Articles Tagged 'Solitude'

For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.

A Few Minutes Alone

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Contemplation

Rubel Shelly talks about an airport delay that ended up in a blessed day alone with God focusing and praying on the things and people that matter most and being present with God in the quietness of the moment.

When is time waiting, not wasted?

Beloved!

by Tammy Marcelain · Psalm 46:10 · Quiet Time

Tammy Marcelain reminds us that we are able to realize that we are God's beloved when we take time to open ourselves to Him and be still and experience that God is with us and speaks to us in whispers.

We spend time with God and find out that we are loved!

Come with Me!

by Tom Norvell · Mark 6:30-31 · Rest

Tom Norvell reminds us of Jesus encouraging his disciples, his followers, to get away from the maddening rush of the crowds and go to a quiet place with him and get some rest.

Is there any way to step off the treadmill a minute?

Unplug!

by Teresa Bell Kindred · Psalm 46:10 · Sacred · Sabbath

Teresa Bell Kindred shares with us her absent-minded follies because she is distracted from all of her hi-tech toys to which she is plugged in and she reminds us to get away and be with God.

What's got you so distracted?

The Cool of the Day

by Bill Sherrill · Genesis 3:8 · Silence

Our love for the cool of the day after the hot day of work is a reminder of our need to be close to God and his desire to have us close.

Have you been refreshed in the presence of the Lord lately?

Take a God Break

by Russ Lawson · Psalm 46:10 · Withdraw

We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.

When's the last time you shut everything down and sought to be alone with God?

Exercising the Spirit: Meditation

by Scott Owings · Psalm 1 · Silence

Meditation is a lost art and discipline that we as Christians need to engage in again!

When's the last time you tried meditating?

The Gift of Stillness

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Stillness · Solitude

We all need more silence and solitude than we are getting in our busy world so let's start with just 5 minutes each day.

Have you learned to be still?

The Hills Are Alive

by Bill Sherrill · Psalm 121:1 · Solitude

We all need places of solitude to experience God's beauty and listen for the voice of God.

When was the last time you headed for the hills?

Waiting in Line

by Katha Winther · Isaiah 40:31 · Waiting

While we end up having to wait for many things in our lives, this one thing that is worthy waiting for!

How long would you wait?

Be Still!

by Kimberli J. Brackett · Psalm 37:7 · Stillness

God is calling us to be still, but he sometimes has to do radical things to get us to listen!

Can you actually be still?

Be Still

by Joe Bagby · Psalm 46:10 · Stillness

Be still, slow down, quit going at a break neck pace and know that God is God.

When was the last time you paused to listen for God?

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