Diligently Seeking God: Daily Motivation to Take God More Seriously

This is an excellent devotional book. It makes you think about increasing your seriousness about your relationship with God. I'm so glad I bought it as it has excellent entries to read and think about.

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." ~James Thurber Gary Henry presents daily moments for reflections in "Diligently Seeking God" where we can find inspiration for any day of the year. September 30 is titled: "On Not Missing the Moment." Here we find three paragraphs exploring a perspective on time, ideas from the apostle Paul and Jesus' perspective on the future. A verse begins each page and then the paragraphs are followed by a wise quote. Some of the selections include enlightening information on: Our Deepest Need, Our Greatest Reward The Joy of Fulfilling Our Purpose The Ultimate Paradigm Silence and Solitude Inner Strength, Inner Light Gary Henry presents his thoughts along with biblical wisdom and inspirational quotes. I especially loved the quote by David Smith: "The love of God is the ultimate reality, the deepest and strongest force in the universe; and it is revealed to the man who resolutely girds himself to the conflict." ~The Rebecca Review

This book was given to me as a gift when I was struggling with the reality of God and with my spirituality. This book helped me immensely.I have given it to at least 7 other people and I believe every one of those people loved it and gave it to 4 or 5 of their friends.This is an awesome book .It is hard to read one day at a time beccause you don't want to put it down !!

Scripture tells us time and again that we're a forgetful people. It's with this premise that Gary Henry presents a devotional for each day of the year to seek after God. He by-passes writing on extraneous Religious rituals/details and cuts right to the heart of the matter. Hence, the title, Diligently Seeking God.Each devotion is preceded with a scripture verse, and concludes with a passage from some of the great spiritual writers of the past, as well as the present (E. M. Bounds, Nouwen, Merton, Thomas A Kempis, Francois Fenelon, Brother Lawrence, etc.).Henry uses the pillars of faith and trust to explore our relationship with God, and expounds from there.This isn't "light fluff" reading, like so many contemporary evangelical books these days, but rather, very much in the tradition of Oswald Chambers. Since this is the case, each page often requires a day of reflection to meditate and act on.A very solid and meaty devotional, we're fortunate Henry will be following it up in the future with more of the same.

Diligently Seeking God is a wonderful devotional guide. This book offers a complete year of meditations that will help you look at the question "What difference does it make whether we seek God?" Each page explores our need for God and invites you to a deeper desire for Him. The style is comfortable but reverent, but be warned: it will make you think, reflect, meditate and take God more seriously. That is why I call this dangerous reading. One cannot read this material and be the same. It demands we consider who God really is and that always compels change. This book is a tremendous tool for those who want to take their relationship with God to a better and deeper level. I really like that each day's devotion just has a date (like "June 5" or "December 14"). That means you can pick up Diligently Seeking God at any time and just start - you don't have to wait till January 1. It also means you are never behind because each day's devotion and reading is independent of the others. This is a book that won't disappoint you. I am anxious to spend an entire year with Diligently Seeking God.