Good Morning~

What does the Lord have to do to get your attention?  Sometimes, he awakens me from a dead sleep.  The other night I woke up, and after trying all of my best insomnia cures, I decided perhaps the Lord had something to say to me, and I ought get up and give him my attention.  And so, I found myself in my downstairs office at 4.20 a.m., looking toward the ceiling, saying, 'Lord?'  Almost immediately, I had the sense that he just wanted me to be with him . . . 'O, you're always doing, can't you just be with me?' And so, I played a beautiful worship song, and sat in his presence . . . it was sweet.  It was needed.  'Anything else, Lord?' 'Yes, why don't you help others learn to 'just be' with me?'  'Surely, Lord. And thank you, Lord.'

The Lord would say the same thing to you:  "Come Away with Me, Child~"   So I invite you to print this out, grab a pen, and spend time with God.

Christine

Come Away to a Time of Serenity

Use this guide as a tool to help you obey God’s words to you,

            “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46.10

 

A prayer:  Lord, please remove distractions from my heart and mind that

                     I might ‘just be’ with you.  Meet me here, I pray.   Amen

 

Take a moment to MEDITATE on these verses:

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.  I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want Philippians 4.11-12

What do the verses mean to you?________________________________________

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A song: “Here in Your Presence”

ENTER GOD’S PRESENCE – Quiet your mind

Take some time to write what you appreciate about God:___________________

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Let God CLEANSE YOU – David said, “Search me, O God, and know my heart.

Try me, and know my thoughts.  See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139.23,24

Be free; ask God to reveal your sin to you:________________________________

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BRING YOUR REQUESTS  to God:__________________________________________

For others:______________________________________________________________

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For yourself:____________________________________________________________

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Ask God to give you his wisdom:_________________________________________

 

Tell God you will LISTEN; ask him to speak to you:__________________________

From the above verses?__________________________________________________

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Shhh….listen___________________________________________________________

 

It is right to give him thanks and praise~

PRAISE GOD from whom all blessings flow:________________________________

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Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37.4

 GIVE THANKS for all things_______________________________________________

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“I thank you, Lord, for___________________________________________________

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What will you take away from this mini retreat? What did you learn?

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Now go, but take him with you.