Friendship With God: An Uncommon Dialogue

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Summary: A REAL relationship with God...
Review: Just want to say....
we cannot just be "friends" with God, but we have to be obedient, and permissive to what He wants to do in our lives. We can't tell Him what to do, or be "cool" with Him. We have to let him take control of our lives and lead us, He's God.
From the view of Neale Walsch, it seems that we can just "be friends" with God, and that He loves us and will never punish us and that everything will be rosy between Him and us. Well, we are human, we make mistakes and we DO SIN. Sin separates us from God. And because God sent Jesus His son to die for ALL of our sins and to bring us back to a closeness with God the Father, we can go to Jesus and say we are sorry and ask Him to forgive us and to come into our lives and help us to be better.
But we have to submit to God. We can't do things ourselves the way we want. THAT'S really the truth people. We can have true PEACE if we do it that way, I assure you. We will continue to make mistakes, but we always have to come before God and tell Him we are sorry we sinned. He will ALWAYS forgive us if we do that. But if we don't, that's when we are in danger of the consequences, whatever that may be.

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Summary: forgive us...
Review: I bought this book because it came very highly recommended by a writer friend. He claimed it changed his life. I've been a Christian most of my life, and I'm always willing to understand more or better the precepts I've tried to live by. BUT!!!! if that's what you are looking for, this is not the book for you. The writer of this book goes into great detail about the religious "guilt" laid on his back by an unmerciful clergy, and then claims to have overcome it by self examination and introspection. He claims god told him that none of what is taught in the Bible is true, nor is anything from the established church to be thought of as truth. Namely, that God is righteous and therefore demands righteousness, or that God abhors sin (not sinners). What he's trying to get across is that GOD JUST WANTS TO BE YOUR BUDDY. There is no right or wrong, no atonement necessary because, hey, we've all screwed up once in a while, right, dude? No worry needed about eternity, for God is there to pat you on the back and tell you no matter what you did, "I love you, man." Schlok and hoo-hah. Skip it. Read INSTEAD: The Blessing by Gary Smalley. That's one that will change your life.

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Summary: More outstanding conversations with God
Review: Having read the first three books "Conversations with God" 1,2 and 3 I was totally impressed and grateful for them. I didn't read any other of Neale/God's books for some time. I continually returned to these books for inspiration, guidance and upliftment and they are a great source to help one remember who we really are, particularly at times when life seems a little heavy. I was fortunate to hear Neale speak on his visit to New Zealand and he masterfully reinforced all that he and God had written in books 1,2 and 3. Even after that event I still wasn't motivated enough to read their book "Friendship with God". It wasn't until my wife bought the book home from the library for me unexpectedly that I read it. I must of subconsciously thought that because the first three books were so unbelievably magnificent that "Friendship with God" couldn't possibly be better or contain anything new. Well, it wasn't better, (you can't better the plain truth). But just as inspirational? Yes. Just as helpful? Yes. Just as enlightening? yes. "Friendship with God" is right up with all his other books, simply unmissable if you are seeking the truth about existence. As a bonus their are some really useful tools explained by God to assist us getting in touch with ones true self. And the best of all, God's wit is still there. He has a keen sense of humour which pops up occasionally, and makes this book a fun read. These books have a habit of appearing in your life at exactly the appropriate time. Well done Neale. Well done God. Good effort from both of you. Keep it up.

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Summary: A New Friendship For Me
Review: Friendship With God, by Neale Donald Walsch, does, indeed, and to good purpose, rehash some of the ideas presented in earlier books. Most of us could stand some repetition to remind us Who We Are. In any case, if it isn't new to you, skip to the good part: God is no longer an unknown Entity somewhere Out There, Someone to whom we present our case and wait for Jdgement On High. Instead, He/She resides deep within my own heart, and yours, and you and I can have our own friendship with God. And I do, a fact that perhaps makes it easier to believe Neale's assertions that his words are the result of conversations with God. Kudoes, Neale.

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Summary: The more I know the more I know I don't remember enough
Review: This is a collection of truths known to all who wish to renewed to a newer level of connection with the universe on so many many levels. I recomend this series to everyone I see, I buy them for everyone I love, for I know they too will benefit from the words which seem to speak directly to the individual reading them, which is all of us. Thank you Neale Donald Walsch for being brave enough to speak out loud enough for us to hear.

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