Short description of the free online course

This self-paced course is focused on Bible studies and activities to guide you as you pursue building solitude and waiting on God into your relationship with HIm.  You can use it to help you establish a lifestyle of regular waiting on Go and resting in God.  It is designed to provide you with material for a year, but you can do it in your own time, therefore taking either longer or shorter depending on your own requirements. The course contains 12 lessons, each designed to highlight one aspect of solitude and waiting on God.

This online course is suitable for Christians who want to get to know God better and build an intimate relationship with Him, or those who already have that but want to take the next step in their spiritual journey with God.  It not only describes what solitude and waiting on God is, but guides you into experiencing the benefits of implementing what you learn about resting in God, finding peace in your own heart, and a changed life.  It takes  verses like Col 3:15 seriously.  It does not only explain why this verse is so important, but also how to estabilsh yourself in a lifestyle where it is the daily practice and experience of your life.

You can do this free online course as a self-study course (by not making use of the opportunities to interact with us or other course participants), or as a guided  course which will guide you as you establish the practice of Christian solitude in your life.

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Get a taste of the content of the course: 

1. To get an idea what you can expect from the course, you may want to watch this online presentation, or
2. You can read a summary of this online presentation here.

This online  presentation is part of the first of 12 sessions that make up the course material.  Whenever online videos or presentations are used as part of the content, a summary is made available to course participants for downlod like in the example above.

As this example illustrates, all material in the course is explicitly Biblical.

If you want to know more about the online ministry of Peaceful Hearts, read the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Peaceful Hearts.

Enrol for the free online course "Getting Real with God"

Our online courses are offered on a separate website, called the "Services Area". 

The easiest way to enroll in this course is to email us to [JosObfuscator] giAdnNwSfr04oJ@}uBvbpb=e2Wak@dc^gT(6eY_@fpK2pu)thlX|`rAhJh[hMeH6|aIJ(rgtw3{is%^C.7o`+rPRI-g asking us to enroll you and send you the login information (to get access to the course material please remember to mention that you want to enrol in "Getting Real with God"). 

If you decide to participate in the course and you want to enroll yourself, follow the steps below:

1. Registering as a user on our Services Area if you have not done so yet.  Please note that you will need to register there as a user even though you may already be a registered user on this website.
   
2. Then enrol yourself in the course by clicking here (you will need an enrolment key - it is PH2011a ).  If you are not logged in you will be asked to log in at http://truthfulworship.org/services when you click on this link. Once logged in you will be taken to the course.

If you struggle to enrol yourself in this course email us to [JosObfuscator] sUi*R0Qn6Xb#Qf{N~xoo01_8n@hp;-ee5Arda*>c*lp*@e#f%u?lG/p1h-4ewvaajGrqbQtPB}W`sW.e.f-:o;bLr[g asking us to enrol you and send you the login information (please remember to mention that you want to enrol in "Getting Real with God").

Once you are enrolled in the course you can unenrol yourself at any time from the course should you decide not to continue to participate.  The unenrolment link is visible as part of the course and available at all times.

Why do we need to pursue solitude as part of our relationship with God? 

The following is an extract from the course material:

"Ex 33:18-22 says very clearly that no-one can see God and live.  Our old nature does not survive the ordeal of meeting with God, and this is how sin is shaken and burned to destruction (i.e. "sanctified").  It happens as we linger in God's presence.  Like for Elijah in 1 Kings 19 it is sometimes not a pleasant experience at first to meet with God like this, but once the silence of God's presence fills our hearts it is worth every bit of shaking and destroying of inner sin that preceded the experience of His presence.

At the same time 1 Joh 3:2 says that when we see God we become like Him.  Our new nature is refreshed, invigorated and shaped in His image as we see Him.  It is this exchange that characterises the reality of "wasting time with God in silence".  It is the work of solitude. 

We need to be quiet in God's presence , because like Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden we often use words to cover ourselves and hide away from God (see Gen 3).  It is when we stop explaining ourselves to God that we are exposed and powerless to avoid His presence.  When we do not speak we become unable to avoid His presence.

But we do not want to only visit God from time to time.  We want to live with Him and settle with Him in His house - that is what He invites us to do.  Yes our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.  It is the house of God.  What does this house look like?  Isa 66:1-2 tells us.  God owns everything - we cannot add to what He already owns.  But He is at home with the one who is humble in heart (see Phil 2 for an explanation of humility), contrite (quick to acknowledge wrongdoing) and who takes His Word seriously and values and follows it above all else.  This is why we need to expel pride, the drive for success and ambition and start to value humility and contentment as described in Ps 131 - when we do this we are shaping the interior design of our inner life into a place where God is at home.  That is our goal, the main reason why we engage in solitude."