Prayer Cards: In A Solitary Place

 

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day,

He went out, and departed into a solitary place,

and there prayed.

    There are times when we need to pray together as God's people and collectively seek out God together and He meets us in prayer together. Yet, there are many more times when we should seek out God on our own, alone, waiting to hear Him speak to us, strengthening us with Himself that we might do His will.

    Here in Mark 1:35 Jesus is doing just that. If we're going to preach The Word of God faithfully, then we need The Word of God to be placed within us. Jesus Is The Word of God (John 1:1-3, 14) in the flesh and needed to spend time with His Father in order to receive encouragement to go on with the task at hand.

    And the task at His hand was preaching the gospel of salvation through repentance (Matthew 4:17), obedience {follow Me} and discipleship {I will make you} (Matthew 4:19). The Gospel of God: Luke 24:47-48 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in His Name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem."

    Our ability to preach the gospel well relies on our commitment to spend time with God in prayer, alone. Away from distractions, away from other people, away and apart.