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“He said, 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 just kind of lonely. Now, thankfully, Jesus answered that sparrow mentality. In the book of Matthew, I love this passage, 10, 29. Jesus speaking to his disciples said,”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“No, no, Paul said, I need you and I need you to come now. And that's important because Paul took the initiative to identify the very thing that would become destructive in his mind and heart. I say that because when we're lonely, you know what the most likely thing is for us to do? To withdraw. When we're lonely, we start backing out and saying, I'm just so lonely. And it moves us away from the very place that we need to be. the place where we need to be engaged and nothing thrills the enemy more than when we isolate and”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“saying to me, you may feel lonely, but you're not alone. I'm here. I'm with you. And that's just one instance, and it was a very serious instance in my life. Yes, I did manage to go along and to make a recovery and thank God all of that's in the past. I did from that moment forward have to use a backlit screen because I struggled with light and reading when I preach and teach. But God has met those needs. But I say that to say there have been many other instances that I could”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“and to look to him. David had to deal with this in his life. David in Psalm 25:16 said, "Turn to me and be gracious to me for I'm lonely and a afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Bring me out of my distress. He wrote again in Psalm 102:6. I'm 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. Like a”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“for your body. You need to get sleep. You need to eat. You need to do all those things. And for the rest of us who maybe are thinking, well, I'm sure not lonely. I wish he'd finished this sermon. But for the rest of us, you know people that are lonely, and they need you to care for them. Think of practical ways that you can step into the world of someone who is lonely. One of the greatest things that our deacon ministry does on our Augusta campus,”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“life. And you need that and I need that because we're never more vulnerable than when we are isolated. That's why Peter wrote in First Peter 5 and verse 8, "Be sober minded. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, prowls like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." Have you ever watched a documentary on lions? Who do the lions go after? They go after the isolated. They go after the vulnerable. They go after the weak. And I'm telling you, when you are lonely, you are prime”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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.”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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.”
Zach Clinton · Finding Hope Again“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”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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.”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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.”
David H. McKinley · Loneliness“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,”
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“the vulnerable. They go after the weak. And I'm telling you, when you are lonely, you are prime target for Satan to come in and to devour your life. That's why that the answer is not to become devoured by your vulnerability, but to find a way to get connected to community. You cannot enter a doorway on any of our Warren campuses without seeing a medallion. And in that medallion, there are four words. It simply says worship, connect, equip, and send. These are the”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“to hear and to look to him. David had to deal with this in his life. David in Psalm 25, 16 said, turn to me and be gracious to me for I'm lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are in large. Bring me out of my distress. He wrote again in Psalm 102, verse six, I'm like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places. I lie awake. I am like a lonely sparrow”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“and helping people to grow in community and to build community, I'm hearing 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.”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“And all of these things were happening and I'm trying to deal with the emotional reality of all of that and I'm trying to live through these things and walk through this. And then I've got a staff member and another church member that are in a conflict and it was an issue that as wonderful as our people were, There was tension going on that I'm trying to resolve and to deal with and not let it become an issue to bring breakdown in the church. And then all of a sudden, that yellow lab, Lily, I don't know if she just grieved herself or what it was, but she had a neurological event and we had to see her put down as well.”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“Thanksgiving, and I've lived through all these things I'm telling you, and I'm laying in a hospital bed knowing that I'm not going home for Thanksgiving and trying to figure out what in the world is going on in my life. And I have to be honest, there have been many times, but I really felt alone. And I will never forget 4 a.m. sitting there contemplating all that was happening. God, What are you doing in my life? Lord, why have you forsaken me?”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“mind. It's a way in which you begin to think differently. I'm inclined to go this direction. I'm inclined to make this decision. And the Bible tells us in the book of Psalms, 86 verse 11, teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your faithfulness. Incline my heart to hear your name. You may feel very alone and your imagination is running wild, but God wants you to be inclined”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“The US Surgeon General two years ago reported that half of U.S. adults are experiencing measurable loneliness and chronic social isolation. And with it, there is the associated experience of all sorts of increased risk of depression and anxiety and cardiovascular disease and dementia and even premature death. In fact, the Surgeon General went so far as to say that some loneliness chronically can be the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day on your health. And then I'm reading”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“It comes to anyone, anytime, anywhere. 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”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“When you're lonely, you're tempted to let your imagination run away. With all that's 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”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“than many sparrows. God sees, God knows, God cares about you. You're not some sparrow on a housetop. You're someone that the father loves. And I'm just here today to echo that and to remind you that maybe right now while you're struggling with the battle of loneliness, That there is a Lord who loves, who cares, who sees, and who will meet you in your life.”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone“that the less sunlight I get, the unhappier I get. And so I need a lot of sunlight. That's something I love in my life. But I'm just saying, literally going through the changing of seasons of life, the holidays, all the things, the anniversaries, all those things can create loneliness in our lives. And then personal disappointments and relational conflicts. I mean, what did Paul talk about here? He talked about Demas. He talked about Alexander. He talked about people who had been with him and people who had left him.”
David H. McKinley · Lonely, But Never Alone