Allow Your Goodness to Thrive: A Plan for Sharing in the Divine Nature of Our God
Most of us settle for far less than God designed us for. We survive our days rather than thrive in them.
Allow Your Goodness to Thrive: A Plan for Sharing in the Divine Nature of Our God is a 13-chapter Bible study by Randy Collins built on 2 Peter 1.
How This Study Helps
It's easy to forget that we carry the image of our Creator and that His divine power has already given us "all things that pertain to life and godliness" (2 Peter 1:3). Without that, goodness becomes an occasional act instead of a growing nature.
Drawing on more than fifty years of teaching Scripture, Randy Collins walks readers toward sharing in the divine nature. He looks at what it means to be made in God's image, the daily choices that shape who we become, how to train a conscience that can be trusted, the war between flesh and spirit, and the reality that God makes His abode in His people. A Master Gardener, he writes about the soul the way a gardener thinks about soil: goodness grows where the conditions are right, and creating those conditions is a choice we make every day.
Format & Features
A 103-page, 6 x 9 paperback in thirteen chapters, each closing with discussion questions.
Who It's For
Adult Bible classes on spiritual growth, small groups studying 2 Peter and the Christian virtues, new Christians and their mentors, senior adult classes, and personal devotional reading. It also makes a good gift for a baptism or milestone birthday.
Common Questions
Can I use it to teach a class?
Yes. Its 13 chapters fit a quarter of weekly classes, and each ends with discussion questions.
What Scriptures does it cover?
It is built on 2 Peter 1:3–8 and also draws on Genesis 1:26–27, Psalm 143, Galatians 5:16–26, Romans 7–8, and 1 Corinthians 6 and 15.
About the Author
Randy Collins spent twenty-nine years with IBM in accounting and finance, then fifteen more in small business consulting. He became a Christian in 1958 and served thirteen years as an elder with the church in Greencastle, Indiana. He began writing adult Bible study guides in 2010 and has since written several books, including Stop…and Smell the Mints, The Garden of the Shulamite, and Growing Old Gracefully in the Lord. A certified Purdue Master Gardener, he lives in Avon, Indiana.
Product Details
- Author: Randy Collins
- Publisher: Spiritbuilding Publishers
- Chapters: 13, each with discussion questions
- Pages: 103
- Format: 6 x 9 paperback
- Key Text: 2 Peter 1:3–8
- ISBN: 9781964805757