NCCpm - Reclaiming Awareness through Spritual Disciplines and Practices

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NCCpm - Reclaiming Awareness through Spritual Disciplines and Practices

Week 4

September 8, 2024 • Jason Preston • Mark 1:9–20

Mark 1:9-20

-God will use silence and solitude to surface our fears, anger, and greatest anxieties.

-In silence and solitude God heals the soul so He can better use you to heal the sick.

-Silence and solitude as a spiritual discipline bring wisdom to the heart.

Prioritize, Find, Relax, Meditate, Inquire, Listen & Lean, Thanksgiving, Love

Our greatest need is to be silent before this great God...for the only language He hears is the silent language of love. -St. John of the Cross

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September 15, 2024 • Pastor Cedric Hill • Exodus 20:8–11, Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:2–3, Exodus 20:2

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