A friend handed me a stack of Christian living/spiritual growth-type books recently, and although that is a genre I haven’t read much, it’s one I’m wanting to read more of, and I eagerly dove in. I didn’t realize then how much I needed this book!
I feel like I have a fairly decent relationship with the Lord, but there’s always great room for improvement and new layers to discover. Sometimes, due to life circumstances or even just the weather, it can be hard to feel close to the Lord. And while the Christian life isn’t about the feelings, they do play a part in how we approach every part of our lives—from simply making wise decisions to how we share about the Lord with others.
Chester doesn’t focus on working up the right feelings so much as helping to guide us to the theological truths, like the fact that God the Father is our Father (and desires to fill that role for each one of us!), that form a strong framework for our faith and perspectives on life. He also spends a lot of time relating what he’s saying back to the gospel—I found that deeply refreshing, humbling, and ultimately inspiring.
If you want to grow stronger in your relationship with the Lord, I’d highly recommend you read this book. Be sure to share it with your friends, too; it’s a gem for any Christian, in my opinion! I’ve already bought my own copy, and I plan on rereading it in the future, because I feel like I’ve only been able to take in a small portion of the truth and hope this book contains.
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Tim Chester
Tim Chester is a pastor at Grace Church, Boroughbridge, UK; a faculty member of Crosslands Training; and is the author of over 30 books. He has a PhD in theology and was previously Research and Policy Director for Tearfund UK. He has been an adjunct lecturer in missiology and reformed spirituality. Tim is married to Helen and has two daughters.
Andrea Trevenna, Associate Minister for Women, St Nicholas, Sevenoaks, UK
I absolutely loved this book. It has been a huge blessing, like cool refreshing water for my soul. I frequently found myself identifying with the sin, struggles and faulty thinking Tim Chester so vividly describes in various scenarios and illustrations, which also helped me see how my view of our triune God is often so flattened and limited.
D.A. Carson, President of The Gospel Coalition
Winsome in its unpacking of theology and compelling in the sweep of its applications, 'Enjoying God' is neither an essay on the Trinity nor a 'how to' manual, but something close to both. It is among the best of the rising number of books that instruct Christians on how to cross the bridge from enjoying God on the Lord's Day to enjoying God every day.
Sinclair B Ferguson, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary
In 'Enjoying God', Tim Chester shares his own experiences in walking along this gospel road and issues a warm invitation to join him. Accept it, and, with Tim Chester as your guide, you will never regret it.
Timothy Keller, Pastor Emeritus, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan and bestselling author
Tim Chester’s books are always unusually accessible. He can distill great amounts of complex theological truth into short, digestible chapters. In this book, he brings this skill to bear on the subject of communion with God—perhaps the greatest privilege of a Christian.
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My pick for book of the year! (2018)
Tim Chester is a pastor and author (more than 40 books) and he lives in England. Back in July of 2009 Tim accepted my invitation and came to do a seminar at my church in New Jersey about the gospel, community and mission. Most of what he taught us was based on his book, “Total Church“. It was neat to get to know Tim just a little bit and see up close his love for God and God’s people. I believe it is fair to say that in my theological circle we have the tendency to emphasize knowing about God over experiencing God in daily life. I love to read and learn and so I know, unfortunately, this tendency is alive and well in me. That is the reason that I love “Enjoying God” so much. Michael Horton wrote this endorsement for “Enjoying God”: We talk a lot about knowing and glorifying God, but what about enjoying him? And not just as an abstract Being, but as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit-enjoying each Person in all of his difference as well as divine unity? And not just in happy times or at church, but in every circumstance in life. It just keeps getting better and better as you turn each page of Enjoying God. This book will life you into the presence of the Source of all joy. So how does Tim go about helping us to enjoy God in everyday life? Here is the table of contents: 1. More (Do we ever wonder if there is more to the Christian life?) 2. Joy (What does it really mean to taste and know that the Lord is good?) 3. In every pleasure we can enjoy the Father’s generosity 4. In every hardship we can enjoy the Father’s formation 5. In every prayer we can enjoy the Father’s welcome 6. In every failure we can enjoy the Son’s grace 7. In every pain we can enjoy the Son’s presence 8. In every supper we can enjoy the Son’s touch 9. In every temptation we can enjoy the Spirit’s life 10. In every groan we can enjoy the Spirit’s hope 11. In every word we can enjoy the Spirit’s voice 12. In one another we can enjoy God’s love 13. In daily repentance and faith we can enjoy God’s freedom 14. Under the hood What Tim has done is look at all the ways in everyday life (pleasures, hardships, failures, temptations) that we can experience and enjoy the presence of God. I have already purchased a bunch of these books and plan to use them to teach an Adult Sunday School class here in Watertown, South Dakota. As a pastor I believe strongly that one of the greatest things I can ever do for my people is guide them towards enjoying and worshipping God. Excerpt from Enjoying God I wonder if some of us don’t “feel” the work of the Spirit because we’re not on the frontline-we’re not on the frontline of the battle against sin or we’re not on the frontline of the battle for mission. Imagine you’ve been driving a small car with a beat-up engine which struggles to go much over 30 mph. Then one day someone gives you a powerful new car with a large turbo-charged engine. A week later you shock them by saying, “I haven’t really noticed much difference.” But then they discover that you’ve never driven it over 30 mph. You’ve got this car that can accelerate to 70 mph in three seconds. But you don’t notice the difference because you’ve never hit the accelerator. Don’t make your life so safe that you never have cause to notice the Spirit’s work. How do we live in communion with the Holy Spirit? We rely on him. We expect him to work. If you want to see the Spirit at work in your life, then attempt things that you feel you can’t do without his help. Everything we do for God is done with the Spirit’s help, whether we feel it or not. But if you want to feel the Spirit’s help, then attempt things that feel beyond you. Do not complain that God never does anything dramatic in your life if you never attempt anything outside your comfort zone. P.118-119
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
Tim Chester is a pastor and author (more than 40 books) and he lives in England. Back in July of 2009 Tim accepted my invitation and came to do a seminar at my church in New Jersey about the gospel, community and mission. Most of what he taught us was based on his book, “Total Church“. It was neat to get to know Tim just a little bit and see up close his love for God and God’s people.
I believe it is fair to say that in my theological circle we have the tendency to emphasize knowing about God over experiencing God in daily life. I love to read and learn and so I know, unfortunately, this tendency is alive and well in me. That is the reason that I love “Enjoying God” so much.
Michael Horton wrote this endorsement for “Enjoying God”:
We talk a lot about knowing and glorifying God, but what about enjoying him? And not just as an abstract Being, but as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit-enjoying each Person in all of his difference as well as divine unity? And not just in happy times or at church, but in every circumstance in life. It just keeps getting better and better as you turn each page of Enjoying God. This book will life you into the presence of the Source of all joy.
So how does Tim go about helping us to enjoy God in everyday life? Here is the table of contents:
1. More (Do we ever wonder if there is more to the Christian life?)
2. Joy (What does it really mean to taste and know that the Lord is good?)
3. In every pleasure we can enjoy the Father’s generosity
4. In every hardship we can enjoy the Father’s formation
5. In every prayer we can enjoy the Father’s welcome
6. In every failure we can enjoy the Son’s grace
7. In every pain we can enjoy the Son’s presence
8. In every supper we can enjoy the Son’s touch
9. In every temptation we can enjoy the Spirit’s life
10. In every groan we can enjoy the Spirit’s hope
11. In every word we can enjoy the Spirit’s voice
12. In one another we can enjoy God’s love
13. In daily repentance and faith we can enjoy God’s freedom
14. Under the hood
What Tim has done is look at all the ways in everyday life (pleasures, hardships, failures, temptations) that we can experience and enjoy the presence of God.
I have already purchased a bunch of these books and plan to use them to teach an Adult Sunday School class here in Watertown, South Dakota. As a pastor I believe strongly that one of the greatest things I can ever do for my people is guide them towards enjoying and worshipping God.
Excerpt from Enjoying God
I wonder if some of us don’t “feel” the work of the Spirit because we’re not on the frontline-we’re not on the frontline of the battle against sin or we’re not on the frontline of the battle for mission.
Imagine you’ve been driving a small car with a beat-up engine which struggles to go much over 30 mph. Then one day someone gives you a powerful new car with a large turbo-charged engine. A week later you shock them by saying, “I haven’t really noticed much difference.” But then they discover that you’ve never driven it over 30 mph. You’ve got this car that can accelerate to 70 mph in three seconds. But you don’t notice the difference because you’ve never hit the accelerator. Don’t make your life so safe that you never have cause to notice the Spirit’s work.
How do we live in communion with the Holy Spirit? We rely on him. We expect him to work. If you want to see the Spirit at work in your life, then attempt things that you feel you can’t do without his help. Everything we do for God is done with the Spirit’s help, whether we feel it or not. But if you want to feel the Spirit’s help, then attempt things that feel beyond you. Do not complain that God never does anything dramatic in your life if you never attempt anything outside your comfort zone. P.118-119
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