Feeling alone

“and it's that disconnectedness that so often becomes something that causes us to become very self-depreciating and causes us to feel the isolation. David, I mentioned him earlier in the Psalms said it this way in Psalm 102 verse 6, I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places. I lie awake. I am like a lonely sparrow on a housetop. I'm like that one”

“it's because of what Christ has done that we can have a relationship with God and that we can know that we are never, never, never alone. So I don't know what you're facing today, but I want you to know there's one, one who is with you and one who loves you. You may today be feeling forgotten, ignored, misunderstood, overwhelmed, but I'm here to tell you today, feel lonely, but you're never alone.”

“your loving kindness has welcomed me. Though I'm unworthy of majesty, you wrap the lonely in royalty. and I will lay my crowns down at your feet.”

“and you guys may do it here. I'm not absolutely sure how this translates campus to campus. But we have a group of deacons who every Wednesday night take some of the meals that we prepare on the Augusta campus and take them to shut-ins in our community every week all over the county and I just love the fact that they go and knock on the door and they become a friendly face and a gift that can be given and we do this in a lot of different ways it doesn't just have to be that but I'm saying that to say if you know somebody who's lonely look for a care point and meet a”

“all of these things can happen to us so what did paul do what do we need to do when we're lonely number one you need to connect with god's church i'm not talking about the building i'm not talking about programs I'm not talking about activities who is the church we are the church so when I say connect with God's church I'm talking about people we need to connect with God's people”

“everywhere I'm seeing everywhere around me over and over this message. We are living in a lonely world. People are lonely. People are desperate. And loneliness is one of the defining struggles of our generation. Reports have shown that as many as one in five Americans experiences loneliness on a daily basis. The US Surgeon General two years ago reported that half of US adults are experiencing measurable loneliness and chronic social isolation.”

“actress, said this, loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me. And then Robin Williams, who made the world laugh, said, I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone. What is loneliness? Let me give you a simple definition.”

“wrong with you, with all that's wrong with others, with all the suspicions, and your mind just runs away. One of the greatest imaginations that comes when you're lonely is the whisper of Satan's voice saying, "If you feel alone, you are alone." But I'm here to tell you today, if you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and God as your heavenly father, you are never alone.”

“And while you may feel like that only little sparrow up on the housetop, I'm telling you, there's a God who counts you valuable because you're His sparrow. Life circumstances. Something else that can bring loneliness in our lives is the change of seasons, changing seasons. And I'm not speaking of that figuratively, I'm speaking of that literally. Go back again to 2 Timothy here and look at what the Bible tells us as we look down toward the end of what He is”

“when life is bringing disappointment, When future is unsure, we struggle with those issues that can lead to loneliness. But now let's go to the last question, and the one that I'm most eager to get us to, and that is, what should I do when I feel lonely? What should I do when I feel lonely? It's not a sin to feel lonely. Loneliness comes and happens to us, but what should I do? And here's something great. While the Bible is an incredible book of precepts, literal instructions, standards,”

“loneliness. It's the second thing that causes loneliness. And it's not only life circumstances, but changing seasons. I'm talking about the actual seasons of life. How many seasons of the year do we have? Four great opportunities to get lonely. Did you know that? Right now, we're turning the page from summer back into school structure and schedules and all of that. And some of you are already feeling that lonely sense of I've got to let go of all this freedom and this lack of structure. And there's a sense of I wish we could have done more. I wish I”

“we're talking about. What is loneliness? What is loneliness? Well, let me quickly say that loneliness is more than being alone. Loneliness is not simply solitude. Solitude is something that we all need in our lives. In fact, we try to encourage every person who's a part of the life in the church known as Warren to start their day every day with a time alone with God. We all need time to be alone, to read, to reflect, to pray. And so, solitude in and of itself is not loneliness.”

“your pastor's come to make a visit because I want you to know I've got you, I'm with you, and you are not alone. And I'm telling you right now, there are things that happen in our lives that we can't put together, but God is not pulling you apart. God is wanting to manifest His presence in your life, and God does that and has done that again and again. He has promised in”

“But let me just talk a little about what is loneliness, and let me start by saying what loneliness is not. Loneliness is not solitude. It's not being alone in and of itself. One of the greatest spiritual disciplines that you can develop and that I can develop in my life is the discipline of solitude, time alone with God. Don't we encourage you in worship, not only to worship publicly, but to worship privately and to get alone with God? Loneliness is not necessarily”

“alone. It's not just being alone or being by yourself. You can be alone in the state of your body, but loneliness is a state of mind and of heart. Actually being alone is a good thing. We all need to have some time alone. We all need to have places and moments of solitude. Solitude is a spiritual discipline that every Christian needs to cultivate. Jesus was frequently alone when he would go out and pray early in the morning or late at night. And we”

“But all that being said, you know, the change in seasons do have an impact on us. I'm just one of those people, I don't like winter at all. And on top of that, I have this problem called sad. I get sad in the winter. Do y'all know what that is? A seasonal affective disorder. Too little sunshine, too little sunshine in me. And so I need the sunshine to help me to enjoy. I've lived in Florida a lot of years in my life, and I love being outside, and I love the light and all of”

“verse 32. He said, "'Behold, the hour is coming, indeed has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I'm not alone. The Father is with me. I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you're going to have tribulation, but take heart, I have overcome the world.'"”

“You can be in solitude, you can be alone, and not be lonely. So, loneliness is not solitude. Something else that I want you to know is that loneliness is not a sin. It is a real, it is a raw human emotion. But just because you're lonely does not mean that you are in sin, but let me quickly say that loneliness and the vulnerability that it brings invites”

“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone. That's what loneliness does. It takes us to a place where there's brokenness and the reality of brokenness in our lives. And the isolating impact of that can lead to experiences of loneliness in life and then loneliness is a painful reminder it's a painful reminder that we were made to be”

“solitude or being alone. Something else that's important for you to know about loneliness is that loneliness is not a sin. It's not a sin. Loneliness is simply an emotional reality, sometimes a relational reality. It is something that can overshadow our lives and disrupt our peace, but nowhere do we understand that it is a sin to be lonely. However, loneliness can lead to”

“is that every day, somewhere in the day, you need to have a time alone with God. A quiet time. And being in solitude is not the same thing as being lonely. You can be alone and not be lonely. And all of us need to learn what it means to take time, to develop time, to reflect, to read, to listen, to spend time with God. And so solitude is an important part of a spiritual discipline,”

“to me carefully, one of Satan's greatest lies is this, if you feel alone, you are alone. Not true. What is Jesus' name in the Old Testament? Emmanuel, God with us. And just because you feel alone doesn't mean that you are alone. God never abandons his people. And though you may not feel that anyone else sees you,”

“Why? in order that through him taking the abandonment that comes from our sin and separation from God, we might know the fulfillment of God's grace and peace in our lives and that through Christ, we might know that we never walk alone. I pray that you know Christ as your savior. That doesn't mean you won't ever face loneliness, but I can tell you there is a loneliness that is greater than anything else in this world. when you do not know Jesus. And if you're here today and not only”

“response of warfare from here today. Even at home around the dinner table, they can't talk about what they did today and what you can know. And that leads to isolation and loneliness. Loneliness is facing infertility and knowing that while you see others for whom you're grateful going forward, you feel like you're stuck in life. Loneliness is wanting to get married and find that”

“we tend to isolate and to insulate so that we simply become more and more consumed with a sense of being alone. And you are never more vulnerable than when you are alone in loneliness. 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 8, what did Peter write to the church? What did Peter say? He said, be sober-minded, be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion”