Essentials for Life: Your Back-To-Basics Guide to What Matters Most, written by editor and journalist Marcia Ford, is an easy to read book that will teach us how to get back to the fundamentals of Christian life. She asks readers throughout the pages of her book to pause and reflect on what matters most in their spiritual and emotional lives, and to then consider the reasons they do what they do in the day to day.

Ford marks four main questions for reflection through each of the fifty daily readings:

* What do I believe?
* How do I grow closer to God?
* What should my character and life reflect?
* How do I live my life every day?

In each of these categories, she gives scripture and mediation to help us answer those questions in our own hearts. I found this to be a nice book for reflection and although I have not read it to completion, I have enjoyed what I have read so far and it has helped me draw nearer to the Lord as I confirmed what I feel are the basics of my faith. It has caused me to focus more on the essentials, leave all the fluff behind, and live a more grounded Christian life.

I received this free book from Thomas Nelson Publishers, in exchange for my honest review. No monetary compensation or otherwise was received.

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