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Thy Kingdom Come 
Day 10: 30th May

Silence

'Being in silence can go from a physical outer silence to an internal stillness in meeting with God in peace and love and gentleness'.

PRAY FOR 5
During TKC we encourage people to pray for 5 people they know to come to faith in Jesus. Each day there will be a Reflection and short videos or audios to help us do this. If you haven’t already, think of five friends who don’t know the love of God for them in Christ.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

READING

He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
1 Kings 19.11-13

REFLECTION
Silence has always been a big part of spiritual practice, but many have never tried it! Solitude and silence can help us hear from God, because we can easily lose sensitivity to that still, small voice in all the noise and activity of our lives. In silence, you realise how little you hear that voice at other times. Silence can be hard. Life is busy and finding a space and time for silence can be difficult. You have a thousand thoughts, like “what’s for dinner?”! But the beauty of silence is that it’s not God speaking through someone else, such as in a sermon or a Christian book, but God speaking directly to you.

PRAYER

...[be silent]…

ACTION
Try silent prayer for five minutes – even if it’s difficult! Make a note afterwards of anything God seemed to say to you, through thoughts or feelings that came into your mind.



Silence: Ellis

Tom Wright The Gospel: Reasoned argument