Karen Jensen Salisbury - Closer than You Ever Imagined: Experiencing the Deep Relationship with God You Always Wanted

ENDORSEMENTS

If youve ever wanted a deeper relationship with God, this is the book for you. Backed by scripture and practical steps, Karen helps you understand clearly just how much God loves you and wants to be close to you. I highly recommend this book.

LYNNE HAMMOND
Living Word Christian Center
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Author of The Master is Calling
lynnehammond.org

The closer we get to our Heavenly Father, the more the Holy Spirit can work in us to accomplish Gods purpose in us. Karens purpose in this book is to help you get as close as you desire. I believe it can help you in your own life, then empower you to reach out and bless others.

DR. PAT HARRISON
Founder Faith Christian Fellowship International
Author of Overflowing With the Holy Spirit
patharrisonministries.com

I am happy to recommend another great book by my friend, Karen Jensen Salisbury! No matter how well you know God, this book, with its easy-to-understand biblical truths, can help you get even closer to Him. Karen writes to her readers with an open and engaging style this book can change your relationship with God and change your life!

BETH JONES
Pastor Valley Family Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Author of The Basics with Beth
thebasicswithbeth.com

Our personal ambition, above all, is to know God more every day. We can think of no higher purpose for any believers life. That is why were excited about Karen Jensen Salisburys latest book. Writing from the perspective of her own authentic relationship with the Lord, Karen provides practical and easy-to-understand guidance that leaves the reader inspired and equipped to have the relationship with God weve always dreamed possible.

MATT & JULIE BEEMER
Missionaries to the Middle East
International Directors of CLUB1040.com

Im pleased to recommend another book by Karen Jensen Salisbury. If you want to get closer to God, youll love this book.

SANDY SCHEER
Co-Pastor Guts Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma
gutschurch.com

My father and I are proud to have Karen Jensen Salisbury as one of our talk show hosts on the Oasis Radio Network; and were also proud of her literary accomplishments, including this newest book. Karens writing style is similar to her interviewsengaging, encouraging, and inspiring. Let Karen help you go from close to closer in your relationship with God.

DAVID WARREN INGLES
Program Director, Oasis Radio Network
oasisnetwork.org

Another fantastic book! Whenever Karen Jensen Salisbury writes a book, its worth reading, and this one is no exceptionit can answer the cry of your heart to having a closer, more intimate, more powerful relationship with God, which is priceless. This is a must-read book.

TIM & RENEE BURT
TimBurt.org

Karen Jensen Salisbury is an amazing teacher and writer. We have known her for years and are so impressed with her passion for God and to get the message of love, truth and encouragement out to the body of Christ. This book will encourage your walk with God and show you how to draw close to him through developing your relationship with Him, so you can feel His presence, hear His voice, and receive His guidance every day. We highly recommend this new book.

ROD & REBECCA SUNDHOLM
Pastors, New Creation Church, Hillsboro, Oregon
nccoregon.com

HARRISON HOUSE BOOKS BY KAREN JENSEN SALISBURY

I Forgive You But

Copyright 2020Karen Jensen Salisbury

Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or otherexcept for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked AMPC are taken from the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition, Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked AMP are taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Scripture quotations marked ESV are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked ASV are taken from the American Standard Version. Scripture quotations marked KJV are taken from the King James Version. Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION, Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004, 2015. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible; Tyndale House, 1997, 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked MSG are taken from The Message. Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. Scripture quotations marked VOICE taken from The Voice Bible Copyright 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice translation 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked CSB are taken from the Christian Standard Bible. Copyright 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible, and CSB are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved. All emphasis within Scripture quotations is the authors own.

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CONTENTS

EVERYWHERE I GO PEOPLE SAY TO ME, KAREN, I WANT WHAT you haveI want be close to God like you are. I usually tell them, If youre a Christian, you already have what I have! But obviously, they dont know it, or they dont know how to get closer to God than they are.

The good news is that you can always get closer to God! He wants you to. Hes ready and willing and able to have the most intimate relationship possible with you.

Let me be clear: even though Im writing a book about getting closer to God, it doesnt mean that I have the closest relationship with Him on the planet. I dont by any means know all there is to know.

Nobody does! God is so deep! No one knows everything about Himthe depth of His greatness is beyond measurement. Psalm 145:3 says that no one can fathom His greatness (NIV). God is fathomless! The definition of fathomless is to be too deep to be measured; to be bottomless. You and I will spend all eternity getting to know Him more, getting closer and closer to Him.