"Let God Talk to You", by Becky Tirabassi

From the back cover:
"For many of us, talking to God sometimes feels like sending words out into empty space.  And hearing from God as the biblical prophets did may seem like an ancient fairy tale.  But Becky Tirabassi shares that it really is possible to hear from God.  In fact, God longs to talk to us.  He loves us and wants to communicate with us, just as we desire to communicate with those we love. You'll discover how to develop a conversational relationship with God, one where you can both talk to and hear from God.  You'll see that God is talking all the time, and there's no special prayer to pray or requirements to meet in order to hear from Hmi.  Becky shows the many ways saying things that have redirected her day or changed her entire life.  You can hear from God, too. When we set aside the times and focus our hearts on God every day, God talks to us."

I think having grown up in the Baptist church, I've never been very comfortable when somebody talks about their experience of "God talking to them".  But over the years, I've seen it time and time again from people I know and trust (and I know have a solid theology and faith in Christ).  So when Bethany House Publishers gave me the chance to review this book, I was intrigued. 

In this book, Becky brings to light the various ways that God speaks to us (through His Word, through the Holy Spirit, through other Christians, etc) and the discipline it takes on our behalf to hear Him speak.  I really appreciated her section on knowing the difference between my voice and the voice of the Holy Spirit in chapter 3, as well as her admonition to schedule "meetings with God" each day in chapter 7.

Listening to God is a lost art and discipline.  We, especially in Western society, are so busy that we often fail to take the much needed time alone with God to truly listen to Him.  I know I often "hurry" through my "quiet time", trying to get to the next thing on my "to-do" list, failing to stop and truly listen to what God has to say to me.  We could all stand to read this book, taking to heart it's message and applying it to our lives.  We could all use a little more time with God!