EDBOOK

 

 

 LIVE LIKE YOU

 MEAN IT

  By Eric Delve

  March 2010
  £11.99 trade paperback
  Hodder & Stoughton

 

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You only get one life – so you need to make the most of it


Do you feel like too often you drift through life, going with the flow or being tossed by currents beyond your control? Do you sometimes think that if we could only fight for the life God meant for us, life could be so much more fulfilling? This energetic and engaging book from renowned evangelist and founder of the Detling Festival Eric Delve is a challenge to rethink what matters to you and why…and to do something about it!

LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT draws on the Bible stories of David, the shepherd boy who would be king, and Jesus, the odd-job man who became the Saviour of the World, and digs deep into the humanity of these great heroes to reveal the full potential of your own life, and equip you to find that potential – with God’s help.

Eric sets out a strong argument for intentional living - the need to engage positively with the choices that face us and the rewards it will bring if we do so. Along the way we are challenged to face up to who we really are, jettisoning pretence or fantasy, and to accept our humanity in its weakness as well as its high potential. Eric urges us to understand what God's purpose is for us and to let him guide us into the full life he wants for us - including standing firm through difficult times. Once we’ve learnt how to balance the demands of work and home, of now against the future, the desire for achievement against the need for peace and contemplation, we can start really living like we mean it!

Eric Delve is vicar of St.Luke’s Maidstone, Kent and runs the Detling Festival. He travels extensively, speaking in churches and at conferences, and at Echoes in Eternity events around the country. This is his first book for a number of years.

‘WOW! This book is INSIGHTFUL, INSTRUCTIVE, INSPIRATIONAL and INVIGORATING.’
J.John

‘Eric Delve tackles the age-old question of what life is all about and how we can "Move beyond survival to success, and beyond success to significance."  Don't miss it.’

Rob Parsons

‘Beautifully written – it almost reads like a novel – bubbling over with hope and encouragement, Eric has given us an intriguing interpretation of the life of David ‘the man after God’s own heart’ linking it with the life of David’s greater son, Jesus. In doing so he gives us pointers to become as they were, people who live out God’s dreams.’
R.T. Kendall

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020 7873 6044 claire.portal@hodder.co.uk



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"Gather the five virtues: ?dignity, confidence, ?courage, compassion, ?faith: then you are a man"?(Kofi Annan)

"Those who would do great things dare not make small requests" (James Ryle)

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care"?(John Maxwell)

"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgement"?(Hyrum W. Smith)

"For a lot of people, the word 'failure' carries with it a finality...But for the successful leader, failure is a beginning, the springboard of hope"?(Warren Benniss)

"The humility of Christ is...that of absolute dependence on God and absolute trust in Him, with the consequent ability to move mountains"?(H. Richard Niebuhr)

"Sow the seed and go to bed. God does not need to sleep but you do"?(Leighton Ford)

"Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move"?(Lee Lococca)

"Step out for Him. Trust Him. Dare to lvive on the edge"?(Loren Cunningham)

"He (Jesus) was made what we are, that he might make us what he is himself"?(Irenaeus)

"You cannot deliver people until you have been delivered from the people"?(Creflo Collar)

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