New Book: ‘Secret of Contentment’
Thanks to all the friends who have reviewed and contributed thoughts to this new book – it has finally been published and is available for order.
For those in the UK, you can order directly. Simply fill in the form below. You can also order from any bookshop in the UK and most most bookshops in the US.
In other areas of the world please use Amazon.com or your local equivalent.
Available online:
The book is also available online, here: http://www.hearhim.net/connect/forum/secret-of-contentment
Here are some comments and an introduction to the book:
“Could not put it down. Thanks for reminding me of how God sees me and how effortless His favour and grace actually is – how much He admires me just because He wants to and not because I impress Him with my weak efforts. The pages are filled with the liberating good news of His love that runs contrary to the bad news of self-effort that is so often dished up in the name of good news. In a religious world of dos and don’ts, it is good to know that it’s not about what we do that’s attractive to our heavenly Father – He is already infatuated with us.” Deon Stevens
“What a joy to read this my brother. Beholding the truth as in a mirror is the mystery of Christ and our own true identity revealed in Him. I have no doubt that the Lord has birthed within you a wonderful revelation of Himself that He will continue expand upon you. I believe this message will be a blessing to the Church, opening up her eyes to the unseen majesty of the glorified Man in heaven, who alone is the unveiling of her true humanity. There are many things I could comment upon, in particular I loved the truth revealed by the ‘bottled at source’ anology – its imagery is beautiful. Also what you said about Paul’s revelation in Galatians, not pointing to him as the source but seeking to bring us to the undiluted Christ as the source, is a very discerning point. In fact I think this is the gift that you have given to the Body Of Christ, to bring her back to the source and origin of her birth and true identity which I believe is the very foundation that Christ seeks to build her upon. I pray that the Lord continues to unfold to you and all who read this, the riches of His grace towards us in Christ.” Roddy Young
Introduction:
Young lions lie down in complete satisfaction after feasting on their prey. Despite their great strength, they have no greater ambition than satisfying their most basic natural cravings. Most animals are content with little more than food, but man has an appetite that seems insatiable. Mankind has a consciousness of value that drives us to explore every avenue, to push every limit, to tunnel through mountains, to build habitations in space, to invent a microscope like the Large Hadron Collider that is 27km long, to peer into the smallest detail of matter, in search of information … meaning … something that satisfies beyond mere survival.
Despite technological advances and the comforts of a modern age, man’s appetite and search for contentment has not been diminished. We travel more, we eat more, we have more gadgets and comforts, and the worlds information is at our fingertips. To pay for it all we work longer hours, live more complicated and demanding lives, but do these things bring us any closer to the secret of contentment?
In approximately 60 AD, a man under house arrest, bound by chains to a Roman soldier, wrote the following: “I have learned the secret of contentment, whatever my circumstances.” In another letter he wrote: “As you read you will understand my insight into the mystery of Christ.”
It is this secret, this mystery that we explore in this book.
Order Form
A donation of £5 will cover postage anywhere in the UK & the cost of the book. I’ll also be sending a batch of books to India and Zimbabwe – if you want to contribute to that gift it will be greatly appreciated.
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Dear Andre and Mary,
Would like to receive your latest book, the Secret of Contentment, please let me know if there is any cost involved in posting it to South Africa and how payment must be made or otherwise pay and get it from the internet.
Hope it is going well with you and your family, would love to see you visit our shores again, I think the greatest dream for the years that I have left on this planet and asked the Lord for at least 20 years seeing that I am 51 to preach and teach the Word of God but at this stage I belief I need to carry on with the business and see what God is going to do.
Kind Regards
Chris
Hi Chris – always good to hear from you. We remember our evening at you house-fellowship with such fondness. I’ll let you know once I’ve posted the book.
Andre
Hi Andre ,
I have been reading your book these recent mornings before going to work . Its a book for reflection and meditation that transports you out of the narrow confines of our daily existence . Some of the gems that have reminded me of who i really am are things you say like “the truth that we are known” has so gripped me and your emphasis of it “apprehending us and opening up a whole new world” is so exciting to my spirit … “the truth you are more than your greatest achievement or failure ” ….the truth that “our origin being revealed by his choice of us before creation ” …. all wonderful realities that open up new vista’s in the realm of the spirit!!
These things are so life to me and constantly snap me out of the stupor of the inferior mind-sets that want to settle on me . Your book has helped me shake of the illusory dust of my false identity in Adam and clothes me with the the glory of who i am in Christ . I thank you for this brother , there are not many brothers in my world ,who who have seen the beauty of thier true reflection in the mirror of christ and who are able to hold that mirror up to others .
Roddy, “the sharing of our faith becomes effective through the acknowledgment of every good thing that is in us in Christ.” Philemon 1:6
We were sharing with a few friends this past week – it really hit home that what is important in the first place is not even what I/we believe about God … but rather what He believes about us! That gives us such a different starting point in sharing, because we are not primarily interested in changing what another person believes, but rather sharing the good news of what God believes.
Jesus – the exact mirror reflection of God’s thoughts and character; the exact mirror reflection of our true identity. He recognises Himself in us, the way a father recognises himself in his children! Thank you for seeing so clearly and for such encouraging words.