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today one of the biggest world's epidemics has nothing to do with drugs
or alcohol or promiscuity or abductions the biggest epidemic today is loneliness
it's the feeling and emotion of being useless the lack of affection the loss
of purpose in someone's life something is missing something is absent from
their life the ache of the heart the empty feeling I just feel like I'm
falling behind like in a race I can't keep up or like in school I'm falling
behind well I'm falling behind in my goals and
my dreams and my ambitions and my happiness I just feel like I'm losing it
it's so prevalent today that in the United Kingdom this past year never
existing before in their Parliament there was a position in a title it's
called minister of loneliness job description research and resolve why
there's so much loneliness in our nation now that may be funny when you think
about loneliness from Charlie Brown or Carl Fredricksen or Joe Dirt or Greta
Garbo but it's not funny when you're talking about Kate Spade and you're
talking about Robin Williams and you're talking about verne troyer
and you're talking about Anthony Bourdain nor are you talking about four
students from the Rancho Cucamonga high school a ten-year-old boy a 15 year old
girl a 16 year old boy and a 16 year old girl or down the street and Chino
California where a pastor feels like his life is over I want you to recognize
amongst all generations past present and future the greatest generation today
that's been affected and targeted by loneliness is young Millennials and Gen
Z's where other generations seem to be able to cope and rebound and deal it
seems as though they don't have the mechanics to do something like that they
lack conversations and meaningful relationships and
connections and interactions with people probably bought brought about by social
media being such a dominant force or smartphones in their lives they've
surrounded themselves with artificial intelligence or something that controls
their emotions and feelings that's why I would tell every young parent today that
is still parenting children today one of the greatest antidotes to break the
spirit of loneliness in people's lives is one word or two words family time you
begin to develop family time vacations traditions meals interests
devotions fun make sure your children are sleeping enough and eating good and
exercise and you have diminished loneliness from their life take family
vacations build traditions around holidays have family devotions where you
pray together game night where you have fun together where you support each
other's interests that you go dirt different places together all these
things will deal with loneliness I want you to recognize three strong words
why is loneliness such an epidemic in our society I'll tell you three words
that is being broken down to cause loneliness to manifest there is the
absence of love or the lack of love in people's lives number two there's the
absence and lack of hope in people's lives and there is the absence and lack
of peace at people's lives that's why they feel so lonely they don't feel
loved they don't believe there's any hope for their life or their future or
their circumstance and they lack peace of mind their minds are restless yet
Jesus spoke about these three things in our lives in the scriptures it says who
shall separate us from the love of God and then he's gonna list things that
can't separate you from God's love tribulation distress persecution famine
nakedness peril or sword as it is written for
sake we are killed all day long where accounted as sheep for the slaughter
yet in all things we're more than conquerors through him who loved us for
I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor
powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor death nor any other
created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God every word every
emotion everything that you could ever face is found in those verses but if I
feel lonely today I'm allowing the enemy to separate me from the love of God the
second scripture says this why are you cast down all my soul
why are you disquieted within me hope in God my hope is not in a marriage my hope
is not in my kids my hope is not in giordano trump my hope is not in the
Democratic reporting my hope is not in my boss my hope is not in my look this
is what people are building their hope on that's why when there's the absence
of that they are lonely I love my wife but my wife is not my hope I love my
kids that my kids aren't my hope I may love the things of this world but
they're not my hope my hope is found in God and the Bible says about peace it
says this that will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me because
he trusts in you see my mind is on everything else except God so that's why
I can't find peace today I just want you to know today as we navigate through
this I'm gonna share very quickly some examples of people that face loneliness
in the scriptures and here's the thought that you need to understand we all feel
it nobody is absent from the feeling of loneliness I don't care how rich you are
I don't care how cute you are I don't care what's going on in your life we one
time or another we all fill it why because this is a fallen world and evil
is all around us in according to 2nd Corinthians 4:4 whether you believe it
or not the Bible says Satan is the god of this world
stun he can influence things he could he can influence things which can cause us
to feel lonely so I want you to know we all at one time or another feel lonely
the thought is this we all deal with it differently we all deal with loneliness
differently when you're not wired the same even two brothers and two sisters
in the same home deal with it differently some deal with in a good way
some deal with in a bad way some deal with it in a healthy way unhealthy
productive and unproductive some people deal with their own loneliness by they
they eat too much some people deal with loneliness they don't eat some people
deal with their loneliness by sleeping around some people deal with their
loneliness by looking at an internet sites where they shouldn't be looking at
some people deal with their loneliness by being a workaholic some people deal
with their loneliness by working out too much some people deal with their
loneliness by shopping and spending money some people deal with their
loneliness through alcohol and drugs but every person deals with their loneliness
differently we all have times and seasons where we are more vulnerable to
loneliness than before there are times and seasons and that's why you and I
need to be mindful of those times and seasons because they keep coming around
the corner a scripture that really means a lot to me is proverbs 19:21
and that is many are the plans in the mind of man but it is the purpose of the
Lord that will stand a lot of the times I feel like I want to control my life I
want to know what's gonna happen next but sometimes we just don't know and
it's up to God to just lead us into a way where we will eventually know so
all I have to say is that just trust in God trust in his plan trust in what we
don't know and just be comfortable in the unknown because God is in control my
name is Val and that is my word on the street we all have times and seasons
when we are more vulnerable to loneliness than before
there are times and seasons and that's why you and I need to be mindful of
those times and seasons because they keep coming around the corner and the
enemy attacks us so people are more vulnerable to loneliness during the
holidays because it's the absence of my mom and my cousin my child I remember it
so I feel really lonely during Thanksgiving and Christmas
I feel real lonely around the anniversary of my marriage or my child
cuz they're no longer here when I feel betrayed and I get denied I feel very
lonely it's an automatic response the moment a door shut in my face I get mad
I get upset the moment something's denied and it takes long and it's
delayed I feel lonely that's how you're wired some people shake it off you can't
you're vulnerable and you're susceptible when you feel lonely some people are
vulnerable susceptible when they're tired I've been I'm just tired
some people are vulnerable susceptible when pressure is put on them but we all
have different lengths and duration that it's sticks and it stays with us some
people could shake loneliness off in seconds and minutes but then some it
takes hours and days and I'm sad to say there are some that it takes months and
years they never can shake the loneliness off but here's the good news
when it comes to loneliness we all have a means and opportunity of escaping
loneliness life is not fair but God is just and God is the equalizer you don't
have to stay lonely that's the good news it comes it's real but you have a choice
you don't have to stay lonely because God gives us a way of escape and
God is the equalizer life is not fair
life is not fair so here's the scales I go to church I pray I never cheated on
my wife I pay my tithe I'm nice to people but now I got terminal disease I
lost my job my wife committed adultery on me life's not fair but here's the
good news God is just and God is the equalizer now
that overwhelms the ugliness of tape that takes place and he provides a way
of escape no temptation is overtaking you if such as common to man but God is
faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able watch
this I love this but with the temptation will also make a way of escape no matter
how boxed in no matter how hemmed in no matter how closed in you are God always
has a backdoor God always has a way of escape one of my favorite scripture
Psalms 93 surely shall deliver thee from the snare of the Fowler Oh King James
says the noisome pestilence that God will deliver you from the noisome
pestilence I love that word it's we don't use it often noise some but it
means this misfortunes God knows how to save you and deliver you through
misfortunes I just gave you some examples of misfortunes now understand
this God delivers two ways and so it's very important through your theology
today and understanding God that's why people don't understand God they get mad
at God because they don't understand him so they say if God is a good God and God
is a loving God why didn't he stop this from happening where did that come from
when you need to say is that God is a good God God is a loving God he chose
not to stop it but he chose to provide a way of escape from it God can deliver
you from something and God can deliver you through some
think we don't like it when God doesn't deliver us from something because as
Christians or society or people we don't want to go through nothing I don't want
to get in one argument I don't want to get in one fight I don't want to get in
one cold I don't want to get in one disagreement I don't want to have one
flat tire I don't want all my any of my dogs to die I want them to live what
world are you living in so it's God's fault that your dog died
so you're gonna stop believing in God because he should have stopped your dog
from dying you going outside and you got a flat tire on a brand new tire that you
paid 75 dollars over so if God is God why didn't he stop that flat tire now as
silly as those would be none of you would blame your dog died nor a flat
tire but you'll blame other things on God but God says he will deliver us no
matter what past president future God is a deliverer Elijah understood what
loneliness was all about and Ahab taught just about all that
Elijah had done and how he had executed the prophets with the sword Elijah had
killed 430 450 of Jezebel's prophets then Jezebel sent a messenger Elijah
saying so let the gods do to me and more also if I do not make your life as one
of them by tomorrow about this time she put out a threat on him and put out a
contract on him and said I if not I will hire someone to take you out brother man
I for an eye tooth for a tooth the school man you kill 450 of my prophets
I'm taking you out so here's what it says and when he saw that in his mind he
arose and ran for his life and went to bare Sheba which belongs to Judah and he
left his servant there enlike felt loneliness like you and I how do want
you and I feel loneliness when we're going through problems and hardships and
difficulty and opposition and obstacles whether that is on
work or whether that relates to our calling whether that relates to what
people are doing or the fears of our lives if you read more a have the king
called and labeled him a troubler elijah never did anything purposefully he just
obeyed the calling I'm God how many of you know people will call you a trouble
or they don't like you and you never did anything to anyone but everywhere he
goes he's been labeled a trouble so he's feeling lonely about that then Jezebel
puts a threat out to say I'm gonna kill you and that fear begins to drive him
into a wilderness and you I'm hoping you know enough of the story if not he will
become suicidal he'll want to commit suicide he'll stop eating he all he
wants to do is sleep all the time he believes he's the only one ever to go
through this and he doesn't want to believe in God anymore he doesn't want
to do another thing for God he stops going to church and praying basically
all because he faced the loneliness of his life so here's the lesson that you
and I can learn from him don't leave those that you serve because the last
word here is he left his servant there see there's a tendency when you're
lonely to want to be alone and those that love you will say you know what let
me come with you let me be with you let me hold your hand let me help you know
get out of here I want to be alone I don't want anything to do with you so he
begins to leave the person that matters the most
he believes that he leaves the person that cares the most he leaves the person
that loves him the most and there's a tendency for loneliness to drive us to a
place where we desert and we leave the people that care for us the most
he leaves his servant there the thing that I would tell Elijah is he tells us
the lesson is this is nothing is worth ending your life over nothing nothing is
worth ending your life over Elijah is suicidal in
and there's nothing that you could face the loss the greatest pain the greatest
illness the greatest sickness and I say that with empathy and sympathy and I say
that by saying I'm sorry that it happened to you but nothing is worth
ending your life over
because he'll come to him and he'll say there's a king that needs to be an
anointed and there's a prophet that needs to be anointed and you want to
give up and you want to say it's over but I'm not giving up on you and there's
still more for you to do and I wish I could tell that person that feels like
ending their lives there's still more in your future it won't always be like this
there are children there are grandchildren there's a marriage there's
a honeymoon there's a new job there's a new something coming in your life look
back and just for a moment in faint cuz you're irrational right now loneliness
makes you feel harassed you know just think for a moment those that you say
you love when you take your life how devastated they will be and they will
blame themselves they'd have to live in the horror of what you do you think your
life is ended now and it's over you left them now for the rest of their life and
they will now have to contemplate and now deal with the devil that says it's
your fault something to think about I want to think about it Elijah nothing is
worth you ending your life over
hey I want to personally invite you to abundant living family church if you're
ever in the area come by and visit us if you're far away
wherever you are in the world then just contact us and let us know please that
this program is making a difference in your life we have over 70 nations
represented in our church we are a multicultural Church we are a
multi-generational Church we have young people we have teens we have Gen Z's
millenniums baby boomers and all kinds of people we love making people feel
warmed and welcomed and we love the challenge of presenting and preaching
the gospel to people that have never ever been to church so don't be
intimidated come and visit us we won't hurt you
god bless so there's a tendency that you and I will get lonely when I make a
mistake bad decision bad choice I failed I'm living in sin you'll feel very very
lonely when you're in a place like that I want you to recognize that thought is
this there was an industrial man in the 1900s who needed a job and so he put out
a want ad in the newspaper and he said I'll listen to anybody for the next
threat for 30 minutes and only charge you five dollars he averaged 40
customers a day because there was tons of people that needed someone to talk to
see Moses teaches us this control your negative emotions Moses had an anger
problem whenever he got angry he did some bad stuff he killed someone he ate
me grinded up the Ten Commandments he you know he struck the rock so I want
you to recognize control your negative emotions listen to Jethro's advice
listen to people that are wiser than you more mature than you people that have
soundness in their life listen to Jethro's advice and get and go to the
well and get help he went to the well and he got help you need to go to the
well and get help get well you got to get well and last of
all is Paul and I'm gonna close with this in second Timothy for Paul is
toward the end of his life he's living in a cold dark prison cell not not not
like our five-star prisons you know get to play volleyball for one hour and
bring you three meals a day that's that's that's not what it you have a TV
and a cell phone stack of newspapers have you a little
but go buy some supplies you don't get that in a Roman prison in a Roman
president is down deep where the sewer system is of the city so crap is
floating right in front of you and rats are right there and your back is beatin
blue Rallis and you're all there you have no interaction with anybody else
you are literally in fetters and chains in your hands and your feet that's where
he is this once-great apostle where thousands would show up to hear him
where paparazzi would take his picture where all these young preachers went
amen brother amen can I hold your Bible can I Drive you around wanted to be
around him now he's in a prison the Bible says this verse six Ryan for I'm
already being poured out as a drink offering in my time of departure is at
hand you go to verse 9 be diligent to come to me quickly for demas has
forsaken me having loved this present world and departed for Thessalonica
Grecian for Galatia Titus and Marley Titus for Dalma to only Lucas with me
get mark and bring him with you for he is useful for me to her ministry and
tisha cos I have sent to Ephesus bring the cloak that I left at Karpis at Troas
and when you come the books especially the parchment Alexander the coppersmith
didn't mean much harm may the Lord repay him according to his works
you must also beware of this man for he has greatly resisted our words at my
first defense no one stood with me but all forsook me but may it not be charged
to them but the Lord stood with me and strengthened
me so that the message might be preached fully through me this is Paul fili
loneliness now he's feeling loneliness because people have rejected him and
deserted him betrayed him and and abandoned him that maybe he counted on
so the lessons I learned from Paul are this watch this it's found right there
so simple it's epic right now verse number thirteen bring the cloak that I
left at Karpis and the books especially the parchments when you feel lonely go
find your cloak and find your books I
don't know what your cloak is but you better know what your focus
you ever find yourself feeling alone like no one's there for you make sure to
tune in next week Diego mess will be sharing some tips on how to beat
loneliness we'll see you then you know the Bible says it's appointed unto men
once to die and after that is judgment it goes on to further say we will all
stand before the judgment seat of Christ see God is a judge I don't know if
you've ever pinned it for a judge or a courtroom it could be pretty
intimidating God is a judge and because he's a judge he has to judge our life
the Bible says that everything we've ever said thought or done he knows about
I don't know about you I want to be I want those things forgotten I want those
things removed I want a judge to be righteous toward me
and kind toward me and the way that you will get a great judgment is by
accepting God's sacrifice for your sin see Jesus came to this earth to take the
judgment that was due to you and I so you and I would never have to experience
the penalty of that judgment but you need to know today that God is a just
judge you can't lie to him you can't connive him you can't deceive
him he knows everything so it'd be better for us just to say I'm guilty I
did it but I accept Jesus who took the penalty the wrath of your judgment
against me so I never have to be judged for the wrong that I've done today
today God is here to love you by being a loving judge in a kind judge and a
forgiving judge not a judge of wrath damnation and punishment but that comes
because you accept Jesus Christ his son who came to take the penalty of your
judgment so if you're ready to be forgiven of the transgressions and the
sins and the disobedience of your life and never have to experience the
consequences and just say this Jesus come and live in my heart you are my
judge today and I accept Jesus who paid the price
for all the bad things that I've ever done and I will forever be changed thank
you for loving me today in Jesus name thanks for watching
hey I want to personally invite you to abundant living family church if you're
ever in the area come by and visit us if you're far away wherever you are in the
world then just contact us and let us know please that this program is making
a difference in your life we have over 70 nations represented in our church we
are a multicultural church we are a multi-generational Church
we have young people we have teens we have Gen Z's millenniums baby boomers
and all kinds of people we love making people feel warmed and welcomed and we
love the challenge of presenting and preaching the gospel to people that have
never ever been to church so don't be intimidated come and visit us we won't
hurt you god bless
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