Greg L. Hawkins - More: How to Move from Activity for God to Intimacy with God

Im so thankful that as a young leader I was able to learn from Greg Hawkins. He taught me some of my earliest and most fundamental lessonsabout leadership, about life, about faithand Im thrilled that now so many people will be able to learn from him through these pages. Greg is brilliant and kind, and his spiritual journey through these pages is a beautiful and inspiring one.

S HAUNA N IEQUIST , author of Bread & Wine and Savor

Greg Hawkins is a man with an enormously capable mind and a deeply feeling heart. His book More will help you connect your mind and heart to each otherand to God.

J OHN O RTBERG , senior pastor, Menlo Church, and author of All the Places to Go

Greg Hawkins has given us all a gift. His transparency and humility invite us on a journey of discovery. More is a spiritual devotional derived from data gathered in the most technical way and then processed through the filters of a heartfelt search for Gods best. Anyone who takes the time to read these pages can find hope and direction for the challenges life presents.

A LLEN J ACKSON , senior pastor, World Outreach Church

Ive had the privilege of working closely with Greg Hawkins for more than twenty years, and Ive learned from experience that whenever Greg has something to say, I listen and learn! He is such an incredible student of Gods work in us and in churches, and the Reveal study he led had a profound impact upon thousands of churches worldwide. Now hes taken it a step further in More to inspire and point us to the true living that God so passionately wants us to experience.

S ANTIAGO J IMMY M ELLADO, president and CEO of Compassion International and coauthor of Small Matters

In Greg Hawkinss new book, More, he tackles the questions many of us have asked: Is there more to this life? Is there more to my relationship with God? With very real conviction, he proves the answer is yes! Filled with practical, Scripture-based suggestions, years of research, and personal anecdotes, this book pushes us toward intimacy with God. I encourage anyone who wants to experience more of life to read this life-changing book.

R OBERT M ORRIS , founding senior pastor, Gateway Church, and best-selling author of The Blessed Life, Truly Free, and Frequency

When I met Greg Hawkins more than twenty years ago, I quickly discovered his passion for Christ. Today he remains a person full of zeal and zest for living a Christian life of eternal significanceand his goal is to pass it on to you. More exemplifies how preparing in this life for the next life is the most important thing we as Christians can do. This book will grip your heart spiritually, as it did mine, and your soul will be stirred by Gregs vibrant faith and passion.

J ON R . W ALLACE , president, Azusa Pacific University

Ive never read a book so data-driven that stirred my heart toward love in all my life. If you personally need a soul reawakening to long for and pursue more of the life Jesus promised, pick up More and dont be surprised when you struggle to put it down.

S HANE F ARMER , senior pastor, Cherry Hills Community Church in Denver, CO

Reveal: Where Are You?

Follow Me: Whats Next for You?

Focus: The Top Ten Things People Want and Need from You and Your Church

Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal About Spiritual Growth

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations marked ( TLB ) are taken from The Living Bible copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ( MSG ) are taken from the Message. Copyright by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc. Scripture quotations marked ( NLT ) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Italics in Scripture quotations reflect the authors added emphasis.

Research data and analysis used by license from Originate Constructs.

Hardcover ISBN9781601428622

ebook ISBN9781601428639

Copyright 2016 by Greg L. Hawkins

Cover design by Mark D. Ford

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Published in the United States by Multnomah, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

M ULTNOMAH and its mountain colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hawkins, Greg L., author.

Title: More : how to move from activity for God to intimacy with God / Greg L. Hawkins.

Description: First Edition. | Colorado Springs, Colorado : Multnomah Books, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016010264 (print) | LCCN 2016016247 (ebook) | ISBN 9781601428622 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781601428639 (electronic)

Subjects: LCSH: SpiritualityChristianity. | Expectation (Psychology)Religious aspectsChristianity.

Classification: LCC BV4501.3 .H3875 2016 (print) | LCC BV4501.3 (ebook) | DDC

248.4dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016010264

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Forever and Always

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life , and have it to the full.Jesus

JOHN 10:10