SOLITUDE & SILENCE

1. We live very

and

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lives.

The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Matthew 13:20-21

2. Jesus lived a focused and deep life by

solitude and silence.

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

Luke 5:16

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

Luke 6:12

When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place.

Matthew 14:13a

3. We are called to

of solitude and silence.

He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 46:10

This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

Isaiah 30:15

Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near.

Zephaniah 1:7a

How to Build Silence and Solitude into your Life?

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   times for it.

2. Steal away

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   .

3. Build the

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   up.

ACTION STEP: I will take five minutes a day this week to be silent with God.
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