BIBLICALLY - The Series That Will Radically Change How You Live Out Your Faith
- Tim Peden
- 3 days ago
- 5 min read
Just over 12 months ago, I was challenged about what it means to serve God. Is it just doing something for God, is it doing things for others, or is it much deeper? I realised that over the last 8 years God has been teaching me and planting in my heart a new way of seeing Him and understanding both what it means to be in relationship with God and how this impacts the way I live out my life.
I have found this changes from being a life of stress, expectation and trying all the time to live up to what I thought God wanted me to do as a Christian to being on a daily adventure in relationship with God, walking with Jesus and being led by His Spirit to walk in HIs plans NOT MINE and be on an exciting adventure where I anticipate He will lead me into something that will change lives and help establish His Kingdom on earth. A life where I am able to fulfil every good work He has made me for. This is an overview of the series.
The people who have inspired me..... my parents! They pray together daily for family, friends and neighbours, listen and walk closely with God, and every day anticipate that God will lead them to people to encourage, connect with and share His love. This will not stop TILL they are called to be with Him in heaven! As you read the books, you will get a sense of how God has led them into a life of adventure and excitement with God ... even in their 80's. If they can do this..... what is stopping you?
Overview of the "Biblically" series...
This series is designed to be more than five separate books. It’s a connected pathway—built to help readers understand the gospel, grow in maturity, serve with joy, and remain steady through suffering and change.
Each book can be read on its own, but together they form a progressive journey:
Foundation → formation → overflow → refining → endurance
Book 1
Biblically Understanding the Simple Message of Christianity
The Foundation: God’s Story, the Gospel, and Your Identity
Book 1 lays the groundwork. It focuses on the “big picture” of Christianity—Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration—and the simple, life-changing message of the gospel. It helps the reader understand who God is, what Christ has done, and what it means to belong to Him.
This book answers:
What is Christianity really about?
Who is God, and what has He done through Jesus?
What does it mean to be saved and to live as God’s child?
Why it matters: When storms come, people don’t just need comfort—they need clarity. Book 1 establishes the truth that everything else stands on.
Book 2
Biblically Preparing Hearts for Christian Service
Formation: Character, Calling, and Readiness
Book 2 moves from believing to becoming. It focuses on the inner formation that prepares believers to serve faithfully—humility, obedience, identity, integrity, spiritual habits, and a servant heart.
This book answers:
How does God shape a person for His mission?
What does readiness look like spiritually and emotionally?
How do I serve by calling rather than striving?
Why it matters: Christian service is not sustained by talent alone. It’s sustained by character. Book 2 prepares the heart so service doesn’t become performance or burnout.
Book 3
Biblically Serving with Joy
Overflow: Serving from Love, Not Pressure
Book 3 builds on formation and shows how service can be joyful—not because life is easy, but because joy comes from a relationship with God and alignment with His purposes. It addresses motives, sustainable service, teamwork, resilience, and the kind of joy that isn’t dependent on praise or outcomes.
This book answers:
How can I serve without losing joy?
How do I avoid serving from guilt, approval, or pressure?
What does joyful obedience look like in real life?
Why it matters: Many believers love God but become tired in ministry. Book 3 trains believers to serve from the overflow of intimacy with God, not the demand to prove themselves.
Book 4
Biblically Understanding Suffering: Formed in the Fire
Refining: Seeing Suffering Through a Biblical Lens
Book 4 addresses what every believer eventually faces: suffering. It reframes hardship as something the Bible expects and something God can redeem. It explores identity under pressure, surrender (“not my will”), spiritual battle, refinement, and eternal hope.
This book answers:
Where is God in suffering?
Does hardship mean I’m failing—or being formed?
How does suffering shape identity, character, and calling?
Why it matters: Many people believe the gospel until pain arrives—and then they reinterpret God. Book 4 protects faith by teaching readers to interpret suffering through Scripture, not Scripture through suffering.
Book 5
Biblically Walking Through Suffering: From Wilderness to Maturity
Endurance: Living Forward with Rest, Wisdom, and Hope
Book 5 is the companion guide to Book 4. If Book 4 gives theology and meaning, Book 5 gives practical pathways for walking through long seasons: rest in the storm, transition and new seasons, emotional and spiritual health, and living forward with hope anchored in eternity.
This book answers:
How do I endure when the season is long?
How do I rest without guilt and keep going without burnout?
How do I move through transition, grief, and uncertainty with faith?
Why it matters: Suffering isn’t only something to understand. It’s something to walk through. Book 5 offers rhythms and practices that keep believers steady, soft, and faithful on the long road.
The Series in One View
Book 1: What do I believe? (gospel foundation)
Book 2: Who am I becoming? (formation for service)
Book 3: How do I serve with joy? (overflow and sustainability)
Book 4: How do I see suffering biblically? (refining and hope)
Book 5: How do I walk through suffering wisely? (endurance and renewal)
A Suggested Reading Path
New believers or seekers: Start with Book 1, then read Book 4 when facing hardship.
Those preparing to serve or lead: Book 1 → Book 2 → Book 3
Those in a difficult season: Book 4 → Book 5 (then return to Book 2 and 3 for sustainable service)
Church small groups: Use Book 1 as a foundation, then Book 4–5 for deeper formation and hope.
Final Note to the Reader
These books are written to disciple the whole person—not only the mind but also the heart and life.
The aim is not to create impressive Christians.
The aim is to form deep Christians—people who know God, live as sons and daughters, serve with joy, and remain steady through suffering, transition, and spiritual battle.
Because God is not only interested in getting you through life.
He is shaping you into the person He designed you to be—and preparing you for the good works He prepared in advance.
Be prepared to live out the adventure God has made you for in a relationship with Him! Move from living your plans to living in the plans He has for His creation and what He has made you for. Partner with God to establish His Kingdom wherever you go. Do not miss every good work He has made for you to do with Him (Ephesians 2:10).
It is time to start that adventure.....today!
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