Intimacy with God is a six-week Bible study by Dr. Teresa Davis that guides readers through a disciplined pursuit of closeness with God by way of seeking, repentance, forgiveness, Scripture study, prayer, meditation, praise, worship, and fasting. Its central conviction is clear from the beginning: intimacy with God is not mysterious or unreachable, but chosen, practiced, and nurtured. Davis frames the study as a “bag of tools” rather than a set of rigid rules, and that metaphor carries the whole book. Each week combines Scripture, word studies, reflection questions, memory verses, personal challenges, and practical habits, from creating a quiet place for devotion to learning how to distinguish God’s voice from the enemy’s voice.

I found the book most moving when it stayed close to the tenderness of spiritual longing. The opening question, borrowed from Eden, “Where are you?” gives the study a quietly searching pulse. Davis is at her best when she invites the reader not merely to know about God, but to “know” Him through lived experience, as in her reflections on Jeremiah 9, the Samaritan woman, and Paul’s willingness to count everything else as rubbish compared with Christ. I appreciated the way she refuses to let faith become only a mental exercise. The sections on writing out Scripture, redefining key words through Hebrew and Greek meanings, and reading biblical stories with personal questions all make the work feel active and embodied. The book asks for participation, not passive agreement, and that gives it a sincere devotional force.

The writing has a warm, pastoral plainness that will comfort readers who want structure without intimidation. Davis writes like someone sitting across the table with an open Bible, urging, warning, encouraging, and sometimes pressing hard. I admired that directness, especially in the chapters on forgiveness, where the distinction between forgiving others, forgiving oneself, and receiving God’s forgiveness feels emotionally honest. The workbook format also brings some repetition, and the prose occasionally leans more instructional. Still, there’s something earnest and unguarded here that I respected. I never doubted the author’s desire to help readers draw nearer to God.

Intimacy with God is a heartfelt, practical, and deeply committed guide for believers who want their spiritual life to become less abstract and more intentional. Its strongest gift is its insistence that closeness with God is cultivated through ordinary, repeatable acts: repentance, prayer, listening, study, gratitude, worship, and surrender. I’d recommend it especially for Christian small groups, new believers seeking devotional structure, and longtime believers who feel spiritually dry and want a guided return to daily intimacy with God.

Pages: 113 | ASIN: B0GKXBD2Z5