Sunday Service 06/07/2026 - Remain | Retreat and Return: The Eremos Life | Sermon 3
Sunday Service 06/07/2026 - Remain | Retreat and Return: The Eremos Life | Sermon 3 - Pastor Daniel Kolson
What if the breakthrough, clarity, and transformation you’re praying for are waiting in the place you’ve been avoiding?
In Week 3 of the Remain series, Pastor Daniel Kolson explores a rhythm that shaped the life of Jesus and fueled everything He did:
Retreat and Return.
Before Jesus preached.
Before He healed the sick.
Before He called disciples.
He withdrew.
Again and again throughout the Gospels, Jesus stepped away from the noise, the crowds, the demands, and the expectations of others to spend time with the Father in what Scripture calls the eremos—the solitary place.
This message reveals that retreat is not an escape from responsibility. It is preparation for it.
Drawing from Jesus’ wilderness experience, personal stories from Africa and Brazil, and the example of the early disciples, Pastor Daniel shows how God often does His deepest work when we step away from the noise long enough to hear His voice.
The world is louder than ever.
Our attention is constantly being pulled in a thousand directions.
But Jesus still extends the same invitation:
Come away. Be with Me. Then return carrying something the world cannot give.
Because the retreat makes the return possible.
📖 Key Scriptures:
Mark 1:9–15 – Jesus’ baptism, wilderness, and launch into ministry
Mark 1:35 – Jesus retreats to a solitary place to pray
Mark 6:31–32 – “Come away by yourselves and rest awhile”
Matthew 6:6 – Pray in secret to your Father
Acts 4:13 – “They recognized that they had been with Jesus”
💬 Highlighted Quotes:
“The ministry does not come first. The retreat comes first.”
“The going out is always preceded by the going in.”
“We do not retreat to earn God’s love. We retreat from the position of already being loved.”
“The world is engineered against the eremos.”
“The retreat produced the return.”
“You cannot do what Jesus did if you have not been with Jesus.”
🌟 Key Themes:
Retreat and return as a Kingdom rhythm
The eremos life
Identity before ministry
Solitude and the presence of God
Hearing God’s voice in a noisy world
Sabbath and spiritual rest
Formation before fruitfulness
Being with Jesus before doing for Jesus
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