This book teaches us how to be with God and the power of contemplative prayer.

Here are my three biggest takeaways from this book.

Being empowers our doing. We are better at our doing when we learn how to be with God on a daily basis. We partner with God on our daily decisions. Jesus modeled this for us.

As we awaken to who we are and the actions we should take we become more and more aware of how we can meet the needs of others. We learn how to best serve others.

As we go to sleep each night we surrender to God. We let God heal and transform us. Sleep is a powerful rest in God.

The basis of the book, Being with God, defends the benefit of meditation into your daily walk with God. To avoid the stigmatism associated with mediation, the author, AJ Sherill, refers to meditation as contemplative prayer. Being with God rebukes Western belief that meditation/contemplative prayer is associated with Buddhist or New Age views. On a side note, I don't know why we say New Age; it's pagan beliefs that have been around since the Old Testament. God has provided several scriptures in the Old and New Testament warning His children from following these beliefs. The following chapters offer its readers scientific proof on the benefit of meditation and comments from Christian leaders who have already incorporated meditation into their walk with God. In addition, Being with God provides its readers' tips to integrate meditation into your daily practice. I would not recommend this book for new believers. I would advise that you pray to God and surround yourself with Scripture; before incorporating any spiritual exercise. If God is calling you to increase your prayer time, ask Him to show you? Is He asking you to keep a list of people to pray so that you can pray for these individuals daily, or is He asking you to be silent? If it's to be in silence with God, Being with God will help you embrace that practice into your daily walk.