Seeking God in Solitude - July 7
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🗓️ 7 July 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
As we near the end of our week on seeking God, today we will focus on seeking God in solitude. Our world is a busy place. Our home lives are busy. Our church lives are full. When are you ever alone to simply fix your eyes on the Father, and be uninterrupted by the things going on around you? If we will take up the discipline of solitude, our lives will look very different. Imagine for a second the inner peace and sanity you could gain if you set aside consistent time to seek God in solitude. May you be encouraged to do just that as you experience the nearness of Jesus today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 14:23, and today's worship is The Secret Place by Phil Wickham.
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| 0:00.0 | As we're near the end of our week on Seeking God, today we're going to focus on |
| 0:09.2 | seeking God in solitude. Our world is a busy place. Our home lives are busy. Our church lives are full. |
| 0:17.8 | When are you ever alone to simply fix your eyes on the Father and be uninterrupted by the things going on around you. |
| 0:25.1 | If we will take up the discipline of solitude, our lives will look so different. |
| 0:30.4 | Imagine for a second the inner peace and sanity you could gain if you set aside |
| 0:35.8 | consistent time to seek God in solitude. May you be encouraged to do just that as you |
| 0:42.0 | experience the nearness of Jesus today. |
| 0:44.3 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Matthew 1423. It says of Jesus and after he had |
| 1:08.4 | dismissed the crowds he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. |
| 1:13.2 | When evening came, he was there alone. |
| 1:18.6 | Our world is filled with hustle and bustle. |
| 1:22.4 | We reward busyness as if always working, striving, and achieving |
| 1:27.3 | were the true marks of a life well lived. We elevate those who have given everything to gain success. |
| 1:34.0 | To be tired is to be weak. |
| 1:37.0 | To be in need is to fail. |
| 1:39.0 | To rest instead of work is to be lazy or selfish. |
| 1:43.0 | As believers, we're living in a society whose values do not match that of our Heavenly |
| 1:48.8 | fathers, so we need an adjustment of perspective. |
| 1:55.0 | We are created for time spent alone with our Heavenly Father |
| 1:59.0 | away from the cares and ways of the world. |
| 2:02.0 | We are created to seek God in solitude. And Jesus |
| 2:07.0 | modeled this important principle throughout his ministry. Luke 5 15 through 16 says, but now even more the report about him went abroad and |
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