Loneliness

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1. Does God see me when no one else does?

   • Gen 16:7–13

     ⁷Now the angel of the Lord found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. ⁸“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied. ⁹So the angel of the Lord told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.” Keep reading

   • Ps 139:1–12

     ¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have searched me and known me. ²You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. ³You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Keep reading

   • Heb 13:5

     ⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

2. What does the Bible say to someone who feels alone?

   • 1 Kgs 19:1–18

     ¹Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ²So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!” ³And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, Keep reading

   • Ps 68:6

     ⁶God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

   • Deut 31:6

     ⁶Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

3. Did Jesus ever feel alone?

   • Matt 26:36–46

     ³⁶Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. ³⁸Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.” Keep reading

   • Mark 15:34

     ³⁴At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

   • John 16:32

     ³²“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.