Experiencing Friendship with God: How the Wilderness Draws Us to His Presence

When prayers aren't answered and the season of waiting extends too long, how do you feel God's presence? We have all wrestled with the mysteries of living for a holy God while wandering through the wilderness of the soul.How do you move forward during these seasons? How do you deepen your faith? Along with the ancient wisdom of seventeenth-century Brother Lawrence's classic and beloved The Practice of the Presence of God, Faith Eury Cho helps you understand-How to be fueled by an authentic relationship with GodHow to wrestle with the tension of believing He is with you even when you cannot feel Him or understand what He is doingHow God is enough through revisiting Israel's journey in the wilderness and Paul's experience in prisonWhat tools you can use to deepen your intimacy with GodWhat a life that is centered around His Presence looks likeCho equips and heightens your confidence to simply go to Jesus and build a genuine friendship. By fostering this relationship with Jesus, you won't have to wonder about feeling God's presence. It is a life-changing pursuit because we were designed to know Him. If knowing God is your purpose, then every season of our lives will have significance-even the wilderness.Build a confident friendship with Jesususing practical techniques backed by timeless wisdom tocarry you through seasons ofdifficultyand back to abundance-from pastor and speaker Faith Eury Cho."A kind guide to help us explore the riches of our friend and Savior, Jesus . . . You'll love this book."-Jess Connolly, author of You Are the Girl For the Job and Breaking Free From Body ShameIntough times, we can become more familiar with pain than progress and more acquainted with loneliness than companionship. But what if the purpose of ourfaithis not to reach the Promised Land but to recognize that God is with us inour lowest momentsandtimes of our own personal wilderness?In Experiencing Friendship with God, speaker and pastor Faith Eury Cho draws on ancient wisdom about intimacy with God to help uscultivate a relationship with Him, even among all the complications of today'sworld. With practical ideas and stories from her own spiritual journey, Faith explores how to. trust God when life is overwhelming. pray when you don't feel like you have the words. keep faith when God feels silent. continue to focus on the hope we have in JesusIf knowing the Presence of God is our greatest desire, then every season of our lives has significance-even thelowest.Only then dowe realize that the purpose of each moment is God Himself.And when we do that, we will understand that we were never without Him after all.