S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

All relationships take time. A relationship with God, while unlike other relationships in many ways, still follows the rules of other relationships. The Bible is filled with comparisons to help us ...

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July 01 2013 • 2 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report

Georg Kouz Supporter

Yes, it is it important to spend time alone with God especially while
praying.
Matthew 6:6 
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Mary DeLaigle Supporter

Spending time in prayer, meditating and learning from God's word, benefits His children in teaching others along with ourselves.

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Grant Abbott Supporter Child of Father, Follower of Son, Student of Spirit

Jesus is our model for how to have s close personal relationship with God. Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he left his divine rights in heaven to humble himself and become a human being. Jesus was totally dependant on wisdom and direction from his Father and the power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill his mission. Just like us.

Jesus depended on daily time alone with his Father in heaven to discern what God wanted him to teach and when/where to minister healing, deliverance, etc. Just like us.

If we want to discover God’s will for our lives, we need to spend time alone in conversation with him.

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Al Mark Supporter

When we spend time alone with God, we move closer to the point where we want our lives to be wholly dedicated to God. All of us are on different stages of the journey, and it is that close communion with him that motivates us to want to be even closer to him. When the most important thing to us is to do God's will and live for God, then we will experience God's blessing and he will give us the desires of our heart - and that will be in line with what he wants, and he will use us to accomplish his purposes.

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Jeffrey Johnson Supporter

Why is it essential to spend time alone with God?

Spending time alone with God is essential because it fosters spiritual growth, deepens a relationship, provides a space for receiving guidance and wisdom, and offers rest and renewal. It helps to quiet distractions, enabling a focus on God, and is seen as a way to obey a primary commandment and find personal strength and direction.

The example of Jesus shows why it is essential. Jesus spent 40 days and nights in the wilderness after his baptism to talk with God, plus on many occasions, he spent time alone doing the same.

Jesus said loving God is the most essential command. So spending time alone with God is obedience to the first and greatest commandment!

Other examples of persons who spent time alone talking to God. Paul spent time alone. Moses, Elijah, and King David all regularly withdrew to solitary places to pray and commune with God. Jesus specifically instructed His followers to pray in private (Matthew 6:6 ESV Bible), highlighting it as a spiritual discipline: "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee."

Being alone is where you receive direction, clarity, answers, wisdom, and confidence.

Note some benefits of spending time alone with God:

1: Develops faith and relationship: It strengthens your relationship with God and helps develop your faith through consistent connection, and just like any relationship, a connection with God requires dedicated one-on-one time to grow. It allows you to move beyond simply "knowing about" God to personally "knowing" Him and experiencing His love.

2: Fosters spiritual growth: Solitude allows for reflection and deeper understanding, which are crucial for spiritual and personal development.

3: Provides guidance and wisdom: Away from distractions, you can better listen for guidance, receive wisdom, and gain clarity on your purpose.

4: Offers strength and renewal: It is a way to find spiritual and physical refreshment, peace, and strength to face life's challenges.
Encourages listening: It creates a dedicated space to hear God's word, listen for His voice, and receive His responses.

5: Promotes intimacy and purpose: It allows for an intimacy with God, helping you to know Him and discover the purpose He has for your life.

6: When we take one-on-one time with Him, we're allowing space in our hearts to really get to know God. 

7: When you spend time alone with God, you not only gain renewal of physical strength, but you also enjoy spiritual refuelling and refreshment.

8: You Listen Better in Solitude.

9: God's main avenue for transformation is through spending time alone with him every day. 

10: Spending time alone with God rids our minds of distraction so that we can focus on Him and hear His Word.

Note these Bible verses:

James 4:8; "Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you."

Revelation 22: 17: "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely."

Song of Solomon 4:8: "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards."

Conclusion:

All relationships take time. And a relationship with God, while unlike other relationships in many ways, still follows the rules of different relationships. 

Also, spending time alone with a loved one provides the opportunity to come to know that person honestly. Spending time alone with God is no different. 

And when we're alone with God, we draw closer to Him and get to know Him in a different way than we do in group settings.

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