ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354–430 AD)
From a Restless Heart to a Written Life – Living Epistles – 40 Day Devotional Series – 1
St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD): From a Restless Heart to a Written Life, which traced Augustine’s journey from inward turmoil to surrendered obedience. That first volume established the central conviction of this work: that God continues to write His truth through yielded lives, and that the testimonies of faithful men and women remain living instruction for the Church today.
The first volume in the Living Epistles series is available here:
https://www.amazon.com/ST-AUGUSTINE-HIPPO-354-430-Devotional-ebook/dp/B0GJN8N9XS
St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD) –
From a Restless Heart to a Written Life
What does it look like when God refuses to abandon a soul?
The life of Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD) answers that question with uncommon honesty and enduring power.
Augustine’s story continues to speak across centuries because it reflects a struggle many believers still recognize today—a life marked by desire without rest, knowledge without obedience, faith without surrender, and grace that refuses to let go. His journey exposes the inner conflict of the human heart and the relentless mercy of God who pursues, confronts, restores, and transforms.
Living Epistles: St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD) is a Christian devotional biography designed to disciple believers through lived testimony rather than abstract theory. Drawing from Augustine’s Confessions and anchored firmly in Scripture, this book presents Augustine’s life not as distant history, but as a living letter written by God for the Church today.
Through a compelling biographical narrative and a carefully structured 40-day devotional journey, readers are guided through themes of repentance, identity, delayed obedience, divided desire, inner conflict, grace, holiness, endurance, spiritual warfare, maturity, and visible fruit. The journey intentionally moves from Augustine’s formation to the reader’s transformation.
The final movement of the book shifts decisively toward the reader. Through subtle, story-driven scenarios and practical acts of obedience, readers are invited to embody what they have learned—examining their own lives as living epistles of Christ, written by the Spirit of the living God and read by the world.
This book is written for individual devotion, group study, church discipleship, leadership formation, and missions training. It is designed not merely to inform, but to form—calling believers to a faith that is visible, legible, and fruitful.
This is not merely a story about Augustine.
It is a call to become writable in the hands of God.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is for:
- Christians hungry for spiritual depth and obedient faith
- Believers wrestling with delayed surrender or divided desire
- Church leaders discipling others in real-life Christianity
- New believers seeking authentic models of lived faith
- Readers who want Scripture applied, not merely explained
This book is written for all believers, trusting the Holy Spirit to personalize truth according to each reader’s journey.
THE PROMISE OF THIS BOOK
This book promises to:
- Awaken spiritual hunger
- Confront half-hearted obedience
- Strengthen faith through honest testimony
- Deepen love for Scripture
- Inspire a life that bears visible fruit
- Equip readers to live as ambassadors of Christ
It does not promise comfort without change.
It promises transformation through surrender.
Shalom!
Zacharias Godseagle; Amb M. O. Ogbe; C. Ladi Ogbe
God’s Eagle Ministries
St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430 AD): From a Restless Heart to a Written Life
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