Living Close To God

I just read Living Close To God When You're Not Good At It by Gene Edwards. This book wasn't quite what I expected. It was fairly basic, with extremely short (2-4 page) chapters. Edwards focuses on how to have a deeper relationship with God through your daily walk with Him. I appreciated his approach on going deeper than just rote Bible reading and prayer, and that was a help.

However, this book was pretty basic and would probably be great for a person who has just accepted Christ and has no idea where to begin. It was a bit too simple for me without as much practical application as I would like. I would recommend this book to a new Christian, however.

It was good, just not quite what I expected.

I received a copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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