Simplify Your Spiritual Life

As a Christian, there are always going to be struggles with how best to grow closer to Christ. My number 1 recommendation for any Christian in this (outside of faithfully reading the Bible) is Donald Whitney's book The Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. That book simply transformed my intentional efforts to be a better follower of Christ.

This book, Simplify Your Spiritual Life, is a great addition as well. There is some overlap, so if you start here, there is still a tremendous amount of coverage of the spiritual disciplines as well. But this book is directed at and fully acknowledges the challenges of our 21st century western lives and all of the distractions that may make it difficult to follow through.

The format of this one is interesting in that each “chapter” is 1-2 pages. You could almost use it as a nightly read, just reading 1-2 of the topics and seeing how they apply to your situation. Much like Spiritual Disciplines, I think this is a book I'll come back to from time to time. I've dog-eared several sections that I think would be great for discussion in small group settings as well.

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to grow their relationship to Christ.