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1 Time Alone With God

Mark 1:35-36

35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”

Do you get alone with God, just Him and you?

Why don’t we spend time alone with God?  We spend time with Him while others are with us, whether that be at church or bible study, but what about being alone with Him just Him and me. What holds you back from alone time with God? Is it business or is it something deeper? Is it a fear of true intimacy?

I think we like the idea of a relationship with God we are just not comfortable being alone in that relationship. Jesus spent time alone with the Father; He purposefully took others out of the equation to be alone with God.

It wasn’t a business issue, He had plenty going on, notice the disciples came looking for Him because everyone needed Him. Jesus had the constant needs of others swirling around Him but He also had the need of being alone with God.  There will always be the pressure of things, even important things vying for your time alone with God. There comes a time when we realize the true need, time alone with God is what we need. We will never pour into the lives of others (meeting their needs) out of an empty life ourselves, a needy life. Without intimate time with God we are empty with nothing to offer.

How did Jesus find time for Him and God?

  • He made it a PRIORITY. Is time alone with God a priority to you?
  • He made it His FIRST priority, he did it early in the morning first thing. Is time alone with God your first priority?
  • He had a PLAN, Do you have a plan?
  • He was PURPOSEFUL, He took action, He got up it took an effort of His will. Are you going to take action will you get up and go?
  • He made it a PATTERN in His life.

Is it time to get alone with the Father


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Titanic 100 year anniversary April 15th 2012

RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City, killing 1,514 people. She was a British passenger liner built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and operated by the White Star Line.

She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage and her passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants seeking a new life in America. She was also the most advanced and luxurious vessel of the day. The most expensive First Class suites cost  £870 about $100,000 today! The cheapest 3rd class tickets were £7.5 about $850 today. Her safety features included watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, she was said to be unsinkable!  She lacked enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard, with only enough lifeboats for 1,178 people around a third of her total passenger and crew capacity.

Below is the last known picture of Titanic

 

On 14 April 1912, four days into the crossing she hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm (ship’s time; GMT−3). The collision caused Titanic’s hull plates to buckle inwards and five of her sixteen watertight compartments were opened to the sea. Over the next two and a half hours, the ship filled with water and sank. Just before 2:20 am Titanic broke in half from the pressure of the stern as it raised up out of the water.  The bow sank first followed by the stern there was still over a thousand people on board. The bow and stern came to rest on the sea floor 2000ft apart at a depth of 13,000 feet about 2.5 miles down.

A memorial cruise retracing the route of the Titanic to mark 100 years since the ship sank has left Southampton and will sail to the place where Titanic sank to conduct a memorial service.