Friday, February 29, 2008

Closer than your Skin: A book review & Giveaway

**Update! Contest closed! Winner is Jen! Congratulations! Thanks for entering the contest!**

From the moment I opened the book, it has been hard to put it down. What a touching and heart gripping book! I love how this book really identified with how I feel sometimes. Do you ever feel like God is far away, and you aren't getting heard? What really is intimacy with God? I don't think it is a matter of God being far away, it is truly a matter of me not being close to him!
Susan D. Hill, author of Closer than Your Skin, really does a fantastic job with defining what that intamacy is. God craves our attention and time. He is a jealous God. He is more than just a prayer away...he is right beside us...closer than our skin. Susan is an award-winning feature writer and a leader of interdenominational women's groups, where she has sought answers to the common longing for a more authentic spiritual experience. This book is a fictional book and good guide tool to help you draw near to God.
Like the vast majority of Christians, author Susan Hill felt frustrated in
her search for spiritual intimacy, unable to bridge the gap between knowing
about God and personally knowing Him. Closer Than Your Skin traces her
journey beyond the trappings of faith to an everyday companionship with
God. Through stories of her awe-inspiring experiences, Hill assures
readers that knowing God is more than spiritual rhetoric; it’s a genuine,
tangible reality when our eyes are open to his presence. With undeniable
honesty, she vividly captures the experience of genuine intimacy with the
Creator and reveals how to move beyond obstacles that stand in the
way. Readers will discover that divine encounters aren’t reserved for
moments of crisis or the select few. Through these unforgettable insights
and the interactive study guide, they will find that God is standing at the
door, knocking, asking to be allowed in.
Would you like to win a copy of Closer Than Your Skin? Just leave a comment by March 8th at 9 PM CST. Contest is open to bloggers and non-bloggers of the United States. You can purchase a copy at Amazon here.

71 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I am the first poster! And I would love to win this book.

Milk Mama said...

Wow! Sounds like a great book, Sarah! I'd love to have a chance to win. :)

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a good book! If I don't win it I'll have to see if my library has it. ;)

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mar said...

I wish there were more books like this - thank you

Unknown said...

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randio said...

A closer relationship with God is something I work on daily,this sounds like a lovely book.

Anonymous said...

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Nikki said...

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Anonymous said...

I feel when we are given an inspiration of hope it helps us to gain a more positive and closer look of life

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ky2here said...

We'd like to have this for our library.

Anonymous said...

You will know in your heart who to chose when God whispers it in your ear *grin*

toyota said...

Book sounds good. Sure would like to win. thanks.

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Valerie Taylor Mabrey said...

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Beverley said...

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mousitch said...

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Anonymous said...

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Jessilyn82 said...

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Samantha P said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Jinxy and Me said...

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Erica G said...

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Charlene Kuser said...

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I feel that alot of our problems
are due to the fact alot of us
are not as close to God as we should be.Please enter me and
thanks

Donna said...

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Debbie said...

Sounds like a good book. I hope I win but even if I don't I will have to look for it as you have peaked my interest!

Anonymous said...

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lilyk said...

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