“We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.” —A.W. Tozer

“Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” —Luke 5:15-16 NIV

Solitude was something that Jesus sought often. He regularly broke away from his disciples to pray. Our lives should mirror His example.

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Archbishop William Temple once put it this way. “Your religion is what you do with your solitude.” —Tim Keller

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“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community.… Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.… Each by itself has profound pitfalls and perils. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation, and despair.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

While Jesus often withdrew to lonely places, he didn’t stay there.

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“Solitude is the furnace of transformation.” —Henri Nouwen

What does solitude look like practically?

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“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” —Jeremiah 29:13

Prayer & Journaling Points

1. Father, where can I find time alone with you this week?
2. Jesus, what distractions are you asking me to give up?