Having Time Alone
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 12 January 2021
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Summary
As we continue our week-long series looking answering the important question, Why should we spend time alone with God, we’re going to look today simply at the value of having time alone. In a world where we’re inundated with media, people, stress, and work from the moment we wake up, God has a better beginning to every day in store for us if we’ll follow him.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 5:16, and today's worship is Breathe / What A Friend I've Found by Hillsong Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue our week-long series, looking to answer the important question, |
| 0:09.0 | why should we spend time alone with God? |
| 0:12.0 | We're going to look today simply at the value of having time alone. |
| 0:16.0 | In a world where we're inundated with media, people, stress, and work from the moment we wake up, |
| 0:23.4 | God has a better beginning to every day in store for us if we'll follow him. |
| 0:28.7 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. Our verse of today comes from Luke 5 verse 16. |
| 0:50.3 | Scripture says, Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. |
| 0:57.0 | Why is time alone with God so important? Why can't just going to church, a community group, or a Bible study be enough? |
| 1:09.0 | Those of us who have grown up in church |
| 1:11.8 | or have been going to church for many years |
| 1:14.1 | have been told that time spent alone with God |
| 1:17.1 | is vital to our relationship with him. |
| 1:20.3 | Many of us, however, were never given a reason why. |
| 1:24.5 | And in order for us to consistently |
| 1:26.5 | and effectively engage in this crucial practice, |
| 1:30.4 | we must understand why it's so important. |
| 1:35.0 | Here's what we learned from Scripture about having time alone with God. |
| 1:40.0 | Scripture makes it abundantly clear that Jesus spent time alone with His Heavenly Father. |
| 1:47.0 | Luke 516 states, Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. |
| 1:53.0 | Mark 1.35 states, and rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed |
| 1:59.0 | and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. |
| 2:03.6 | Often in scripture, Jesus withdrew from the crowd to pray. |
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