Disciplines of the Heart: Tuning Your Inner Life to God

I could not stop reading this book after I purchased it, I read it straight through. It is anointed and while it may appear to be for women, the principles apply to anybody. Anne Ortlund is authentic. She has struggled successfully and writes with authority as a result. The theme of this book is essentially intimacy with God. All else grows from that ongoing contact with Him. Finding His ways, His favor, His will is where the purpose of life begins and where it is sustained. Readers are given practical ideas on how they can cultivate and maintain this intimacy with God.

This looks like fluff, but don't judge till you read. Full of scripture, it goes deep enough to hit you for days. I want to have a copy of my own, but it is out-of-print. The topics deal almost exclusively with personal, soul-based issues that bring you or keep you from God. Lots of good references also. I loved it.