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How to Spend a Day Alone
John Ortberg
October 1, 1998
I was intimidated the first time I tried spending an entire day in solitude. Putting some structure on the day helps. Here are some suggestions.
Spend a brief time getting ready the night before. Ask God to bless the day, and tell him you want to devote the day to him. This day is your gift to God, but of course even more than that, it is a gift God wants to give to you. What do you need the Lord to give you: A sense of healing and forgiveness? Conviction for an apathetic heart? Compassion? A renewed sense of mission?
Arrange the day around listening to God. Here's a format I've adapted from Glandion Carney's The Spiritual Formation Toolkit:
8:00-9:00 Prepare your mind and heart, take a walk or do whatever
will help you set aside concerns over other tasks. Try to arrange your morning
so you can be in silence from when you first wake up.
9:00-11:00 Read and meditate on Scripture, taking time to stop and
reflect when God seems to be speaking to you through the text.
11:00-noon Write down your responses to what you've read. Speak to
God about these.
Noon-1:00 Lunch and walk, reflecting on the morning.
1:00-2:00 Rest or nap.
2:00-3:00 Think about goals that emerge from the day.
3:00-4:00 Write down these goals and any other thoughts in a journal.
You may want to do this in the form of a letter to God.
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