Scott Morrison opens up about 'God's plan' and his faith in upcoming book

Readers will get a deep insight into Scott Morrison's faith and how it influenced his prime ministership when his book is released in 2024.

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reacts during Question Time

Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister labelled his 2019 election win a "miracle" at the time. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch

Key Points
  • Former prime minister Scott Morrison is to release a memoir.
  • It will detail how his Pentecostal faith impacted his time in office.
  • Morrison came into office in 2019 and lost the 2022 election.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison is set to reveal in detail how his Christian faith influenced him, in a memoir to be published in May 2024.

The 288-page book, Plans for Your Good - A Prime Minister's Testimony of God's Faithfulness, will be published by Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

The publisher's website blurb for the book says it: "offers a unique insider's account of a Christian who was open about his faith and operated at the top level of politics for more than a decade".

"During one of the toughest periods since the Second World War, covering drought, wildfires, a global pandemic and recession, he chronicles God's faithfulness throughout, win or lose, public criticism or public success.

"Less political memoir and more pastoral encouragement, Morrison is passionate about encouraging others to discover how they can access and see the many blessings of God in their own lives, no matter their circumstances, drawing on Jeremiah 29:11, that God's plans are for our good and not our harm, to give us a future and a hope."

The former Liberal leader, who remains in parliament as a backbencher, sets out a series of questions such as "Who am I?" and "How should I live?"
"Morrison's honest, vulnerable and reflective answers offers a unique lens to better understand your relationship with God and the blessing that can flow from such a relationship," the blurb states.

He was Australia's first Pentecostal prime minister, declaring the coalition's 2019 election win a "miracle", but went on to lose government at the 2022 poll.

Morrison noted on his MP interest register earlier this year he had received a royalties advance for the book.

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Published 18 September 2023 12:40pm
Updated 18 September 2023 1:40pm
Source: AAP



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