Experiencing God At Home Review

I know I did a post awhile back about something that had struck me in the book Experiencing God At Home by Tom and Richard Blackaby.  I finally finished reading the entire book a couple months ago.  (I know, it took me awhile to finish the whole thing.)  It was not as easy of a read as I had anticipated, but it definitely had many points I needed to read.  There was a lot of advice on raising godly children that was very helpful.  Here was a highlight that really grabbed my attention.

• God loves to act after we pray and just in time.  He is rarely early and never late.  Boy, did I need that one.  We all know God can do anything, but sometimes He wants us to pray and ask.  Is it really that hard?  No.  God loves us.  We are His children and He wants us to communicate our needs to Him.  It is true, God rarely is early.  I wish he were, because it would be easier.  However, His timing is always perfect.  I find that when our situations get desperate, and there is nothing anyone but God can do is when He likes to act.  

If you're raising a family, this book would be a good one to add to your family library.  Here's what the back of the book says: 

    

    "Amidst society's rapid secularization and increasingly anti-Christian stance, there are plenty of 

     parents who sincerely want to raise their children to love and serve God and to experience God's 

     blessing upon their lives.  

     

     Still, the statistics are sobering.  Rising divorce rates, the bullying epidemic, multiplying online 

     distractions, and dangerous cyber addictions have our kids facing temptations and pressures we

     never imagined at their age.

     The challenges are many, but solutions are available.

     In fact, the Bible has shown us the darker things get, the more determined God is to use Christian 

     families as lights on a hill.  God is just as interested in working through your family today to

     extend His kingdom as He was with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Mary, and Joseph.  

     

     Experiencing God at Home gives you the tools that will help your family be God-centered,

     God-directed, and God-blessed despite a world increasingly secular.

     Ask God to open your heart as you open your home to His guidance and blessings."