A Refining Solitude

WilderneSS makes available to leaders, emerging leaders, and committed Christians an all-encompassing Wilderness Spiritual Solitude that brings them face to face with the living Christ.

God has often used the wilderness to prepare his leaders for service. Far from the comforts of their society, isolated and abandoned, God became their compelling reality. Maybe that is what it takes for humanity to turn completely to God, to reach out with such a strong desire for God that the door to more intimate fellowship is opened.

"God, you are my God, I am seeking you, my soul is thirsting for you, my flesh is longing for you, in a land parched, weary and waterless; I long to gaze on you in the Sanctuary, and to see your power and glory". - David in the wilderness of Judah, Psalm 63:1-2 (Jerusalem Bible)

WilderneSS excursions are designed to be one of the most rigorous emotional and spiritual challenges that a leader or emerging leader may voluntarily encounter in our modern world. These isolating times of solitude expose idolatry and sin and reveal the things that serve to preoccupy and blind us to our own lack of intimacy with the Lord. They serve as strong reminders to regularly enter into the healing and transforming presence of the Lord - lest we settle for something much less.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Busyness defines our culture and Christians are not exempt from being caught up in the busyness of ministry, and of life, so that their relationship with God suffers. Slowing down and being still before the Lord takes time and it is time we must take if we hope to regularly experience the healing and empowering presence of the Lord in our life. When are you getting away to seek the Lord in extended times of solitude?

"Don't you feel a tug, a yearning to sink down into the silence and solitude of God? Don't you long for something more? Doesn't every breath crave a deeper, fuller exposure to his Presence? It is the discipline of solitude that will open the door." - Richard Foster

WilderneSS excursions have proven to bring about profound times of spiritual discovery and life transformation in the lives of participants. Through WilderneSS you will experience the revolutionary affect solitude can have on your life. Through your initial experience with this ministry, and the continued practice of withdrawing from the world in order to dwell in the healing and transforming presence of the Lord, you will be an authentic spiritual leader who powerfully brings Christ to the people you lead and to a lost world.

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