What did Jesus’ quiet time look like?
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Mike Wallbridge2024-11-22T16:07:00
Mike Wallbridge offers a glimpse into Jesus’ personal times of prayer, revealing a form of communion with God you may not expect. Could Jesus’ moments of prayer provide a model for your own quiet time today?
We know Jesus lived out his life conscious of the presence of the Father but does the Bible contain any evidence to suggest how our Lord spent regular quality time in solitude with God, anything that we could model our own devotional time on?
I believe there is. Sprinkled throughout the Synoptic Gospels are at least six verses that point to Jesus’ personal times of prayer: Matthew 14:23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Luke 4:42, Luke 5:16, Luke 6:12. Given they don’t appear to say anything profound, they are easy to overlook. But if we were to unpack these verses I think we would find that they say much more about Jesus’ relationship with his Father and indicate a practice we might call a quiet time.
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