Waiting on God, Praying Through His Word, Resting in the Lord. - Highlight Episode 335

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The discipline of waiting on God, once deeply valued, has been lost to the distractions of social media and constant stimulation, making true solitude rare. Ray, E.Z., Mark, and Oscar recognize that silence forces us to confront our hearts; yet, believers often use digital distractions to escape rather than seek revival, healing, and conviction. Knowing God goes beyond scripture—it requires abiding in Him through intentional stillness. Jesus emphasized the importance of stepping away to rest ...

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0:00.0	All right, friends, today's topic is why Christians struggle with silence and solitude.
0:08.0	Because they know you.
0:09.0	I give no unrest, do I?
0:12.0	It's something that when we look back, I think, in church history, at least in the writings of men of old, it was something that was emphasized.
0:20.0	It was almost kind of a given. You wait on God.
0:24.8	I mean, you look at the journals of some of the greats, and they were filled with indicators that
0:31.1	they sat with the Lord. You know, they waited on the Lord. And it's difficult. I mean, I'm guilty. I have a hard time sitting in solitude.
0:41.5	You know, I've had to discipline myself to be consistent in prayer. I have accountability.
0:47.3	I have a brother and I. We text each other prayer hands every day after we've spent time in
0:51.2	solitude and in prayer because there's just something about,
0:56.7	like, FOMO, right? The fear of missing out. That's why I love reading on planes.
1:01.2	FOMO, I've never heard that.
1:02.3	Have you ever seen out? Really?
1:03.3	No, I fell as I've missed out all these years, haven't told me.
1:07.0	Fear of missing out. It's something that we as believers must get back to, I think, to have walks with God that bear that depth and that richness.
1:19.2	Silence is golden.
1:21.3	So we're talking about something that's totally unnatural for human beings because you put any human being into solitary confinement.
1:27.3	Often they go insane.
1:28.6	Yeah.
1:29.0	Because they so need fellowship.
1:30.8	We've got fellowship with God.
1:32.8	We're talking about silence and how important it is something we should appreciate.
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