Abundant Life Was Always The Plan
A practical and revealing study of New Testament commands
Is abundant life head knowledge rather than a lived reality for you?
When Paul discovered that the very pathway to abundant life lay in obeying Jesus’ commands, he dove into every New Testament command he could find and unearthed 465 of them. A little overwhelmed at first, he soon realised the commands were like loving advice from a caring parent, saying, “Don’t touch that. It will hurt.”
After all the sorting and studying, Paul distilled the commands into five main themes for ‘Do’ and five for ‘Don’t’. The result is this valuable New Testament resource, perfect for individual or group study.
Are you ready to explore God’s loving heart behind the New Testament commands?
Are you keen to know what it takes to live a life full of abundance?
This book provides practical applications and thought-provoking questions that will lead you away from legalism and toward the abundant life God has always intended for you.
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“A strength of this book is the practical way it continually moves the reader from information into reflection and response. The “life application” sections, the explanations, and particularly the ponder questions help prevent the material from becoming merely intellectual. It invites us to examine ourselves honestly before God, which I think is one of the strongest aspects of the book. The conclusion brings the themes together helpfully and gives the book an encouraging and reflective ending rather than simply finishing as a study manual. The book calls us to become an authentic follower of Jesus and to seriously consider what it means to live under His teaching in practical ways. It is a strong and relatable resource for believers, small groups, and discipleship settings.”
Dr Rev Lex Akers – National Leader Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
“This book is a brilliantly executed study demonstrating that God’s commands are not a burdensome list of rules and regulations that must be obeyed in order to gain God’s favour or to avoid the horrors of eternal separation from Him, but rather represent the very pathway to abundant living. As a psychologist daily working in the trenches of individuals’ messy, challenging lives, I can attest to the fact that, more than anything else, every human heart longs for solid identity, secure and enriching relationships, meaning and purpose, and a lasting joy and peace that remains stable in the face of life’s inevitable adversities. Paul masterfully proves that God’s do’s and don’ts are simply another manifestation of His amazing grace as they are specifically designed to lead us to these very outcomes. God’s infinitely good, kind, compassionate, wise, and fiercely loving heart lies behind every instruction He gives! Biblically sound, thoroughly anchored in hundreds of scriptures, and packed with insightful personal anecdotes and incisive reflection questions, this book is perfect for individual or group study. If you’re ready to align your thoughts and actions with the perfect will of God, this book is your definitive guide. ” Scott Bowden – Psychologist
Paul is a leader among men. He comes up with new ideas with irrepressible enthusiasm, and there will generally be a group tagging along for an engaging adventure. His book abundantly declares his exuberant approach to life, “Think big and go hard – I mean, what could possibly go wrong? Right?” The twinkle in his eye and glimmer of a smile assure his listeners that he is good-humoredly aware of the risk in the plan, but he keeps close to the credo “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” This book quickly drops us into an engaging adventure of learning to hear God’s heart-call to life through his instructions recorded in the Bible. Curiosity pulled Paul into a particular approach to discover how he could unpack what God actually desires from us when we hear his greatest command to love. Developing this loving relationship and response to our Lord Jesus is the core purpose of this book. I love the thematic analysis of all the New Testament’s commands and the powerful impact such a gathering has for revealing what God always wanted for his beloved. I exhort you to grab a copy of the book and, if possible, copies for others. Allow Paul to guide you through the themes, to avoid the pitfalls he has discovered, and to soak in the scriptures.
Rev Iain Watt – Uniting Church of Australia
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