ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ruth Davis, B.A. LL.B., is an accomplished lawyer, author and speaker. She spent her first years as a Christian believer in a charismatic church where she believed God was powerfully present with her congregation, working through anointed leaders. She was never completely happy about the more extreme “manifestations” during worship and prayer, but learned to tolerate them. Especially important to her were the times when church leaders called for the powerful, loving presence of God and all present were touched and moved. However, as she grew in understanding of the Bible she began to discern problems with the teaching, which seemed shallow and, sometimes, unbiblical. She developed a hunger for deep, true preaching. Then a surprising discovery launched her on a prayerful search for answers to serious questions about how to seek and commune with God, how to test the spirits and how to identify the coming of Satan as an angel of light. By practicing godly ways and eschewing the false, she learned how to experience abiding peace and joy and how to dwell securely with God. Ruth writes, "I felt like Josiah who rediscovered the Law as I began to understand the full import of God's injunction against the occult and His hatred of spiritual adultery. I praised Him as I grew in understanding about true Christian spiritual practice and experienced the fruits of it in my own life."

Moses spoke to the Israelites words that remain true for all today, warnings about the need for care and purity in spiritual practice. "All of you," said Moses, "stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your little ones and your wives - also the stranger - [and] enter into His covenant...so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood..." (see Deuteronomy 29:10-29) Indeed, bitterness will in the end come to those who depart from God's ways, but blessings and peace to those who find and follow them - not as the world gives, but soul-deep and abiding.

We do not promise prosperity, for that is a false gospel. We do not promise freedom from worldly troubles or godly trials. But we do promise the heart-felt joy and peace that come from walking in God's will. We promise the certainty that comes from knowing that all your spiritual practices are safe and pleasing to almighty God, sweet sacrifices acceptable to Him. All this the author learned and experienced during her work, and she longs to share with others.

Therefore, we pray God will use Ruth's book to bless many: Christians who are serious about seeking and doing God's will; Charismatics who despair about the multitude of problems, losses and even demonic attacks that trouble them and their families; and also precious seekers from other faiths.