Silence, Solitude and Journaling...For the Purpose of Godliness
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“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Silence and Solitude
Silence and Solitude
“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10
Explanation of Silence and Solitude
Explanation of Silence and Solitude
Valuable Reasons for Silence and Solitude
Valuable Reasons for Silence and Solitude
To Follow Jesus’ Example
To Follow Jesus’ Example
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.
When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them.
To Minimize Distractions in Prayer
To Minimize Distractions in Prayer
To Express Worship to God
To Express Worship to God
To Express Faith in God
To Express Faith in God
To Seek the Salvation of the Lord
To Seek the Salvation of the Lord
To Be Physically and Spiritually Restored
To Be Physically and Spiritually Restored
To Regain a Spiritual Perspective
To Regain a Spiritual Perspective
To Seek the Will of God
To Seek the Will of God
To Learn Control of the Tongue
To Learn Control of the Tongue
Suggestions for Silence and Solitude
Suggestions for Silence and Solitude
Minute Retreats
A Goal of Daily Silence and Solitude
Getting Away for Silence and Solitude
Special Places
Trade-Off Daily Responsibilities
Journaling
Journaling
Explanation of Journaling
Explanation of Journaling
Value of Journaling
Value of Journaling
Help in Self-Understanding and Evaluation
Help in Self-Understanding and Evaluation
Help in Mediation
Help in Mediation
Help in Expressing Thoughts and Feelings to the Lord
Help in Expressing Thoughts and Feelings to the Lord
Help in Remembering the Lord’s Works
Help in Remembering the Lord’s Works
Help in Creating and Preserving a Spiritual Heritage
Help in Creating and Preserving a Spiritual Heritage
Help in Clarifying and Articulating Insights
Help in Clarifying and Articulating Insights
Help in Monitoring Goals and Priorities
Help in Monitoring Goals and Priorities
George Whitfields’ Have I: Been fervent in prayer? Used stated hours of prayer? Used ejaculatory prayer each hour? After or before every deliberate conversation or action, considered how it might tend to God’s glory? After any pleasure, immediately given thanks? Planned business for the day? Been simple and recollected in everything? Been zealous in undertaking and active in doing what good I could? Been meek, cheerful, affable in everything I said or did? Been proud, vain, unchaste, or enviable of others? Recollected in eating and drinking? Thankful? Temperate in sleep? Taken time for giving thanks according to (William) Law’s rules? Been diligent in studies? Thought or spoken unkindly of anyone? Confessed all sins?
Help in Maintaining Other Spiritual Disciplines
Help in Maintaining Other Spiritual Disciplines
Ways of Journaling
Ways of Journaling
Content, Format, Length, and Frequency
Content, Format, Length, and Frequency
The Issue is not how but that we journal.
The Issue is not how but that we journal.
Whitney, Donald S.. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (pp. 263-264). The Navigators. Kindle Edition
Whitney, Donald S.. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (p. 264). The Navigators. Kindle Edition.