{"id":9216,"date":"2020-04-01T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:56:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:56:40","slug":"world-five-ways-isolation-can-radically-deepen-your-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9216","title":{"rendered":"WORLD: Five Ways Isolation Can Radically Deepen Your Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Open Doors, March 27, 2020<\/p>\n

Could God use this time of isolation to spark a new personal revival in our faith?<\/p>\n

If we take to heart some of the popular stories from persecuted Christians who\u2019ve experienced separation\u2014some in prisons, some on house arrest, and others as secret believers cut off from any contact with Christian community because of their faith\u2014the answer is an emphatic yes.<\/p>\n

Here are five ways God can radically deepen our faith in times of isolation and solitude\u2014if we\u2019re brave enough to let him.<\/p>\n

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  1. Isolation and solitude strip down our lives.<\/li>\n
  2. Isolation and solitude reveal the current that carries us.<\/li>\n
  3. Isolation and solitude form the geography for an authentic encounter with God.<\/li>\n
  4. Isolation and solitude can expand our prayer lives.<\/li>\n
  5. Isolation and solitude can increase our passion for his presence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00bb Read more about these five ways to deepen your faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \u00bb Also from Open Doors, Stuck at Home? Worship with God\u2019s People in These Five Songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Source: Open Doors, March 27, 2020 Could God use this time of isolation to spark a new personal revival in our faith? If we take to heart some of the popular stories from persecuted Christians who\u2019ve experienced separation\u2014some in prisons, some on house arrest, and others as secret believers cut off from any contact with … Continue reading WORLD: Five Ways Isolation Can Radically Deepen Your Faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9217,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9216\/revisions\/9217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}