Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God [Hardcover]

Henry T. Blackaby (Author), Claude V. King (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2004

Experiencing God has sold more than 4 million copies! This 15th Anniversary Edition contains new content from Henry Blackaby and others.

This remarkable book will help any believer renew and revitalize his love for the Lord by seeing His love for us. Experiencing God is designed to help each of us recognize our own personal relationship with God as He reveals His divine plan and guiding hand. Even as we try to understand Him, God comes alongside us to accomplish His work through us. (Also available as part of the Leader Kit for A 40 Day Experience: Reality.)

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About the Author

Henry T. Blackaby serves as a special consultant to the presidents of the North American Mission Board, International Mission Board, and LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is a popular speaker and writer whose study course Experiencing God has sold more than 3,000,000 copies. Blackaby lives in Rex, Georgia.

From AudioFile

Wayne Shepherd's rich vocal personality matches voice to mood as he delivers the authors' prescriptions for living a God-centered life. With warmth and empathy he recounts how to develop an intimate, life-changing relationship with the Lord and how to apply God's will to all of life's circumstances. The issue of trust prevents many from growing in relationship with the Lord. With a simple rhythm Shepherd defines what trust is and what trusting God means, and how to build and renew one's faith and trust in God each day. Revised and expanded with seven new chapters and dozens of inspirational stories, this practical, God-centered audiobook is suited for individual or group Bible study. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: B&H Publishing Group; Anv edition (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805432000
• ISBN-13: 978-0805432008
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #441,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Revelations about a Personal Relationship with God, February 16, 2000

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Attorney William F. Fale (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God (Paperback)

This book is the only book I have ever read (other than the Bible) that has allowed me to understand how to have a meaningful and personal relationship with God and to know His will in my life. Obedience, submit and trust are not my favorite words as a Christian, but the author sets forth in a straight forward approach the way to know God, see His will in your life, trust Him and react based upon that trust. This should be recommended reading for every member of the clergy so they would be better prepared to help their church members develop a personal relationship with God. The reader will find that if this book is read, studied and the roadmap set forth in this book followed, it will be a life-changing experience. It was for me.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discipleship 101, April 2, 2006

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Mark Jones (Watkinsville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God (Paperback)

I first went through EG with a group of men in 1998, and now as a pastor I just led my college and career Sunday School class through it in 2006. This book has stood the test of time because it is so simple and so very basic. I am continuously reminded of these principles in my own life and ministry as I seek God's will. Henry Blackaby has impacted an entire generation of Christians with this Discipleship 101 walking with God classic.

I still love the four ways of knowing God's will, and I've never heard it put better than the way Blackaby does it. This book will challenge you to a closeness with the Lord that may challenge your foundations, and it will change your life. As a pastor it invigorated me and the recent review heavily impacted my ministry. If you haven't read it or taught it lately, pick it up again.

For teaching I much prefer the simple paperback over the workbook (I've done both).

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Book, September 11, 2005

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God (Paperback)

As strongly implied by the subtitle, "How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing God's Will," this book is about application. In fact following every few paragraphs there is a section of reflective questions that summarizes the key points and help you to put them into a context for your own life.

Blackaby and King describe personal experiences, but subordinate those to the Scripture. Some favorite examples from the Bible are used repeatedly in the various chapters. Model prayers are included at the end of each chapter to assist a person in praying targeted prayers.

If a general theme could be drawn out from the book it would be: a relationship to God is more important than any work you do for Him. That's the essence of the book. The authors say as God reveals to you what He is doing, He invites you to join Him in His work. Consequently, listening in prayer is more important that speaking, according to this premise.