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Living Close to God (When You're Not Good at It): A Spiritual Life That Takes You Deeper Than Daily Devotions
by
Gene Edwards (Goodreads Author)
Have you tried harder to have a consistent time with the Lord—but failed?
Does your mind wander during prayer, and do you run out of things to say?
Do you question why it is so hard to fellowship with the Lord?
Stop feeling like a failure at daily devotions
Gene Edwards faced these same questions and struggles. And he found a better way to walk with the Lord than merely trying
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
October 4th 2011
by WaterBrook Press
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This book annoyed me. I was very excited when I received it in the mail. Because I, at times feel like I lack that relationship with God. I wanted to read this book in hopes to find the answer to the question "How do I live closer to God?" What I got were "sermons" about things I don't understand. Again I have A.D.D so if the book isn't straight to the point, I get bored easily.
This book should be titled "How I Lived Closer to God" because it just talks ...more
This book should be titled "How I Lived Closer to God" because it just talks ...more
Gene Edwards offers a concise guide to the spiritual life, a guide that seeks to help each Christian who is bogged down in this busy world to find the moments to commune with the Savior. In this guide, Edwards offers many practical suggestions. One such suggestion is to designate certain patterns or signals throughout the day in order to remind you to spend some time in conversation with the Lord. A particularly helpful aspect of this text was the author's consistent reminder that he himself i...more
I love the idea of this book, it's perfect for people like me who can't sit still for one minute, let alone fifteen minutes of quiet time. I thought it would give me practical, step-by-step solutions, but it didn't. That was a bit of a disappointment, since I was looking for some sort of paracetamol for my spiritual headache. But I realized there might not be an easy, over-the-counter prescription for what ails me.
The book is a lot about the author's own experience, which made me reali...more
The book is a lot about the author's own experience, which made me reali...more
I won this book in a goodreads first reads giveaway. It's an amazing book and makes you think about what is important in life.
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Gene Edwards is one of America's most beloved Christian authors. He has published over 25 best-selling books, and his signature work, "The Divine Romance," has been called a masterpiece of Christian literature. He has written biblical fiction covering nearly the entire Bible, with titles that include the following: "The Beginning," "The Escape," "The Birth,"...more
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