You Are Not Alone (Final)

Outline:

Intorduction

Series Introduction: I’m Not Okay - A series on mental health

Prayer

Story:

Time I thought I was left behind

Relate:

Tonight I want to talk about Lonliness

Message Title: You Are Not Alone

Lonliness: The state of being unseen or unoticed relationally, mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually. It can be driven by lack of purpose or meaning, realtionship, and/or identity and is marked by a deep sense of hopelessness.

Appeal to Thier Feelings:

Feelin despair at times, exhuastion immobility, keeping to yourself, not knowing how to fix it.

Feeling sad, hopeless, self isolated, depression

Feeling like no one cares for you

The absence of human connection. You can physically have people around you but experience no movement from them toward you.

We can all be prone for Loneliness

IMPACT:

When we have not connections we have no purpose

The enemy wants us alone and isolated

David experienced Loneliness

A man after God’s own heart

Psalm 25:16 (NIV)

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

for I am lonely and afflicted.

He was worn out from life’s challenges - he felt alone

We can all feel alone at times...

When you feel alone you have to know that...

POINT 1: GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU

Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT)

Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

Matthew 11:28–30 (MSG)

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”

You need to know God’s heart

He does not chage

He is relational

POINT 2: ACTIVELY ENGAGE COMMUNITY

Hebrews 10:24–25 (NLT)

Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Why would we neglect meeting?

Could it be possible that the enemy doesn’t want us to ?

Just because something is hard doesn’t mean its the wrong path...

POINT 3: BE VULNERABLE

2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

There is risk in being vulnerable

Faith will require risk

There is value in vulnerability

Confesssion

SALVATION