How Can I Feel Close to God?

Apologetics for Christian kids and tweens on how to feel closer to God.

Sooner or later, kids have big questions about God, life, faith, and the Bible, especially when their friends start asking them about what they believe. A common one is: How can I feel closer to God?

Big questions deserve good answers. This warm, reassuring and fast-paced book looks at what the Bible says to help 9-13s think through this big question for themselves. It puts the problem of suffering in the context of the Bible’s big story, and encourages readers to see that whatever they’re facing, Jesus is with them. Lively stories and illustrations make this book easy for this age group to engage with.

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About the Author:

Chris Morphew is an author, teacher, and school chaplain living in Sydney, Australia. He has written twelve books for the best-selling Zac Power series, as well as his own six-book young adult series, The Phoenix Files. He’s also co-written The Gateway, an eight-book series for primary school kids about a hotel for aliens, alongside Rowan McAuley and David Harding. His latest books are Best News Ever, a 100-day guide to the Gospel of Mark, and The Big Questions, a series of short books answer tough questions about life and faith. Chris enjoys Mario Kart, obscure board games, and superhero movies, and has been told he looks like Chris Hemsworth from the back.

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Chris Morphew has a way of taking big complex questions and breaking them down into simply subjects that anyone could understand. As He has continued on writing more books in his series Big Questions, I have sought out every book simply because I have learned so much from this series.

As a Christian we know that our walk with the Lord will not be easy and we are told to look to the Lord through everything that happens, but we are not told what to do during hard seasons. We know that we are called to draw close to God and He will draw close to you but we are not given practical ways on how to grow closer to God during those hard time.

In this book we are able to see simple steps that will not only increase your prayer time, but it will also increase your time in the word. It teaches that in the same way you keep up a friendship, that it the same way we ought to keep up our relationship with the Lord. These steps were more geared towards children but I also think that this is a simple way for a struggling Christian to make their way back to God. It allows the person walking through this hard season to see that sometimes the smallest steps have the greatest impact.

I think the biggest thing that struck me in this book what the quote from Jon Tyson, “God, where have you already been working to grow your kingdom and share your love-and how can I get on board with that?” So often I forget that God is at work even when I cannot see it. This is a simple prayer but if I am honest this is not one that I pray often for. This was a great reminder to ask the Lord to use me in ways I never thought possible.

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^{I received this book in exchange for my honest review. My thoughts are my own and not paid for.}