[Blogging for Books] — 31 Days of Power

It’s rare that I pick up a book that I have a hard time really getting into, especially when its a daily devotional that only asks I read a couple pages a day. However, 31 Days of Power was a book I just had a hard time getting into following.

31 Days of Power is subtitled “Learning to Live in Spiritual Victory.”  Perhaps it was my own fault for not following that the book would be focused so heavily on spiritual warfare against Satan. I expected the book to be more uplifting, and feeding my spirit in a positive and empowering manner. However, what I found was regular references to Satan and evil in the world. There was praise and thanks, but it general focused on thanks for being saved from “my enemies.”

The book is based around Scripture, however it is scripture versus that have been paraphrase and interpreted. It does make for easier reading — each one a prayer and devotional — however, I wish there had been more straightforward bible passages included. I like a book to be either an original devotional, or I like bible passages. This seems to be a hybrid of the two, and it just made it difficult for me to really get into it.

Now, as I have said, the book asks  you only read a page or two every day for 31 days. Its not asking too much out of your day, and as you read you find yourself going into a place of worship and reflection. And it is in that fact that I DID like the book. I also enjoyed that each chapter had lines for you to add in your own intercessions, making the book even more personalized.

I do not regret reading this book, and I will probably come back to it in the future in times of spiritual need. However, on a whole, I was left disappointed.

NOTICE: I received this book as part of WaterBrook Multnomah Publishers “Blogging for Books” program.