Eden's Blueprint: God’s Plan for Your Life Began with a Design

Having grown up in conservative religion, I just always felt there HAD to be more and THIS is it! Matt Beckenham has broken through the religious boxes that we have put God in for generations and shown us that He is more relational and more relevant to our daily experience than traditionally taught. With refreshing realness and authenticity, he describes his own journey of spiritual questioning and leads us through the scriptures with a new lens of God’s true heart and our divine design.

In his new book, Matt Beckenham provides an extraordinarily beautiful perspective into the relationship that God has desired to have with us from the beginning of time.In a culture that can be so quick to judge and condemn men and women for their mistakes, Matt reminds us of our Father’s unconditional love that was not confined to the garden. The Creator’s love that didn’t shame Adam and Eve out of hell, but instead provided the greatest expression of love that wooed them back into intimacy with Him after the biggest mistake of their lives.It was evident after reading just the Prologue through tears that Eden’s Blueprint was not going to be just an average read. The unique perspective that Matt so beautifully unwraps in these pages speaks of God’s desire for relationship with us from the beginning of creation. That desire for intimacy is still His design for each of us today if we are willing to open our hearts to receive this gift.I believe as you read each chapter that God is going to unlock those places of vulnerability in hearts that may have been closed off from wounds created in the name of religion. I see doors to the chambers of hearts previously closed opening again, and trust in the One who created us for relationship flourishing as He always intended! Hallelujah!I received a complimentary advanced reader’s copy of this book from the author.

If you are looking for a book, that touches the heart with an authenticity and genuineness you can relate to, invites you to step back into the original design God has for you and doing life with the Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, then Eden’s Blueprint fits that bill.If you have been jaded by religion in the past you may enjoy the honest conversation and questions that are shared by the author as you are invited to look at life from a place of love without a hook attached to it.A favorite quote is where Matt says:“It is an act of grace to love a person before you hear their story and it is an act of relationship to not let their story change the way you love them.”Matt is reminding us that God didn’t change His mind or His love about any of us, and Eden’s Blueprint describes the discovery and pursuit of living life from a relationship with God and others brilliantly.

My heart raced and ached as I witnessed the Garden of Eden story unfold from an entirely new perspective. And this is just the opening, which I reread five times, before continuing!! BUT, be prepared to have your concepts challenged. I'm not sure yet that I agree with all I find in this book, but it has opened my heart to consider a way of loving in relationships that I never thought possible.In Eden's Blueprint, Matt Beckenham urges us to consider our original design. What were we designed for? Relationship! Each chapter continues to open revelation upon revelation, immediately followed with challenge, like this one, "To learn to see someone as God sees them is an act of love that is as normal as breathing."How is it that we LOVE as normal as BREATHING?? Matt goes straight to scripture to uncover real "Eden" moments through the lives of Zacchaeus, the demoniac at Gerasene named Legion, Nathanael and others.The opening allegory in Eden’s Blueprint is worth the price of the book. Period. Like C.S. Lewis worthy. But don't stop there or you'll miss out on the chance to have you own God-created design revealed!!

This book has so much wisdom packed in every page. As I read this book, I found more freedom and learned from Matt more about the language of the Kingdom of God. I love the way Matt takes passages that I have known for many years and opens up a whole new level of understanding. This book is a sweet and kind invitation to sit with Jesus and to be healed.I feel like the first read was not enough to absorb all that is offered in these pages - and I plan to read it again so that I can soak in all the wisdom offered.If you have found yourself wondering, is there more? The answer is absolutely and Matt offers you a doorway into the vast expanse of the love of God and the so much more of the kingdom.

Be prepared to be stretched and challenged. This book will test your views on God’s love and the way we should love people. Matt takes us on a journey through his life changing experiences, and how he truly did some extraordinary soul searching with the Lord. He then introduced us to the love of the Father from his perspective and how the Father’s blueprint for each of us is truly unique. Matt does an excellent job at being honest about his journey and what he saw and observed that changed him. I appreciated his conversational approach to writing and the allegories at the beginning and the end are definitely keepers. You will want to read them again and again. *This review was based on a complimentary pre-release copy.

The vulnerability and honesty in this book draws you in. The book begins with a powerful story, and ends with powerful possibilities. Everything in-between invites you into Presence.I believe this book will open up hearts. This book takes you into a place of encountering the deep love of God. I felt like the author didn’t shy away from real life questions. He offered up examples from things he had experienced and learned. Some lessons are hard & don’t have quick fixes. But he shows the fruit of not giving up. Will definitely be reading this book again, more revelations await!

If you believe that God is anything other than a good, kind, and loving Heavenly Father, then this book will radically change your life! I challenge everyone to read it! (I got to read it ahead of time, so, yes, I already know how good it is!)

Rich with personal testimonies and with a depth of vulnerability and honesty, Eden’s Bluepint draws you into a journey. Matt Beckenham essentially looks at God’s intended design for man within His Creation, the nature of sin and the separation it brings, and how we can come to live in the depth and reality of the kind of relationship and life and connection God intended when He created mankind. Throughout the book Matt unpacks the difference between the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life and expresses and explores the heart of God towards us, as well as helping the reader to realise the unique original design they have.Whilst on one hand this book is an easy read - it flows well, is generous with personal stories, engaging and creative - on the other hand I found it shaking the very foundations of my understanding and theology, stretching me out of a comfortable place and into unfamiliar territory. In Eden’s Blueprint, Matt Beckenham brings a new perspective, a new way of seeing things, a paradigm shift that shakes the old ways of religious Christianity and what we’ve been used to, to invite us into connection and relationship and intimacy with God. I believe that this book will usher in transformation, freedom from religion and the bondage to the lies of the enemy, and will help you on the journey to discover your design, your true identity and God’s plan for your life. 

A must read, one to share and ponder on over and over again.

As I read this book, turning page by page, I realised I was given permission to unlearn and challenge life long untrue beliefs about God and myself. Shame had kept me doing more and working for freedom and acceptance. What Matt Beckenham shares in this moving book released me to love and accept myself for who and how God made me. Freedom has always been mine and it's yours also. Matt shares his life with tenderness and vulnerability leaving us with hope and a desire to come out of hiding. It's a love story. A story of redemption. Reading this book will ignite the desire to lean into the Father, to learn about our original design and receive the love Jesus has for us no matter what we have done or what we believe about ourselves and others that has paralysed us in despair. Matt's understanding of love is transformative. It's a book to read and reread. Do yourself a favour, soak this book in and allow love to seed in your heart and flourish.

This is book is a game changer!!! If you’ve ever thought “There has to be more to religion than this” this book is for you! Matt carries the Fathers heart & exudes His love. This book invites you to step out of religion & into relationship. So so so good! If you really want to know the Fathers heart for you, buy this book! If you really want someone else to know His heart for them, buy them this book! I can see winds being healed & rivers of love pouring out of these pages directly into hearts that didn’t even realise they were desperately hungry. I see the captives of the religious spirit being set free to set others free. I see people being held in the living arms of their Father as these pages speak truth to them & open up their eyes to the love story of the Bible.