Intimate Friendship with God: Through Understanding the Fear of the Lord

This little book is worth reading more than once. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to really walk the Christian walk. Tired of hypocrites? Don't be one either. Each chapter is fast reading, but it goes very deep to the core of why we really decided to walk with Christ anyway. Knowing Jesus better helps us to be better; with Him as the center focus we become focused on what really matters in life. I have recommended this book to everyone who wants a close relationship with God.

Before I became a pastor nine years ago, I read this book with my wife. It is one of the few books we keep a copy of in our bedroom. I make sure our booktable has a copy at the church...and I regularly still recommend this book. It's the most balanced and penetrating study on the fear of the Lord I have ever read. It changed my understanding of God and spiritual living and has had a good effect on many people we work with regularly. If you are thinking about getting this book my only recommendation is that you buy extra copies because you will probably want to keep yours....instead of loaning it out.

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ !!!I was saved 14 years ago. At that time as a middle school student, I experienced the baptism of the Holy Spirit while I was in the prayer meeting in the end of the day of Church summer training. At the right time, I did not noticed what had happened to me and I could not understood God was trying to talk to me. Around 10 year later since then, I was able to pray every day morning to receive answer for my desperate life problems, and during my praying time, I came to convince that God have been continuously trying to speak to me. God showed his evidences so that I may not ignore His voice and signs any more. Samuel , the author of 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, could answer to God after 3 times of God's call. But for me it took more than 10 years. Before I read this book, I myself had similar experiences as the Mrs. Joy wrote in this book. I was not sure what is the exact spiritual meaning is. Before I read the books of Mrs Joy, I made progress in the knowledge of the Spirit day by day very little. And as a result. I start to undertand a little part of spiritual things described in bible, by Jesus, Paul, prophets of old testament. The slow speed was majorly because I did not make enough memo and prayer concerning the all things which was happened to me. Now I think Mrs. Joy started and established good foundation to start our fellowship and talking with God, Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, who was known as Triune God or God the trinity. I have lots of things to exchange concerning the topics of Mrs. Joy's books....

I have been a christian for a long time. Never have my eyes been more opened, nor have I seen so clearly what the fear of the Lord truly means. I have longed for true intimacy with God for years. But until I read this book I always felt he was so far away, intangible and therefore I was unable to really, truly comprehend His love. Joy's book helped bring to life the true love of God and how much he desires intimacy with us all. The fear of the Lord? The age old interpretation couldn't be more wrong. All of this book blessed me, parts encouraged me and yet others convicted me. At times I felt such conviction I would look at it and not be able to pick it back up until I set right the cause of my conviction. What a powerful book! Every christian who truly seeks intimacy with God, should read and reread this book!