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Monday, August 05, 2024

Loneliness Illustrations

Devotional Thoughts and Teaching Illustrations About Loneliness

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Devotional Thoughts

In the lonely hours of the night, do you sometimes wrestle with God and your emotions, feeling desperately alone, rejected? Perhaps a best friend deserted you. Or the one you hoped to marry wants someone else. Or the one you did marry wants out. Maybe your child has turned against you, or your parents don’t seem to care. Ironically, you can feel equally lonely on a crowded city street, in a busy airport, or in a stadium filled with people. Have you ever sensed the loneliness of being in a crowd? There are so many people, but no one you know or truly care about is there. Everybody is there but no one is with you—truly with you—except for God, who is always with you. If you develop a relationship with him, you can disperse your loneliness. He is always there for you. You never need to feel lonely when the creator of the universe is by your side.

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Psalm 25:16 NIV - 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Psalm 68:6 NIV - 6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Mark 1:45 NIV - 45 Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
Luke 5:16 NIV - 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Psalm 23:4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley . . . you are close beside me.
Hebrews 13:5 For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

Logos Dictionary Themes

Loneliness
    God is concerned about our loneliness (Genesis 2:18)
    God encourages the lonely (1 Kings 19:14–18)
    God takes care of lonely people (Psalm 68:6)
    Friends help in times of loneliness (Ecclesiastes 4:10–11)
    God remains with us (Matthew 28:20)

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