Hearing God
Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
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Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
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Average rating4.7
"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to God means communicating with him--telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing and understanding what he is saying to us. It is this second half of our conversation with God that is so important but that can also be so difficult. How do we hear his voice? How can we be sure that what we think we hear is not our own subconscious? What role does the Bible play? What if what God says to us is not clear? The key, says best-selling author Dallas Willard, is to focus not so much on individual actions and decisions as on building our personal relationship with our Creator. In this updated classic, originally published as In Search of Guidance, the author provides rich spiritual insight into how we can hear God's voice clearly and develop an intimate partnership with him in the work of his kingdom. (From Google Books)
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Short review: This is a classic book on hearing God. And I think it will be reading in another 25 years as well. There are others books that tread the same ground. And some of them are about as good. The strength of Willard is his grounding in historical Christianity, his strong biblical and theological understanding and his awareness that no one will ever really fully understand God. So he is humble in his presentation, not because he is unsure, but because he knows that we are fallen.
I think this would be matched well with Bill Hybels' Power of a Whisper because this focuses more on theology and philosophy behind hear from God (as well as seeking after God in a more general sense). While Power of a Whisper has a more biographical bent. There is benefit from hearing how real people hear from God, but I think the weakness of Power of a Whisper is that it might be too directive and not as deep theologically. Both are good, I think together they are better.
Full review on my blog at http://www.mrshields.com/hearing-god-developing-a-conversational-relationship-with-god-by-dallas/
