Message: “Rest for Your Soul” from Richard Fellars

In our sermon series, The Life God Has Always Wanted For You, Pastor Levi Matteson talks about how biblical solitude is the intentional, temporary absence of human activity in order to more fully know God, including:
THE PATTERN OF SOLITUDE IN SCRIPTURE (Deuteronomy 9:18; 1 Kings 19; Acts 9:9; Galatians 1:15–17; Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Matthew 14:23),
THE PRINCIPLE OF SOLITUDE (Psalm 46:10), and
THE PRACTICE OF SOLITUDE (with Lisa Watrous).
This podcast episode is a Sunday message from Evangel Community Church, Houghton, Michigan, July 13, 2025.

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From Series: "The Life God Has Always Wanted For You"

The life God desires for you isn’t about performing for him — it’s about celebrating life with him. It isn’t earned through effort, or reserved for the ultra-righteous. It’s a life shaped by joy, peace, purpose, and transformation — and it begins with grace.

Spiritual habits like prayer, reading scripture, solitude, and fasting aren’t religious checkboxes. Those disciplines are invitations. Gifts. Graces. They’re how we train our hearts to hear God’s voice, know his love, and live in his freedom. This life with God is about becoming who you were always meant to be and rejoicing along the way. Join us to discover how these practices can become pathways, not pressure, to the life God always intended for you.

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