Very good book on putting some perspective into your life. Uses a lot of bible scriptures. The intent of this book is that you read one chapter a day for 40 days, patterned after Christ's 40 days in the wilderness. Very easy to read and quite thought provoking.
Too much in one day, and who the heck can figure out everything in 40 days?! I was not a fan...definitely wouldn't recommend this to a new or struggling believer.
A fundamental approach that has as it's endgame the same as any other spiritual book that is enlightening. It is the simplicity of living without distractions that chip away at our souls, keeping our eye on the objective and understanding God infinite love for each of us.
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? by Rick Warren (Zondervan Publishing 1983)(248.4) is a forty-day plan for discovering one's purpose in life as defined by a higher power. My rating: 7/10, finished 2004.