Where can I find the peace and joy that the Bible promises?

Have you found yourself asking this question wondering how you will ever hear the voice of God through the loudness of life? When our lives are running fast and our circumstances are heavy, it can seem impossible to really find God in our everyday life.

But one way is to learn the spiritual discipline of Silence.

Throughout scripture, we see the people of God silent when they stand in humble reverence before the Lord Almighty.

In Habakuk 2:20 it says:

The Lord is in his holy temple;

    let all the earth be silent before him.

Zephaniah 1:7 says:

Be silent before the Lord God!

    For the day of the Lord is near;

the Lord has prepared a sacrifice

    and consecrated his guests.

In Exodus 14:14, when the Israelites were running from Pharaoh, God was about to part the Red Sea and Moses commanded the people:

The Lord will fight for you, you have only to be silent.

And when David was in trouble, in Psalm 62:1 & 2 he writes:

For God alone my soul waits in silence;

    from him comes my salvation.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,

    my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

There is significance in the silence!

There is a silent reverence that leads us into the presence of God.

Are you practicing silence in your daily life?

We need more silence in our lives. And so my hope and prayer is that you would enroll in the Silencing the Noise Course today as we focus on this one spiritual discipline...Silence.

Enrollment is open NOW for immediate access to the course!

What does the Course include?

• Four weekly teaching videos

• Four weekly Q&A videos

• Four encouraging mentors

• Four weekly devotions

• A workbook for personal study

• Prayer journaling sheets

• Lockscreens and social images

• Guidance

Here's what the weekly schedule looks like:

• Mentoring Monday: Enjoy a prerecorded video teaching.

• Talk to Us Tuesday: Drop your questions for the mentors!

• In the Word Wednesday: We'll provide a devotion to help you apply the week's lesson to your quiet time.

• Gather Together Thursday: Get access to the online Q&A event in which the mentors answered questions about that week's topic.

• Faith-Building Friday: Download a guided prayer journaling sheet for prayer and reflection.

Each Week's Focus:

• Week 1 - Silencing the noise of your people and your screens (with Karen Ehman)

• Week 2 - Silencing the noise in your head and of your circumstances (with me!!! :) )

• Week 3 - Silencing the noise of your schedule (with Ruth Schwenk)

• Week 4 - Untangling your heart (with guest Clare Smith)

To Learn More about this new Mentorship Course titled Silencing the Noise - go >HERE<.

We were made to live in communion with God. The enemy wants to keep us from hearing God's voice but God wants to speak to us - if only we will - be still and be silent - and draw near to him and listen. He loves you so.

“Be still, and know that I am God.

    I will be exalted among the nations,

    I will be exalted in the earth!”

(Psalm 46:10)

With you and for you,

Ruth