Fate Marshman takes us on a journey toward peace in our anxious age. Relaxed is a book that surprises, comforts, challenges, and inspires. It’s a life-changing read."
—Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing, author; speaker; theologian; honorary lecturer, Divinity University of Aberdeen
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About | Relaxed is a call to let go of spiritual performance, reject our cultural tendency to live under pressure, and find freedom to walk with God and toward God, one gentle step at a time. | Join Bible teacher and spiritual formation leader Megan Fate Marshman for a seven-session Bible study on exchanging self-reliance for the trusting and relaxed posture modeled to us by Jesus. | Meant for Good is a power-packed, biblical look at the truth that you really can trust God's plan for your life--no matter what your life looks like right now. | The most-underlined verse in the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11, says that God has a good plan for you—a plan to give you a hope and a future. Are you ready to believe it? | The most-underlined verse in the Bible, Jeremiah 29:11, says that God has a good plan for you—a plan to give you a hope and a future. Are you ready to believe it? |
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In a world where anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and uncertainty swirl around us like an unrelenting fog in stormy seas, Megan artfully points us back to our one true source of hope and direction: Jesus. -- Brian Wurzell, pastor of creative programming, Passion City Church and Passion Conferences
If there's something we could all use a bit more of, it's not just rest, it's resting God's way. With Relaxed, Megan takes us on a journey that leads us all beside stiller waters, where the restorer of our souls meets us every time. -- Preston Morrison, lead pastor, Pillar Church
Megan Fate Marshman is one of the most invigorating people I've ever been around--bright, witty, winsome, wise. But her vigor has not come cheaply. Hers is not the thin optimism of the unbereaved. Megan has learned to trust Jesus through terrifying trials. And in her new book, Relaxed, she teaches us to do the same. This book is dripping with shalom. -- Daniel Grothe, pastor; author, The Power of Place
Megan is the epitome of relaxed, California cool, but it's clearly Christ in her that has brought the kind of peace that transcends the deepest losses. Her transformational words, hard won and true, are an invitation to receive the rest and hope and joy available when we finally let God lead us through life's good/hard dance. -- Katherine Wolf, author, Treasures in the Dark, Suffer Strong, and Hope Heals
Megan Marshman has a unique ability to cut to the heart of the matter with the most poignant truth, but in a way that feels like salve on burn wounds. Megan shares candidly about her own experience of striving for needlessness and the rest and freedom that come from learning to trust God with all our hearts. We all need this message in this loud, chaotic, independent world. -- Dave Dummitt, senior pastor, Willow Creek Community Church
There are few leaders I respect more than Megan. Her choice to live out this Jesus faith, in the midst of extremely difficult circumstances, gives an authority to the words she writes. Rest and relaxing come only from trusting God, and we need that more than ever! I'm so thankful to know Megan and for this incredible work. -- Tyler Reagin, leadership author; speaker; cofounder, The 10TEN Project
In a hurried, frantic, do-it-yourself, and count-on-yourself world, this book is a powerful reminder of Jesus' example to slow down, be present, and lead at Jesus' pace. -- Brad Lomenick, former president, Catalyst; author, H3 Leadership and The Catalyst Leader
In a world full of distractions, this book is a gentle reminder from a trusted friend to take a deep and courageous breath when the wind has been knocked out of you, get your feet reset, and lean back into the strong arms of Jesus. -- Bob Goff, author, Love Does, Everybody Always, Dream Big, Undistracted; sweet Maria Goff's husband; Megan's good friend; chief balloon inflator at Love Does
In her compelling, open-hearted style, Megan Fate Marshman takes us on a journey toward peace in our anxious age. Relaxed is a book that surprises, comforts, challenges, and inspires. It's a life-changing read. -- Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing, author; speaker; theologian; honorary lecturer, Divinity University of Aberdeen
About the Author
As an international speaker at churches and conferences, Megan Fate Marshman is a leading voice to this generation. She has devoted her life to loving God and overflowing His transformational love to others. She’s finishing her Doctorate in Ministry as she serves as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. Megan lives in Southern California and loves adventuring and sharing the love of Jesus with her two boys.
Product details
- ASIN : B0CMQ868NT
- Publisher : Zondervan
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : Aug. 13 2024
- Language : English
- File size : 2.9 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 223 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0310358282
- Page Flip : Enabled
- 鶹 Rank: #139,391 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #13 in Christian Poetry
- #108 in Sacred Text Study Guides
- #139,197 in Kindle eBooks
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About the author

Megan Fate Marshman is a disciple, Mom, hope sharer, joy spreader, grace-needer, proclaimer of God’s extravagant love. As a speaker at churches, conferences, and university chapels, Megan Fate Marshman is a leading voice to this generation. She invests her time listening to God, opening her life to His love, and delights in sharing the process of learning to walk through life with Him.
Megan is finishing her Doctorate in Ministry as she serves as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at Arbor Road Church. She enjoys adventuring all over the globe with her boys, sharing the love of Jesus with them.
www.meganfate.com
@meganfate
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- Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2025Verified PurchaseIn a time of deep grief and increased anxiety, I came across this book. It’s been an incredible reminder that I don’t walk this life alone, but with an awesome God who takes care of all the details so I don’t need to worry about a thing.
Thank you Megan Fate Marshman for this beautiful book.
- Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2025Verified PurchaseA great read.
- Reviewed in Canada on March 13, 2025Verified PurchaseLoved this book.
- Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2025Verified PurchaseFelt very encouraged by Megan’s latest book. It was easy to follow along and engaging and challenged and encouraged me in my faith journey.
- Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2025This book felt like walking with a good friend. Megan's writing, and her voice is so real—all the wisdom shared in this book is soaked in honesty, and hope born from a lived and loved experience of God. She speaks lovingly to the reader because of her belovedness and you can feel it.
I love how realistic, practical, and simple this book is. Simple and profound. If you want to move deeper into the hidden depths of your heart, if you're tired of trying to figure it all out, if you're overwhelmed all the time, if your thought life and behaviors are out of control, and you have no idea why— this book is a beautiful guide into how we lean on Jesus in prayer, how to rest in His presence, so we can stop striving.
The truths and experiences shared are so formative, and I've found myself with a transformed view of God's tenderness, and how to view others just as tenderly and compassionately.
- Reviewed in Canada on March 24, 2025Verified PurchaseBook didn't have the depth of writing and content that I was hoping for after reading the ad content.
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- KStottReviewed in the United States on March 13, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED this book for so many reasons!
Verified PurchaseI loved this book. I listened to it over Christmas time and then my church just finished doing the Bible study that goes along with it as well so Megan’s words have been a big part of my life for the past several months. Megan has a way of explaining and teaching the gospel that is easy to understand, relate to, and apply in life. I truly feel that the practical spiritual disciplines that I took away from this book have changed my relationship with the Lord and helped me relax in areas that have felt tense and stressful (hello, control freak over here!). I have found myself really holding onto the discipline of “going to God” which is something Megan talks about in her book and I’ve even had the chance to share the idea with a few others in my life (also learning to take risks! Yay God!). I think this book would be an incredible read for people in all different walks of life, any season, any age, any level of spiritual maturity. There is SO much packed into it and it is definitely worth a read or listen. And the Bible study that goes along with it was amazing too! Thank you Megan for sharing your gift of writing, teaching, and sharing your story with us- God is using you in big ways to further His Kingdom!
Don’t hesitate, order Relaxed today!
- VinoReviewed in the United States on June 30, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoying this read
Verified PurchaseBook received in excellent condition. This read is part of a book club and am half way through the book. Am enjoying the read and the author’s message. Book is easy to read. Once I’m done I may share this with someone else so that they can enjoy it also.