Hello, and welcome
to Behold Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host and we are so thankful
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that you have tuned in
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for another exciting Bible study
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with Pastor Kenny Shelton today.
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You know, today is
the second message of 25.
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Twenty five that
we're going to be covering.
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Twenty five Bible studies
that are in accompaniment
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to this sharing God's
love Bible study guide.
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And today, we're going to
talk about defeating loneliness,
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defeat loneliness.
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Does the Bible have
anything to say about
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defeating loneliness?
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Is it full of Bible
verses that might help us,
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that might give
us hope and strength?
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You know, I've cheated a
little bit, I've read ahead,
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and I know that there are.
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So I hope you'll stay
tuned 'cause we live in a world.
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In fact, I was listening
to a sermon earlier today,
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and they were
quoting Spirit of Prophecy
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and talking about how
this is the enemy's territory.
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And it's no wonder
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so many people are
battling loneliness
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when He claims this world
as His seed and His authority.
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So I hope you'll stay tuned.
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And I hope you'll be
blessed as we talk about
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how to defeat loneliness today.
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But before we open,
I just want to share
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one verse of
scripture from it with you
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and it's found in
1 Peter 5:7, it says,
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"Casting all your care upon
Him because He careth for you."
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Brothers or sisters,
friends, our Lord cares,
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He loves you so very much.
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So I hope you'll stay tuned.
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But before we
hear from Pastor Kenny,
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we're going to go to
the 3ABN Worship Center,
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and we're going to
listen to a song that's entitled
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"Springs of Living Water."
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And it is sung by my
sister-in-law, Tammy Chance.
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I thirsted in the
barren land of sin and shame
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Nothing satisfying there I found
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But to the blessed
cross of Christ one day I came
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Where springs of
living water did abound
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Drinking at the
springs of living water
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy
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I'm drinking at the
springs of living water
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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O sinner, won't you
come today to Calvary
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A fountain there is
flowing deep and wide
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The Savior now
invites you to the water free
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Where thirsting
spirits can be satisfied
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Drinking at the
springs of living water
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy
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I'm drinking at the
springs of living water
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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Drinking at the
springs of living water
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy
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I'm drinking at the
springs of living water
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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Drinking at the
springs of living water
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply
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Thanks for joining us once again
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here at Behold the Lamb.
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You've already heard
just what the subject matter.
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So we're going to be
talking about loneliness.
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It's something that
affects many, many people.
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The Bible has the answers,
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and we need to go
to the Word of God
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to find those answers.
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So we're glad that
you've tuned in today.
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Take a pencil, paper, pen,
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write down some of
these passage things
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that we discussed.
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That way you can
go back with them
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or you can always
certainly call in,
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get your DVD or CD and
share it with a friend.
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Oh, this is very... I
think it's a vital subject.
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In the day that we live in,
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there's a lot of
people that's going through
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a lot of
stress, a lot of strain.
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And a lot of people
feel isolated and lonely.
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We'll look at that subject
as we go along here today.
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But again, we're glad
that you're joining with us.
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But usual before we
get into the Word of God,
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before we read
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the beautiful
passage of scripture here,
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we're going to
kneel and have prayer.
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So I invite you at home
and those who are with us,
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if you'd like to kneel with
me that we can pray together.
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Let's pray, shall we?
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Merciful Father, in heaven,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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We thank You now
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that we can call upon
the sweet Holy Spirit,
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the Spirit will come
and to fill our hearts
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and our minds
with the love of Jesus.
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We just thank You
for loving us today.
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We thank You for each
viewer and listener we pray
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and for those that are here,
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we just asked a special blessing
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upon each and every one.
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May we be drawn closer to Jesus,
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may we fall in love with Jesus
in the very, very special way
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and let that relationship
continue to grow and grow
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until Jesus shall come.
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Bless us now we
pray to this end.
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And we've turn
everything over to You,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Again, the subject
is defeat loneliness.
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How do you defeat loneliness?
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If I asked you the question,
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and you don't have
to raise your hand.
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But if I asked, as
there ever been a time
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in your life that
you've been lonely?
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Has there ever been a
time that you felt lonely?
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You know, is
there ever been a time
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that situations
and circumstances
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that you felt
like there was no one,
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you had no friends,
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there was no one
you could count on,
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there's no one that
you could call upon.
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You know, and there's millions
of people like that today.
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But I thank God we have
the answers in His Word.
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If we follow, now remember,
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all these answers
in the Word of God,
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if we do not
follow the counsel of God,
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it's not going to work.
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God always has the answers
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and they're
always the right answers.
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There's a story
told and this takes place
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in the summer of 1881.
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This is a long time
ago, the summer of 1881.
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There was a gentleman
had been delighting the party
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as he was singing
some gospel songs,
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as he was singing his
songs in rendition as it were,
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some familiar tunes,
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and people were
singing along with him,
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and they were having
just a good wonderful time.
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And the song was
"Jesus, lover of my soul."
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I don't know if any
of you know that one
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"Jesus, lover of my soul,"
but the words are beautiful,
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it draws you close to Jesus.
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This is an interesting
song this man was singing,
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and there was an
interesting person
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who was there
listening to that song.
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And when he had
finished singing that song,
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another man came up,
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and approached him and
he began to talk to him.
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And he began to say, you know,
were you in the war of late,
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the last war that we
had, which would be the 1863,
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which is about
18 years previous.
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Did you fight in that war?
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He heard him sing,
heard him sing that song.
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And so he steps in out
of the shadows and he said,
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"Were you in that war?"
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The man said,
"Yes, I was in that war.
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Yes, sir, I fought
under General Grant."
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The man said, "I
too fought in the war,
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but I was your enemy.
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I fought on the opposite side.
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And, you know, I
remember, I came near,
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almost 18 years ago, I
came very near to you."
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The man wondered, "How
did he know 18 years ago
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we were fighting
on different sides.
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How would you know?
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How did you know,
you came near to me?"
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These things were
going rampant in his mind.
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He said, "If I'm not mistaken,"
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the gentleman
said as he came up.
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"You were walking
guard duty 18 years ago.
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In fact,
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tonight's the
anniversary of that."
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How he remembered.
This was the enemy talking.
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The man said,
"Yes, that's about right.
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Yes, I was on guard
duty that night, I remember."
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He said, "And I
noticed," he said,
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"I was sent out to kill you.
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That was my job,
the moon was full,
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I could see you walking
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up and down the
path of your guard duty."
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And then he said, "I
looked, and I was sure,
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I was sent out
because I was the best shot.
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I could shoot
anything and hit everything.
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And I took my gun and I
aimed at right at your heart,
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right at your heart.
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And then I heard
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something you
were singing came out
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and part of the words
were cover my defenseless head
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with the shadow of thy wing."
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Part of that song, "cover..."
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Notice this
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"my defenseless head
with the shadow of thy wing."
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He said, "I tried
to pull the trigger
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and I could not do it.
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My job was to kill you
that night and then attack,
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we couldn't do it."
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He said, "My friend,
your prayer was answered.
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All I could do was to
put the gun away and I left."
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Very interesting. "I felt sure."
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He said, "I felt sure as
you were singing that song.
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And I know as I
heard those words,
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the Holy Spirit impressed
me to spare your life."
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You know how interesting that is
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when you think about it.
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And naturally, as
this man heard it,
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the singer heard it,
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he grasp the hand
of his so called enemy.
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He said, "Thank you, sir.
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Thank you that you
didn't pull that trigger."
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He said, "I
remember the night very well.
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I remember very well
because it was a night
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he said I was feeling..."
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Notice, even as a soldier,
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he was feeling depressed
and he was feeling lonely.
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He felt like there
was no one else alive
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on the face of the planet
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that knew what he
was going through,
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because he knew as he
walked that guard duty,
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that he would be a
target for the enemy
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because they said
there's enemies out there.
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So he said, I was
depressed and I was
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had this feeling of loneliness
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that I can't tell you, but
I still tried to do my job.
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I knew my post
was in great danger.
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And all I could
think about was home.
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All I could think
about was my family.
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All I could think
about was my friends
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and trying to get home.
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And I was so discouraged,
and I felt so alone.
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But then I began to think
of what the Bible has said
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that God cares for us.
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He cares for us, as
He cares for that sparrow
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than He cared much more for me.
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After all, we are
made in His image.
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And he said, "Somehow,
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that little sparrow
and the human being,
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I gained
confidence, and I gained trust,
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and I claimed
the promises of God."
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And he said, "No
longer did my heart
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feel lonely anymore.
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Something took control of me."
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As I said, "God, I thank You.
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I thank You
that You care for us.
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And that Your
watchful eye has always on us
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as You watch the sparrow,
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I know You're watching over me."
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Here was two different men
with two different backgrounds
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as it worked, even
in the same country,
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but it was divisioned
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between the North and the South.
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And they were
supposedly bitter enemies.
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The nation almost came
down that you talk about here
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the peace that they wanted
and they were fighting for,
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they thought for a
while there would be no peace.
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But after the
war, there was unity
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and the country came
together in nearly every area,
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education, power, race,
everything you can think about.
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And you know what?
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And he said, "You know
the song that touched my life,
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Jesus, lover of my soul.
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This song saved
a brother's life."
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That very song he
said, "You know what?
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I was pressed to
pull that trigger,
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but the common love
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for my fellowman constrained me.
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Certainly the
Holy Spirit did that.
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There would be assassin
turned and walked away."
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Well, you know, the
men of God in these ages
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have found their comfort.
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They found their
comfort in Jesus Christ.
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There's no doubt about it.
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And indeed, I
know He has the answers
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to every problem
that we may have.
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Doesn't matter what it
is, God has the answer,
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whether you're
on the battlefield,
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and you're lonely,
and you're depressed,
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and you're anxious, and
you want to just get home,
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and you feel like
there's no one else out there.
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God is there.
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And there if He began to
sing and to hum that song,
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we may find in Christ,
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those who might be lonely today,
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we could find in
Christ all that we need.
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Companionship and fellowship,
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if we have the right
relationship with Him.
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There's no need to be lonely
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because all of
heaven is with us.
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But you know, we
have to develop this thing
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called communication.
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Communication with heaven.
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Communication with one another.
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Or maybe we might be gripped
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with this feeling of
loneliness and insecurity.
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How do we defeat loneliness?
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Now, it's
interesting subject matter.
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It really is.
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You know, and I've
asked at the beginning does,
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you know, has
anyone ever felt lonely?
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I think probably every
one of us here at some time,
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at some point, we felt lonely.
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We felt all alone, even
though we knew down deep
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that we were not alone.
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We knew somebody was
there, we knew somebody care,
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but yet down deep it's like,
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"Oh, no one
cares. I feel so lonely."
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How did that really
make you feel about yourself?
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How did it make you
feel about your neighbors,
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or your friends, or
other people of the world
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when you really sat down
and begin to think about it?
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A definition of
lonely is kind of, you know,
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I think it's pretty
simple and straight.
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Lonely simply
means I'm lonesome.
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There's a lot of songs
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that have been
written in the past,
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are you lonesome, you
say tonight, are lonesome.
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And so it means they
may be without friends
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having a cause
for a lonely feeling,
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something calls
this feeling to creep up
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in and on us that
we begin to feel alone.
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We begin too long for friends.
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We long for someone
to say something to us,
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and there was no one there.
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We found ourselves alone.
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And that simply means apart
from anything or anybody else.
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They say the loneliest feeling
is you feel you're all alone.
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Lonely, the
fear of being lonely,
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there's people who
fear of being alone,
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they're not lonely,
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but they fear that
someday they might be.
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And so God's Word has
the answers with that.
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It's a real, mental,
and a physical problem
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that really
needs to be addressed.
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Remember, it's a what?
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Mental and physical
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because if we
get that in our mind,
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it affects us
physically, our well being,
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the way we approach the
world, the way that we live,
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the way we deal
with one another.
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You know, that's why
we're finding a lot of people
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who do things that they
really shouldn't be doing.
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You'll find
that they started out
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as they were very lonely.
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They had no friends,
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they had no one
they could talk to,
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they had no one
they could counsel with,
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they didn't
read the Word of God,
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they didn't go for
the answers can be found.
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And so they continue,
it went from bad to worse.
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But you know what?
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God made man to enjoy
the company of others.
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Think about this.
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God made man to enjoy
the company of others.
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And you read
that in Genesis 2:18,
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because it says there,
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"And the Lord God
said, it is not good,"
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notice, "that
man should," do what,
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"should be
alone." God said what?
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It's not good that
man should be alone.
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Notice that.
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"I will make him
a helpmeet for him."
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God recognized, do you
think it caught Him by surprise?
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I'm realizing, He made Adam
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and He made all
these other things,
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you know, then all of a
sudden, He come and says,
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"Well, I need to make man.
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He's the only one that
doesn't have a helpmate,"
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Didn't catch God by surprise.
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He knew it was going
to happen. He understood.
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He said, "I'm going to
make a helpmeet for him.
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It's not good that he's alone."
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A helpmeet here is
simply means a helper.
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I'm going to make someone
for him that will support him,
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did you get it?
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And we realize if
anybody in the world needs
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some support lot
of time, it's the men,
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they need a good
woman to support them,
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to encourage them,
and to strengthen them.
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And so God knew that so He said,
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"She is going to be the helper.
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She's going to
be the supporter."
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, the book that I love,
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page 46 says it like this.
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When it says, "He's going
to make a helpmeet for him.
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It means a helper
corresponding to him.
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A helper, one who is
fitted to be his companion."
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I like that, God
said, "I'm going to do what?
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"I'm going to make..."
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He's going to create
someone that would be fitted
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for the
companionship of the man,
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they would fit together,
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and they would be one together.
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Notice that, they would
be one together in love,
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they'll be one
together in sympathy.
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That'd be one together.
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She would be part of
man's what the Bible said.
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See, this goes back, God says,
"He's going to need somebody.
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He's going to be lonely
if he doesn't have somebody."
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Yeah, he had the
world, did he not,
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he had all the animals, he
had everything in the world,
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but he didn't
have the companion.
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And so God said,
"I'm going to have one,
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she a part of man,
she is his second half."
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Kind of interesting there.
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This would simply
show the close connection
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that's supposed to be
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between the union
and the affection,
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the attachment that should exist
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in the relationship
between man and woman.
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God knew that man
needed that companionship.
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He needed to
love and to be loved.
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Little babies die
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for the lack of
somebody to love them.
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They can be fed,
they can be nourished,
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they can be, but
unless their health rocked,
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health close, love, saying to,
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prayed with,
whatever, many of them die.
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Very interesting,
because that's God made them.
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Man becomes lonely
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if there's not
other people around.
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He just becomes lonely.
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He may not be able to explain it
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because I wasn't alive
wanted to be just be alone.
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But, you know,
you don't want that
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for a long period of time.
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What if you were the only one
that was alive on this planet?
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Oh, you say,
"Oh, Lord, it's good.
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I can go here and get
this and go get out there."
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It wouldn't work.
It would not work.
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You may not last very long
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as long as you
think that you might.
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Loneliness is a
horrible, horrible thing.
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God has answers for us
and I'm thankful for that.
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In fact, there's one
psychiatrist, Dr. Kramer,
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notice this, he's been
specializing for over 30 years
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about treating
depressed and lonely people.
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Here's what he says about it.
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After 30 years of experience,
he says, "The human being,
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the human being
is the only species
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that can't survive alone."
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After 30 years of study,
he said, "The human being,
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the only species
that cannot survive alone.
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The human being
needs another human being."
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Notice that.
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Otherwise, here's
what he put, he said,
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"Otherwise, they're just dead."
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Interesting,
sound like experience.
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Lot of occasions to examine
a lot of different people.
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So he says this.
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And I think this
would help all of us today.
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When you're thinking
about someone that's lonely,
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how to defeat loneliness
is here's what he suggest.
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See if it might work for
you or maybe would have worked
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at one point in your life.
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Notice, he says, you know what?
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"A telephone call
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to a depressed
person can save a life."
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A telephone call just to say,
"Hi, we're thinking about you,"
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might save that person's life.
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Many times they've
had a gun to their head.
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Many times
they're thinking suicide
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and that call
prevented it from happening.
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He said, "Also
an occasional word
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or just a 10 minute
visit can save a life.
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And the bottom line,
he says, you know what?
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The old saying says,
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you can't buy
love, you can't buy it.
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But if 10 minute conversation,
a phone call, a little card,
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a word the Bible says in what?
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In due season can help
someone going through this.
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The Bible says in 1 Peter.
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You have your
Bible, 1 Peter 5:7,
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one of my favorite passages.
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It's a short
couple little lines,
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but notice how
powerful these words are.
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1 Peter 5:7 says, notice this,
it tells us, "Casting all..."
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You finish it with me.
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"Casting all your care upon him,
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for he careth for you."
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What does the Bible
say, "Okay, we're lonely.
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We're a little bit depressed
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where things are
not going our way.
00:22:15.66\00:22:17.07
We've lost loved ones.
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We're not sure
00:22:18.47\00:22:19.80
how we're going to
get by in the future.
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And we're just
feeling really bad."
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Jesus says, "Here, I'm
going to be able to help you
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because you can't carry
these burdens by yourself."
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These things are
too heavy for you to do.
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So, Kenny, what I
want you to do is cast all,
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not part of it,
but all your cares.
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And you know what cares is,
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it's translated
there in the Greek.
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It says, "All
your distractions..."
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Somebody listen.
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"Cast all your," what?
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"Your distractions."
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See a lot of
things in the world,
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they're
distractions, they take us away,
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keep us from focusing
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.24
on what we
should be focusing on.
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They're distractions.
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They take us away but He said,
"Cast all of your distractions,
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your cares upon me,
for I care for you."
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How beautiful that is.
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He wants us to do that.
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What is this
passage really tell us here
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about those who are fighting
the battle of loneliness?
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It says that, "We can
whatever our anxieties,
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.03
whatever our problems,
whatever so easily beset us,
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our troubles, it seem
like every day when you get up,
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you're confronted with
a new set of troubles."
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The world is
confronting troubles
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every day that we get up.
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They're talking war,
00:23:36.04\00:23:38.48
they're talking
about retaliation,
00:23:38.51\00:23:41.18
they're talking
about when they have war,
00:23:41.22\00:23:42.92
whoever declares war on us
00:23:42.95\00:23:45.15
we're going to make
it short, and simple,
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and put an end to
it rather quickly.
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They're talking
about using big things
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with the least amount of deaths.
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Certainly talking
about to civilians.
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That's the top, but remember
00:23:58.67\00:24:00.40
there's wars and rumors of wars.
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And so it drives a
person kind of into a shell.
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But God says like this,
"Take everything that you have.
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No matter what it is.
It's too heavy for you."
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And I want you to notice
this, that He said cast it,
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and another word is spread it.
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Spread those things out.
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Every one of those,
spread it out before me.
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I have an answer,
see that's good news.
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I have an answer for everyone
that you spread out here.
00:24:25.89\00:24:30.40
And you say, "Well,
I've been wounded so bad.
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My best friend has wounded me.
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It made me feel
lonely. I've been withdrawing."
00:24:35.07\00:24:37.74
You know, God can
take care of that for you.
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You say, "I'm
sick. I have a disease."
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God can heal. Can He not?
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Absolutely.
00:24:44.58\00:24:46.11
You say, "I'm dead, I'm
weak, and I'm struggling.
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I don't know if I can get by."
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God is your strength
that's what the Bible says.
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A lot of times we look too much
to our self rather than to Him.
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Some say, "I'm just tempted.
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Every time I turn around,
I'm just tempted to do this.
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I'm tempted to do that."
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Do we not believe that
He can give us the victory?
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See, all of these
things I'm talking about here
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can drive us
into a little shell.
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That we isolate
ourselves from others
00:25:09.10\00:25:10.87
and then we do become lonely.
00:25:10.91\00:25:12.77
We become depressed.
00:25:12.81\00:25:14.91
And God says, "No,
what I want you to do
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.95
is cast them all out before me.
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.45
Spread them out here,
I'll do something for you."
00:25:18.48\00:25:20.12
Why?
00:25:20.15\00:25:21.48
Because my Bible
says in Psalms 117,
00:25:21.52\00:25:23.85
notice how it says, 147:3.
00:25:23.89\00:25:27.72
Psalms 147:3.
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.29
Notice these
words, how powerful.
00:25:30.33\00:25:33.53
"Why do I spread
these out for Him?
00:25:33.56\00:25:35.46
Why cannot throw anything
and everything out before Him?
00:25:35.50\00:25:38.63
Because He says,
00:25:38.67\00:25:40.00
"He healeth the broken in heart,
00:25:40.04\00:25:42.90
and He bindeth up their wounds."
00:25:42.94\00:25:46.14
How wonderful that
is. What does He do?
00:25:46.17\00:25:48.41
He healeth those
who are broken in heart.
00:25:48.44\00:25:52.35
We say something
like my heart's broken.
00:25:52.38\00:25:55.18
And it can be broken
in a lot of different ways
00:25:55.22\00:25:57.59
in this life.
00:25:57.62\00:25:58.99
And most of the time
00:25:59.02\00:26:00.36
it's people who break
other people's hearts,
00:26:00.39\00:26:03.12
and they're not
telling the truth
00:26:03.16\00:26:04.49
or not doing the right thing.
00:26:04.53\00:26:05.86
But Jesus says, "I know
when your heart's broken.
00:26:05.89\00:26:08.26
I know when you're feeling bad.
00:26:08.30\00:26:09.63
I know when you're sad.
00:26:09.66\00:26:11.00
I know when you're lonely."
00:26:11.03\00:26:12.37
But He said, "I want you to...
00:26:12.40\00:26:13.74
I'm the one that heals them."
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.64
You can go to
psychiatrist if you want to.
00:26:15.67\00:26:17.81
He doesn't do any healing.
00:26:17.84\00:26:19.37
He might give you a few
thoughts and things to do
00:26:19.41\00:26:22.61
that might be
good within themselves.
00:26:22.64\00:26:24.48
But the healer, the great healer
00:26:24.51\00:26:26.45
is Jesus Christ.
00:26:26.48\00:26:27.82
Notice this, "He
bindeth up their wounds
00:26:27.85\00:26:30.39
because they've been torn apart.
00:26:30.42\00:26:32.85
They've been ripped
open by life, by family,
00:26:32.89\00:26:36.83
and by friends, and
it's just too much."
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.63
But He said, "I
can heal those things."
00:26:39.66\00:26:41.63
How can God do this?
00:26:41.66\00:26:43.00
How can He just do it?
00:26:43.03\00:26:44.37
Well, another Bible passage
tells us this in Psalms 147:5,
00:26:44.40\00:26:49.24
it says, "Great is our Lord."
00:26:49.27\00:26:52.77
That started out, great is what?
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.31
"Great is our Lord
and of great power,"
00:26:55.34\00:26:58.05
notice, "his
understanding is infinite."
00:26:58.08\00:27:02.55
How can He do it?
Because He's powerful.
00:27:02.58\00:27:05.09
He can do it. Why?
00:27:05.12\00:27:06.45
Because He knows everything.
00:27:06.49\00:27:07.82
It's infinite,
00:27:07.86\00:27:09.19
nothing catches Him by surprise.
00:27:09.22\00:27:10.56
He understands everything
that you're going through.
00:27:10.59\00:27:12.89
Instead of setbacks like,
00:27:12.93\00:27:14.26
"Nobody understand
me, nobody understand me."
00:27:14.30\00:27:19.83
Remember, I think was
Jeremy many, many years ago,
00:27:19.87\00:27:22.17
which is like
seven or eight years old.
00:27:22.20\00:27:24.17
And he said to his
grandpa one time, he said,
00:27:24.21\00:27:27.88
he was wanting to go
somewhere and do something.
00:27:27.91\00:27:30.48
And he knew how to
butter, maybe he still does.
00:27:30.51\00:27:33.82
Hope he sees this,
still knows how to do it.
00:27:33.85\00:27:38.45
But he wanted to get his
way on something, you see.
00:27:38.49\00:27:41.39
And so he began to
explain why he wanted to go,
00:27:41.42\00:27:44.13
and what he wanted to do,
00:27:44.16\00:27:45.73
and grandpa is kind
of shaking his head like,
00:27:45.76\00:27:47.10
"Well, you better
not, you know, mom and dad,
00:27:47.13\00:27:49.86
they may not
like that, whatever."
00:27:49.90\00:27:52.83
He said,
"Grandpa, I'm coming to you
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.50
because you're the only
one that understands me."
00:27:54.54\00:27:57.97
Somebody not with me.
00:27:58.01\00:28:00.98
You know what, he got to go.
00:28:01.01\00:28:02.78
You're the only one
that really understands me.
00:28:02.81\00:28:06.08
It's nice to have someone
who really understands you.
00:28:06.11\00:28:08.18
We can go to God.
00:28:08.22\00:28:09.55
It's not a joke as we
can go to Him and say,
00:28:09.58\00:28:11.65
"You're really the only
one who really understands me.
00:28:11.69\00:28:14.39
You're the one
that knows all about.
00:28:14.42\00:28:15.99
And You're the one
00:28:16.02\00:28:17.36
that I can cast
these things at Your feet.
00:28:17.39\00:28:18.76
You have all understanding,
You have all wisdom,
00:28:18.79\00:28:21.66
it's infinite."
00:28:21.70\00:28:23.67
So He has the answers.
00:28:23.70\00:28:26.80
I'm very grateful and thankful
00:28:26.84\00:28:28.17
that we are not just
left alone, aren't you?
00:28:28.20\00:28:31.37
See, a lot of time people say,
"You know, we live in a world,
00:28:31.41\00:28:33.27
right, God just winds us
up and just lets us go wild.
00:28:33.31\00:28:36.24
As it were, just
go to be run down."
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.48
You know, no, not at all.
00:28:38.51\00:28:39.85
God just didn't put
us out, He created us,
00:28:39.88\00:28:41.32
put us out there
and just let us go do
00:28:41.35\00:28:43.08
all whatever we want to
do when we want to do it.
00:28:43.12\00:28:45.52
Yeah, we have that
choice. But God doesn't do it.
00:28:45.55\00:28:48.19
He has a watchful eye on us
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.56
because He knows sooner or later
00:28:50.59\00:28:52.86
if we do our own thing
00:28:52.89\00:28:54.23
that the enemy's
going to conquer us.
00:28:54.26\00:28:56.36
And He doesn't want
the enemy to conquer us.
00:28:56.40\00:28:58.93
You know, Jesus would
say, "This is how you do it."
00:28:58.97\00:29:01.57
He said it was in Matthew 11.
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.24
He says, "Take my
yoke," what? "Upon you.
00:29:03.27\00:29:06.37
Take my yoke upon
you and learn of me."
00:29:06.41\00:29:11.28
He says, "You're not
going to get in trouble,
00:29:11.31\00:29:12.95
and you're not
going to be lonely.
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.32
You're not going to get down
and out if you yoke up with me,
00:29:14.35\00:29:17.55
because I'm your strength,
00:29:17.59\00:29:18.95
I'm the one
that's going to help you
00:29:18.99\00:29:20.42
when you can't pull
I'm going to pull for you.
00:29:20.46\00:29:22.66
But when you're
giving an effort,
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.03
I'm going to do more than that.
00:29:24.06\00:29:25.96
You take a step, I'll take two."
00:29:25.99\00:29:28.20
What a wonderful
Savior that we have.
00:29:28.23\00:29:30.87
When you think Joshua 1:9.
00:29:30.90\00:29:33.84
Notice what it says here.
00:29:33.87\00:29:35.77
And if you study the
life of Joshua, well,
00:29:35.80\00:29:38.61
you certainly
find some encouragement
00:29:38.64\00:29:40.14
and some strength.
00:29:40.18\00:29:41.51
And then sometime
we feel where I read it
00:29:41.54\00:29:43.11
and I feel a little bit
embarrassed for some time
00:29:43.14\00:29:44.81
not doing what Joshua did.
00:29:44.85\00:29:46.78
You know Joshua was the
man like us, but still yet,
00:29:46.82\00:29:50.69
when he was confronted
00:29:50.72\00:29:52.05
and the peace
and the power of God
00:29:52.09\00:29:53.72
was inside of him,
00:29:53.76\00:29:55.09
he did great
things for the Savior.
00:29:55.12\00:29:56.99
Joshua 1:9 says,
00:29:57.03\00:29:58.36
here's what we
find something else
00:29:58.39\00:29:59.73
that's going to help
us to defeat loneliness.
00:29:59.76\00:30:01.86
It's sort of promise.
00:30:01.90\00:30:03.23
It says, "Have
not I commanded thee?
00:30:03.26\00:30:06.03
Be," what, you remember?
00:30:06.07\00:30:07.84
"Be strong and,"
what, "good courage.
00:30:07.87\00:30:11.27
Be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed for the Lord thy God
00:30:11.31\00:30:15.14
is with the
whithersoever thou goest."
00:30:15.18\00:30:18.08
Notice those words in there.
00:30:18.11\00:30:20.32
One way to defeat the loneliness
00:30:20.35\00:30:22.12
is what God says,
00:30:22.15\00:30:23.49
notice this, "Have
not I commanded thee,
00:30:23.52\00:30:25.89
be strong, be of good courage?"
00:30:25.92\00:30:28.52
Well, I'm embarrassed
if I'm not of good courage,
00:30:28.56\00:30:31.19
because there's no reason I
shouldn't be a good courage.
00:30:31.23\00:30:32.76
Why?
00:30:32.79\00:30:34.13
Because God wants to be with me.
00:30:34.16\00:30:35.66
He wants me to have His courage,
00:30:35.70\00:30:37.27
not my courage, but His courage.
00:30:37.30\00:30:39.00
He wants me have His
strength, not my strength.
00:30:39.03\00:30:41.80
Everything is for us.
00:30:41.84\00:30:43.30
He's doing for us.
00:30:43.34\00:30:44.67
He said, "Don't be afraid.
00:30:44.71\00:30:46.37
In the Word of God, said,
00:30:46.41\00:30:47.74
"Don't be afraid how
men going to look at.
00:30:47.78\00:30:49.11
Don't be afraid what
men say they're going to do.
00:30:49.14\00:30:51.21
Nothing can happen to you
unless God approves of it.
00:30:51.25\00:30:54.22
You're in good hands.
00:30:54.25\00:30:55.58
You're in the
hand of your Father
00:30:55.62\00:30:57.29
who again has that watchful eye
on you, and He cares for you,
00:30:57.32\00:31:00.66
when maybe the
world doesn't care."
00:31:00.69\00:31:04.23
He said, "Don't be dismayed.
00:31:04.26\00:31:06.63
You know, I'm going to be
with you wherever you go."
00:31:06.66\00:31:09.23
Now, I count that as a what?
00:31:09.26\00:31:11.43
Promise?
00:31:11.47\00:31:12.93
That is a promise
I'm going to be with.
00:31:12.97\00:31:15.04
We've got to get in our head.
00:31:15.07\00:31:16.50
We know those
things, we've memorized it.
00:31:16.54\00:31:18.67
But when we go down
00:31:18.71\00:31:20.04
in that valley of
the shadow of death,
00:31:20.08\00:31:21.58
as it were, when we're
down in the valley experience,
00:31:21.61\00:31:24.51
when nothing
seems to be going right,
00:31:24.55\00:31:26.31
we forget that God says,
"I'm going to be with you.
00:31:26.35\00:31:29.38
Wherever you go, I'll be there.
00:31:29.42\00:31:32.19
Whatever happens
I've been there before.
00:31:32.22\00:31:34.72
That has happened in my life.
00:31:34.76\00:31:36.22
I know what it takes,
00:31:36.26\00:31:37.59
and I'll give you that victory."
00:31:37.63\00:31:39.29
See, this is a
beautiful thing as you think
00:31:39.33\00:31:41.13
scripture really
comes alive to us.
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.47
That word strong says
something to me, it says strong.
00:31:43.50\00:31:47.04
He command us to be
strong and you'll say now,
00:31:47.07\00:31:50.07
"What does He mean to be strong?
00:31:50.11\00:31:51.84
Who is He talking
about to be strong?"
00:31:51.87\00:31:53.78
Well, Psalms 24:8 says this,
00:31:53.81\00:31:57.75
"Who is the King of glory?"
00:31:57.78\00:32:00.98
But who is what?
00:32:01.02\00:32:02.62
The King of glory?
00:32:02.65\00:32:05.45
And notice what
the Bible said here.
00:32:05.49\00:32:07.36
"The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle."
00:32:07.39\00:32:12.56
So this is beautiful.
00:32:12.59\00:32:13.93
When you think
about here, He said,
00:32:13.96\00:32:15.53
"I want you to be strong."
00:32:15.56\00:32:17.37
Where do we get our strength?
00:32:17.40\00:32:18.73
It's from the
King of glory. Why?
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.30
Because He's
strong, because He's mighty,
00:32:20.34\00:32:22.54
because He's
mighty strong in battle.
00:32:22.57\00:32:25.27
You know what I think
about strong in battle is what?
00:32:25.31\00:32:27.68
When we're
battling against the enemy.
00:32:27.71\00:32:31.08
We can't defeat
the enemy on our own.
00:32:31.11\00:32:33.72
He's too much for us.
00:32:33.75\00:32:35.68
Think about how he was created
and the power that he had,
00:32:35.72\00:32:38.35
and he's still
powerful, too much for us.
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.69
And you know what?
00:32:40.72\00:32:42.06
The devil likes for us
to do is tell one another...
00:32:42.09\00:32:43.49
Well, let's not talk
about the devil's power.
00:32:43.53\00:32:47.83
Think about, many
times, let's not talk.
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.60
And I understand
00:32:49.63\00:32:50.97
we're not trying to give praise.
00:32:51.00\00:32:52.33
He didn't get that power
until God gave it to him,
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.27
you see,
00:32:54.30\00:32:55.64
but we have to
realize that he is,
00:32:55.67\00:32:58.41
and he's too much,
he's not a match for us.
00:32:58.44\00:33:01.61
Easily we're put
out of our existence
00:33:01.64\00:33:03.08
if it were not for God.
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.61
That means He's
watching you every day
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.51
because if He were
not what would happen?
00:33:06.55\00:33:08.52
You'd be put out
of your existence
00:33:08.55\00:33:10.49
just to meet,
and I would be too.
00:33:10.52\00:33:12.25
But God has been watching
over you all of your life,
00:33:12.29\00:33:15.02
every day of your life.
00:33:15.06\00:33:16.93
He said, "I'm going
to be your strength.
00:33:16.96\00:33:18.43
I'm mighty in battle." Why?
00:33:18.46\00:33:20.40
Because He said, why?
He's never lost the battle.
00:33:20.43\00:33:22.80
He's never lost a
fight with the devil.
00:33:22.83\00:33:25.17
Think about it.
00:33:25.20\00:33:26.53
Any battle that
Lord ever went into,
00:33:26.57\00:33:28.17
He won it every
time, hands down.
00:33:28.20\00:33:31.94
And so He's never
going to lose one.
00:33:31.97\00:33:34.21
So He said, "Let
me fight it for you."
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.24
We don't need to be
fighting our own battles,
00:33:36.28\00:33:37.61
God will do it.
00:33:37.65\00:33:39.21
I'll be with
you wherever you go.
00:33:39.25\00:33:41.15
Hebrews 13:5,
beautiful passage of scripture.
00:33:41.18\00:33:45.02
And this is one
everybody has memorized.
00:33:45.05\00:33:46.96
I'm sure time and
time again, Hebrews 13:5.
00:33:46.99\00:33:49.56
He said, "I will never," what?
00:33:49.59\00:33:51.39
"Leave thee, nor...
00:33:51.43\00:33:54.60
I'll never leave
thee or forsake thee."
00:33:54.63\00:33:57.90
I mean, how
many times have we...
00:33:57.93\00:33:59.40
Don't raise your hand,
00:33:59.43\00:34:00.77
but how many have
had claimed that promise?
00:34:00.80\00:34:04.11
Has there been something
in your life that you say...
00:34:04.14\00:34:07.41
But it seems like
I've been forsaken.
00:34:07.44\00:34:10.28
It seemed like
they've turned on me.
00:34:10.31\00:34:12.61
It seemed like
they said bad things.
00:34:12.65\00:34:15.12
It seems like, it
seems like, it seems like
00:34:15.15\00:34:17.59
but God says what?
00:34:17.62\00:34:18.99
"I'm not going to leave you,
nor am I going to forsake you."
00:34:19.02\00:34:23.63
We might leave Him.
00:34:23.66\00:34:25.56
But He says what? "I
will never leave you."
00:34:25.59\00:34:28.26
This should
help us in this stage
00:34:28.30\00:34:30.00
that our mind maybe in to
think that we're just lonely,
00:34:30.03\00:34:32.77
we're out here on a
corner somewhere by ourselves.
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.70
He said, "Even
though you're over there,
00:34:34.74\00:34:36.37
I know where you're at.
00:34:36.40\00:34:37.77
And I want to help you."
00:34:37.81\00:34:39.57
Think about that word
for just a moment with me,
00:34:39.61\00:34:41.94
the word forsake.
00:34:41.98\00:34:44.48
Remember, "I'll never
leave you and I will not," what?
00:34:44.51\00:34:47.22
"Forsake you."
00:34:47.25\00:34:49.68
When you look at that word
there in the Greek, it says,
00:34:49.72\00:34:52.79
"Kenny, I will
never abandon you."
00:34:52.82\00:34:57.59
There's been babies,
children, that's been abandoned.
00:34:57.63\00:35:03.53
Life was given to them.
00:35:03.57\00:35:04.90
And then, you know, a few hours
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.44
they're in a dumpster somewhere.
00:35:07.47\00:35:12.01
They understand
that as they get older,
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.01
and maybe they're told a story
00:35:14.04\00:35:15.48
and they have that
feeling of abandonment.
00:35:15.51\00:35:18.28
God says, "They might do it.
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.71
The mother may do it,
00:35:19.75\00:35:21.08
but I will never
abandon you, Kenny."
00:35:21.12\00:35:23.49
That's just
such an encouragement
00:35:23.52\00:35:25.09
today to me.
00:35:25.12\00:35:27.46
Another word for
that is desert you.
00:35:27.49\00:35:31.99
"I'll never desert you."
00:35:32.03\00:35:34.36
Same thing as leave.
00:35:34.40\00:35:35.73
"I'll never desert you."
00:35:35.76\00:35:37.57
'Cause people will say,
00:35:37.60\00:35:38.93
"Yeah, but you know, our family,
00:35:38.97\00:35:40.30
our husband, he
deserted us, he left us."
00:35:40.34\00:35:44.31
And it's real.
00:35:44.34\00:35:45.81
And that plays a
part in the middle,
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.81
you know, that all through life.
00:35:47.84\00:35:49.94
And how we look at life,
and how we look at others,
00:35:49.98\00:35:51.91
and how we judge the world
and other people in the world.
00:35:51.95\00:35:54.45
But Jesus says, "I'm
not going to desert you.
00:35:54.48\00:35:58.75
I'm not going to abandon you."
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.66
In other words,
00:36:00.69\00:36:02.02
"I will not leave you helpless,"
00:36:02.06\00:36:03.99
because He knows
that we are what?
00:36:04.03\00:36:05.76
We're helpless.
We're helpless without Him.
00:36:05.79\00:36:08.23
So those who are feeling lonely
00:36:08.26\00:36:09.60
and those who want
to get the victory over,
00:36:09.63\00:36:11.17
just don't think bad about it.
00:36:11.20\00:36:12.57
But what?
00:36:12.60\00:36:13.94
He said, "I
understand, you're helpless."
00:36:13.97\00:36:15.44
We are helpless without Christ.
00:36:15.47\00:36:17.61
"I'm not going to
leave you helpless.
00:36:17.64\00:36:19.61
Oh, Kenny, I'm not
going to leave you behind."
00:36:19.64\00:36:22.34
You know, lot
of times in school,
00:36:22.38\00:36:23.71
or so and so is left behind.
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.21
Well, they can't
come up and graduate
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.82
'cause they're left behind.
00:36:26.85\00:36:28.42
You know, and the Savior says,
"Well, no man left behind."
00:36:28.45\00:36:31.79
You know, these are
things we have in this world.
00:36:31.82\00:36:34.36
But Jesus said
in with the promise
00:36:34.39\00:36:36.39
that we were
talking about the guarantee
00:36:36.42\00:36:37.83
of the children's story here.
00:36:37.86\00:36:39.53
This is better guarantee.
00:36:39.56\00:36:41.20
He says, "I'm not
going to leave you behind.
00:36:41.23\00:36:43.73
You may have been
behind in all of these things
00:36:43.77\00:36:45.37
and people have been talking
that you've been left behind,
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.54
but I will never
leave you behind.
00:36:47.57\00:36:50.04
I will not leave
you in a strait place."
00:36:50.07\00:36:53.21
How many times you ever heard,
"Man I'm in a strait place."
00:36:53.24\00:36:56.51
See, all these
definitions really are words
00:36:56.54\00:36:58.51
that we use today.
00:36:58.55\00:36:59.88
I've heard people say,
"I'm in a strait place."
00:36:59.91\00:37:03.65
They can't seem to
go any other place,
00:37:03.69\00:37:05.02
I'm in a strait place,
00:37:05.05\00:37:06.39
I'm in difficult
position right here.
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.26
But Jesus says, "I know
that you're in a strait place.
00:37:08.29\00:37:11.69
I know you're in a
difficult situation.
00:37:11.73\00:37:13.70
I know how
you're feeling inside,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.40
but I will not
leave you in that place
00:37:15.43\00:37:17.87
if you'll let me help.
00:37:17.90\00:37:20.00
If you'll just let
me help, be strong."
00:37:20.04\00:37:23.74
And then He says,
"Be of good courage."
00:37:23.77\00:37:26.88
I like that word,
be of good courage.
00:37:26.91\00:37:29.74
You know, Psalms
31:24 just simply says,
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.81
"Be of good courage,
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.68
and he will
strengthen your heart."
00:37:34.72\00:37:37.35
So there's a
promise in that verse.
00:37:37.39\00:37:39.82
Do you see that
promise in the verse?
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.62
But first of all, He says
what, "Be of good courage,"
00:37:41.66\00:37:44.59
and then what will He do?
00:37:44.63\00:37:46.70
Then He's going
to strengthen you,
00:37:46.73\00:37:48.06
He can't strengthen if
you're not of good courage."
00:37:48.10\00:37:50.70
Conditional these
promises that He makes to us,
00:37:50.73\00:37:53.34
be of good courage.
00:37:53.37\00:37:55.54
Courage here has to do
with being a conqueror.
00:37:55.57\00:37:59.94
Be a conqueror for Me,
00:37:59.97\00:38:02.44
maintain your
relationship with Me,
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.88
be good courage,
or be strong for Me,
00:38:04.91\00:38:08.35
prevail with Me.
00:38:08.38\00:38:10.75
And then what?
00:38:10.79\00:38:12.12
Then I shall
strengthen your heart.
00:38:12.15\00:38:14.16
Joshua 10:25
another passage of scripture
00:38:14.19\00:38:17.96
that I think is
real blessing for us.
00:38:17.99\00:38:20.03
"Joshua said unto them."
00:38:20.06\00:38:22.00
I like what Joshua's, he said,
"Fear not, nor be dismayed,
00:38:22.03\00:38:26.74
be strong and be
of good courage."
00:38:26.77\00:38:29.47
How often we need that
in this world for someone
00:38:29.50\00:38:32.47
when we're a little bit weak,
and we're a little bit faulty,
00:38:32.51\00:38:35.94
and we're a little
bit frail some time
00:38:35.98\00:38:37.65
and things not
been going our way.
00:38:37.68\00:38:39.15
If someone would just say,
"Hey, don't fear, don't worry.
00:38:39.18\00:38:44.35
Don't fear."
00:38:44.39\00:38:47.26
And they will tell
you what you already know.
00:38:47.29\00:38:49.32
But you still
needed to hear it again.
00:38:49.36\00:38:51.76
God's going to bless you.
00:38:51.79\00:38:53.13
God's going to help you.
00:38:53.16\00:38:55.33
I can remember that growing
up that I got so sick and tired
00:38:55.36\00:38:58.23
of hearing it from
my dad many, many times,
00:38:58.27\00:39:00.70
but I'm
grateful and thankful now
00:39:00.74\00:39:02.94
as I've grown older, I
realized it, he would say,
00:39:02.97\00:39:05.21
"Boy, it could be just
some foolishness of the world.
00:39:05.24\00:39:08.14
We're not gonna be able to get
to our baseball game on time."
00:39:08.18\00:39:10.71
Well, he always say,
"Get on your bike and ride it,
00:39:10.75\00:39:12.41
you know, to whatever, you know.
00:39:12.45\00:39:14.25
Well, this is not
going to work out."
00:39:14.28\00:39:16.15
He'll say, "Son, Son, oh,
00:39:16.18\00:39:17.82
have I not oft
taken you under my wing."
00:39:17.85\00:39:21.52
Fear not, Kenny, have I not
oft taken you under my wing?"
00:39:21.56\00:39:25.23
I said, "No, Dad, come on now,
00:39:25.26\00:39:26.59
I need more than
under the wing business,
00:39:26.63\00:39:27.96
you know, I need..."
00:39:28.00\00:39:29.86
But see we understand it better.
00:39:29.90\00:39:31.67
It is a confirmation always,
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.60
"Don't fear that it's
going to be all right."
00:39:34.64\00:39:38.44
Have I not
often," in other words,
00:39:38.47\00:39:39.81
"Has He not always been there?
00:39:39.84\00:39:41.18
Has He's not
always got us there,
00:39:41.21\00:39:42.54
has He not always been..."
00:39:42.58\00:39:43.91
Yes.
00:39:43.95\00:39:45.28
And so it was an encouragement,
00:39:45.31\00:39:46.92
"Have I not oft
taken you under my wing.
00:39:46.95\00:39:49.65
Be of good courage.
00:39:49.68\00:39:51.02
Fear not. Don't be dismayed."
00:39:51.05\00:39:52.75
The problem we
get into loneliness
00:39:52.79\00:39:54.52
and all these other things
that going on in the world
00:39:54.56\00:39:57.03
is because we get discouraged.
00:39:57.06\00:39:59.63
We get dismayed.
00:39:59.66\00:40:01.20
We've lost our faith.
00:40:01.23\00:40:02.56
We've lost our strength.
00:40:02.60\00:40:03.93
We've lost our
connection with Christ.
00:40:03.97\00:40:07.07
Even in the bad times we
can still be strong in Him.
00:40:07.10\00:40:10.97
You may, by the grace of
God, we can defeat loneliness.
00:40:11.01\00:40:15.78
It can be
defeated, but it's based...
00:40:15.81\00:40:18.81
Notice but, we
can defeat loneliness,
00:40:18.85\00:40:21.42
but it's based on our
relationship with Christ.
00:40:21.45\00:40:26.32
It's based on what?
00:40:26.35\00:40:28.59
Our relationship with Christ.
00:40:28.62\00:40:31.09
See, it's difficult.
You say, "Well, how?"
00:40:31.13\00:40:33.09
It's difficult to be lonely
00:40:33.13\00:40:34.96
when you're working
for your fellow man.
00:40:35.00\00:40:37.50
It's difficult to be lonely
00:40:37.53\00:40:38.93
when you're
working for Jesus Christ.
00:40:38.97\00:40:40.57
You're in His service.
00:40:40.60\00:40:42.04
It's difficult
when you're praying
00:40:42.07\00:40:43.67
for someone else
to be really lonely
00:40:43.71\00:40:45.61
at that time, for
sure, because you're praying,
00:40:45.64\00:40:47.94
you're lifting them up
because they have issues
00:40:47.98\00:40:50.48
and you care for them.
00:40:50.51\00:40:52.35
Being busy in
the cause of Christ.
00:40:52.38\00:40:55.25
This is a way to
defeat loneliness
00:40:55.28\00:40:57.75
is to work for the
salvation of others.
00:40:57.79\00:41:00.86
I think every person
here has found that to be true
00:41:00.89\00:41:03.86
when you were feeling down,
00:41:03.89\00:41:05.23
when you were
feeling a little bit low,
00:41:05.26\00:41:06.83
and then you went to do
something for someone else.
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.50
You didn't feel like it
at the time, maybe yourself,
00:41:09.53\00:41:11.60
but you did it.
00:41:11.63\00:41:12.97
And while you were helping
them, it was helping you.
00:41:13.00\00:41:16.00
See, when you're
loving and caring for others,
00:41:16.04\00:41:19.94
God is loving and caring
for you at the very same time.
00:41:19.97\00:41:24.51
He's meeting your
needs right then right there
00:41:24.55\00:41:27.42
because you're
meeting someone else's,
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.08
you're working for them.
00:41:29.12\00:41:31.02
Oh, that's good news.
00:41:31.05\00:41:32.85
You know, another way
to the deal with loneness,
00:41:32.89\00:41:34.82
lot of different ways.
00:41:34.86\00:41:36.19
But we're looking
at more biblical ways
00:41:36.22\00:41:37.56
of dealing with loneliness
and sadness is number one.
00:41:37.59\00:41:40.63
And this is I think,
00:41:40.66\00:41:42.00
probably
paramount is number one.
00:41:42.03\00:41:43.53
Admit that you are.
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.40
Nothing can be changed
until you finally just come up,
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.90
"Well, I'm not lonely..."
00:41:48.94\00:41:50.87
I said one guy one
time when he said, "Lonely."
00:41:50.91\00:41:52.84
I said about
being lonely, whatever.
00:41:52.87\00:41:54.28
And I think
00:41:54.31\00:41:55.64
this is probably
true in his life.
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.15
He said, "You know what?
00:41:57.18\00:41:58.51
I'm too busy to be lonely."
00:41:58.55\00:42:01.15
I'm too, what?
00:42:01.18\00:42:02.68
I'm too busy to be
lonely. That makes sense.
00:42:02.72\00:42:07.09
'Cause usually
when we're not busy
00:42:07.12\00:42:08.79
that we have all
these reoccurring,
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.59
how the enemy comes
in, he said, "I'm too busy.
00:42:10.63\00:42:12.89
I never get lonely
'cause I'm busy all the time."
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.23
Interesting thought.
00:42:16.26\00:42:18.77
Admit though that it exists
and don't try to cover it up,
00:42:18.80\00:42:22.64
it's okay to say, "You know,
I feel a little bit lonely."
00:42:22.67\00:42:26.57
I don't know why
or maybe it's because
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.24
of loss of something or whatever
00:42:28.28\00:42:29.64
and we have that feeling
and there we're by our self.
00:42:29.68\00:42:33.01
There's a story of a man.
00:42:33.05\00:42:35.88
It's again not
going to cover it up.
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.52
It's story about a man
who went to see his doctor.
00:42:37.55\00:42:40.86
And after all, he
looked in the mirror,
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.69
he looked bad.
00:42:42.72\00:42:44.13
He needed to go see a doctor.
00:42:44.16\00:42:46.09
Things were just
not right with him.
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.66
And as soon as he
saw the doctor, he said,
00:42:48.70\00:42:53.00
doctor looked and said,
"Oh, my, you look sick."
00:42:53.03\00:42:55.10
Well, that doesn't help you.
00:42:55.14\00:42:58.77
The doctor
looks at you and says,
00:42:58.81\00:43:00.18
"No test. You look sick?"
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.18
Well, then I get sick.
00:43:02.21\00:43:04.31
They said, "You're
not well, you're sick.
00:43:04.35\00:43:06.68
You come the...
00:43:06.72\00:43:08.05
What's the problem?
00:43:08.08\00:43:09.42
Are you sick?"
00:43:09.45\00:43:10.79
And the man said, "Yes.
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.15
Yes, Doctor, I am sick."
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.96
He said, "What's your sickness?"
00:43:13.99\00:43:15.66
He said, "I'm
sick of everything.
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
That's what I'm sick
of. I'm sick of life.
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.69
I'm sick of life in general.
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.86
I'm depressed. I'm
lonely all the time.
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.97
And I'm never happy.
00:43:24.00\00:43:26.94
I'm never happy.
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.30
It's been years
going on this way.
00:43:28.34\00:43:30.01
I don't know what happiness is.
00:43:30.04\00:43:31.61
I see other people, it
looks like they're happy.
00:43:31.64\00:43:34.54
I want that happiness.
00:43:34.58\00:43:36.64
Some people have peace.
They seem to have peace.
00:43:36.68\00:43:38.48
I don't seem to have that peace.
00:43:38.51\00:43:40.45
I'm just depressed
and lonely all the time.
00:43:40.48\00:43:42.85
And I tell you right now,
00:43:42.88\00:43:44.22
if you can't help
me while I'm here.
00:43:44.25\00:43:45.59
If you don't have
a word to help me,
00:43:45.62\00:43:47.12
I'm gonna kill
myself soon as I leave."
00:43:47.16\00:43:50.99
Do you have any suggestions?
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.69
Well, see it's real.
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.06
We have to realize
even though it's real
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.53
that people
began to feel this way.
00:43:56.56\00:43:58.20
Doctor said immediately,
"Yes, yes, yes, I do.
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.94
Relax.
00:44:00.97\00:44:02.30
I have something
I'd like for you to try.
00:44:02.34\00:44:05.71
What you need to do is start
to go around some nice people,
00:44:05.74\00:44:10.51
maybe get into
conversation, and talk with it,
00:44:10.55\00:44:13.21
visit a little bit, you know,
00:44:13.25\00:44:15.98
maybe get a
smile or two or laugh,
00:44:16.02\00:44:19.02
change whatever has
made you feel this way,
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.66
but change the
situations or circumstances
00:44:21.69\00:44:24.06
and the people
that you deal with.
00:44:24.09\00:44:26.29
And maybe that will
help you just a little."
00:44:26.33\00:44:28.46
He said, "I've
got something else,"
00:44:28.50\00:44:29.83
the doctor said.
00:44:29.86\00:44:31.20
And the man said, "What?
00:44:31.23\00:44:32.57
What, is
there's something else?"
00:44:32.60\00:44:33.94
He said, "Yeah, listen,
00:44:33.97\00:44:35.30
what I like for you
to do is interesting."
00:44:35.34\00:44:38.87
He said, "I like for you
to go to the circus tonight."
00:44:38.91\00:44:41.98
Man said, "What?"
00:44:42.01\00:44:43.85
"I like for you
to go to the circus."
00:44:43.88\00:44:47.08
"What am I
going to do in circus?
00:44:47.12\00:44:48.45
You know, I didn't want to see
00:44:48.48\00:44:49.82
animals jumping
around and so on."
00:44:49.85\00:44:51.45
He said, "No, I tell
you go to circus tonight.
00:44:51.49\00:44:54.16
You're going to see and
you'll see the funniest man
00:44:54.19\00:44:57.49
that has ever lived.
00:44:57.53\00:45:00.96
And his name is Otis,
00:45:01.00\00:45:03.00
I've been there and I've
seen that act several times.
00:45:03.03\00:45:06.53
And when you're
not feeling just well,
00:45:06.57\00:45:08.50
he will just make
you laugh and laugh.
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.51
And when you leave the place,
you will feel a lot better."
00:45:10.54\00:45:12.91
Maybe that's
really all that you need
00:45:12.94\00:45:14.74
is a change and a few laughs
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.34
and to see that life
can be a little lighter.
00:45:16.38\00:45:18.51
And so would you go,
just, you know, you'll see him,
00:45:18.55\00:45:21.48
he's the world's funniest
man and he puts on a clown act.
00:45:21.52\00:45:25.95
You'll love it. He said, "Oh."
00:45:25.99\00:45:27.79
He said, "He'll cure you.
00:45:27.82\00:45:29.16
I guarantee, he'll cure you.
00:45:29.19\00:45:31.19
You won't leave the same man."
00:45:31.23\00:45:34.46
Man had a blank
look on his face.
00:45:34.50\00:45:36.50
And he said, "What?"
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.83
He said, "Doc,
don't jest with me.
00:45:39.87\00:45:44.57
Don't try to be funny with me.
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.61
It won't work.
00:45:46.64\00:45:48.24
You know why it won't work?"
00:45:48.28\00:45:50.18
And doc said, "No.
Why won't it work?"
00:45:50.21\00:45:51.58
He said, "Because I
am that clown Otis."
00:45:51.61\00:45:56.52
He'd been putting on the face
00:45:56.55\00:45:59.75
to be happy, pretending,
00:45:59.79\00:46:03.66
and he's the
world's miserable's man.
00:46:03.69\00:46:07.03
Lonely, he made others
fall out of their seat.
00:46:07.06\00:46:10.70
But there was nothing
that clicked with him.
00:46:10.73\00:46:12.37
He needed some help.
00:46:12.40\00:46:14.47
I am that clown.
00:46:14.50\00:46:18.01
I am Otis.
00:46:18.04\00:46:21.54
Song says put
on that happy face.
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.35
It's not always easy
to put on a happy face
00:46:24.38\00:46:26.21
when you're not happy.
00:46:26.25\00:46:28.05
The cover up.
00:46:28.08\00:46:29.42
Why not let it be real?
00:46:29.45\00:46:31.29
Why not let it come to Jesus?
00:46:31.32\00:46:32.65
Let Him do the healing.
00:46:32.69\00:46:35.49
That's why Jesus says
again, "Kenny, all of us,
00:46:35.52\00:46:38.23
come unto me, all
ye that heavy laden,
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.56
and I will give you," what?
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.50
"Heavy laden I
will give you rest,"
00:46:42.53\00:46:44.17
Matthew 11:28.
00:46:44.20\00:46:46.40
Jesus is still the answer.
00:46:46.43\00:46:50.11
The clown may have
been a temporary thing.
00:46:50.14\00:46:51.87
It did not work
and didn't might work
00:46:51.91\00:46:53.74
for others but that's it.
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.44
Jesus is the lasting answer.
00:46:55.48\00:46:57.68
Lamentations 3:22-26.
00:46:57.71\00:47:01.18
It says, it's by the
Lord, list these words,
00:47:01.22\00:47:03.72
"It is of the Lord's mercies
that we are not consumed,
00:47:03.75\00:47:07.32
because his
compassions fail not."
00:47:07.36\00:47:10.69
See how can we be down
and out when we realize
00:47:10.73\00:47:13.43
when we read these
passages of scripture
00:47:13.46\00:47:15.80
that God tells us, number one,
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.30
"It's only by His mercy,
Kenny that you're not consumed.
00:47:17.33\00:47:20.47
You're only here by God's mercy.
00:47:20.50\00:47:22.50
But you are here,
00:47:22.54\00:47:23.87
and you've been
here a long time,
00:47:23.91\00:47:25.34
and you continue to be
because God is merciful.
00:47:25.37\00:47:28.31
If you live, and you love,
and you want to serve Him,"
00:47:28.34\00:47:30.88
It only says,
"We're not consumed
00:47:30.91\00:47:32.98
because His
compassions fail not."
00:47:33.01\00:47:35.25
Aren't you glad that we
serve a compassionate Savior,
00:47:35.28\00:47:38.22
one that really cares for us?
00:47:38.25\00:47:39.59
Verse 23 says, notice,
00:47:39.62\00:47:41.49
"These mercies
are new every morning,
00:47:41.52\00:47:44.66
great is thy faithfulness."
00:47:44.69\00:47:47.53
Say, I need these new
revelations every morning.
00:47:47.56\00:47:52.03
I need this mercy
every day of my life.
00:47:52.07\00:47:55.60
I need it renewed.
00:47:55.64\00:47:57.21
I needed every
morning and you know what?
00:47:57.24\00:47:59.61
He is faithful is
what the Bible said
00:47:59.64\00:48:01.91
to make sure He gives it to us."
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.28
Verse 24 says,
00:48:03.31\00:48:05.28
"The Lord is my
portion, saith if my soul,
00:48:05.31\00:48:08.55
therefore will I hope Him."
00:48:08.58\00:48:10.89
We need a
portion. He's my portion.
00:48:10.92\00:48:13.29
He is the portion that I need,
not a portion of the world,
00:48:13.32\00:48:15.92
portion of this,
and a portion that.
00:48:15.96\00:48:17.73
Lord is my portion and
because He is my portion,
00:48:17.76\00:48:20.80
the Bible said,
"I can hope in Him."
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.37
Verse 25, "The Lord is good
unto them that wait for him,
00:48:23.40\00:48:27.77
to the soul that seeketh him."
00:48:27.80\00:48:30.44
The Lord is what?
00:48:30.47\00:48:31.81
He's good to them.
00:48:31.84\00:48:33.41
And if you're waiting for Him
00:48:33.44\00:48:34.94
and notice the soul
that seeketh for Him.
00:48:34.98\00:48:37.78
Verse 26, "It is good
that a man should both hope
00:48:37.81\00:48:41.42
and quietly wait for
the salvation of the Lord."
00:48:41.45\00:48:45.32
You know what
power are in those verses
00:48:45.35\00:48:49.39
when you read and it's
simply builds up the power
00:48:49.42\00:48:52.09
in the name of Jesus Christ
00:48:52.13\00:48:53.93
and gives us
hope and encouragement
00:48:53.96\00:48:55.80
to come out of
some of this stuff
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.27
that we might find
ourselves getting into.
00:48:57.30\00:49:00.24
You know, think about
Jeremiah, Jeremiah the prophet.
00:49:00.27\00:49:04.37
You know, he passed through
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.07
a lot of
experiences in his youth,
00:49:06.11\00:49:08.21
and certainly a
lot more in manhood,
00:49:08.24\00:49:10.58
in later years of his ministry
00:49:10.61\00:49:12.58
they taught him a lot of lessons
00:49:12.61\00:49:14.92
as what you've
went through in life
00:49:14.95\00:49:16.58
teaches us some lessons
and there should be lessons
00:49:16.62\00:49:18.39
that we learn in
the way that we keep.
00:49:18.42\00:49:20.69
But one of the lessons Jeremiah
wrote down in the scripture
00:49:20.72\00:49:23.16
with Jeremiah 10:23.
00:49:23.19\00:49:25.79
He said, "The way of
man is not in himself,
00:49:25.83\00:49:29.80
it is not in man that
walketh to direct his steps."
00:49:29.83\00:49:32.80
Man shouldn't try to
direct his own steps,
00:49:32.83\00:49:35.60
he's going to get
himself in trouble.
00:49:35.64\00:49:38.34
He need something
outside of himself.
00:49:38.37\00:49:40.78
Sometimes we look to ourselves
and this is this, and that...
00:49:40.81\00:49:43.35
God said, "No, you need
something outside yourself.
00:49:43.38\00:49:45.41
You need to bring me in."
00:49:45.45\00:49:47.25
We called to go
through tribulation.
00:49:47.28\00:49:49.58
Jeremiah was
called to go through
00:49:49.62\00:49:50.99
heavy duty tribulation.
00:49:51.02\00:49:52.92
He went through the loneliness.
00:49:52.95\00:49:54.42
He went through the sorrow.
00:49:54.46\00:49:56.73
But, you know, what he would do?
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.09
He began to do this,
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.46
this will help
you if you're lonely.
00:49:59.49\00:50:00.83
He began to call,
recall the providence
00:50:00.86\00:50:03.10
of how God had
worked in His past.
00:50:03.13\00:50:06.13
So you can do that
every day of your life
00:50:06.17\00:50:07.80
because you have what?
00:50:07.84\00:50:09.17
You have seen how God has worked
00:50:09.20\00:50:10.61
over, and over,
and over, and over,
00:50:10.64\00:50:12.77
year in and year out,
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.74
when it seemed
like there was no hope.
00:50:14.78\00:50:16.64
But the
providence of God was bright.
00:50:16.68\00:50:19.45
And yet you look back and
say, "He did it back here."
00:50:19.48\00:50:22.08
And so when Jeremiah
said, "He did it here,"
00:50:22.12\00:50:24.25
and I know but He did it here.
00:50:24.29\00:50:25.69
I know He'll do it
here in the future."
00:50:25.72\00:50:28.12
See, that gives us
encouragement and hope.
00:50:28.16\00:50:32.39
God blessed me in the past
00:50:32.43\00:50:34.16
and He's going to
bless me in the future.
00:50:34.20\00:50:37.57
His compassion, the
Bible said, "Does what?"
00:50:37.60\00:50:39.93
It fails not.
00:50:39.97\00:50:42.10
We must remember
the greatest example...
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.27
We've little over
five minutes left.
00:50:44.31\00:50:45.64
But notice the greatest example
if you say, "Well, you know,
00:50:45.67\00:50:49.28
no one's been as, you
know, in bad shape as I am.
00:50:49.31\00:50:51.51
No one's been any
lonelier than I have been."
00:50:51.55\00:50:54.18
You know, I want you
to remember your Lord
00:50:54.22\00:50:55.88
and your Savior
today, Jesus Christ.
00:50:55.92\00:51:00.86
There was never
a lonelier person.
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.56
There was never an individual
00:51:03.59\00:51:04.93
that was more
misunderstood than Jesus.
00:51:04.96\00:51:09.10
His family didn't
even understand Him.
00:51:09.13\00:51:12.67
They didn't
understand His mission.
00:51:12.70\00:51:14.04
Let me just read that
Desire of Ages, page 111.
00:51:14.07\00:51:17.11
Notice what the Bible says.
00:51:17.14\00:51:20.01
It might almost makes you
weak when you think about it.
00:51:20.04\00:51:22.74
King of kings and Lord of lords,
00:51:22.78\00:51:25.81
then He takes
off His kingly robes
00:51:25.85\00:51:27.85
and He comes down here as a man.
00:51:27.88\00:51:32.52
And what He had to
endure and what He put up with.
00:51:32.55\00:51:36.12
But notice He
knew there in advance.
00:51:36.16\00:51:38.06
But notice no one up on
earth had understood Him.
00:51:38.09\00:51:42.83
Desire of Ages says,
00:51:42.86\00:51:44.20
"No one on this
earth understood Jesus."
00:51:44.23\00:51:46.70
We're always
looking for somebody.
00:51:46.74\00:51:48.07
"Well, he understand me."
00:51:48.10\00:51:50.64
You need to know
where I'm coming from.
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.01
You ever heard that? Yeah.
00:51:52.04\00:51:55.14
No one knows.
00:51:55.18\00:51:56.51
No one understood Him, Jesus.
00:51:56.54\00:52:00.65
During His ministry,
He must still walk alone,
00:52:00.68\00:52:05.52
throughout His life,
00:52:05.55\00:52:06.96
His mother and His brothers
did not comprehend His mission.
00:52:06.99\00:52:12.66
Even His disciples
did not understand Him.
00:52:12.69\00:52:18.03
His life on earth...
00:52:18.07\00:52:19.57
Listen, church,
His life on earth
00:52:19.60\00:52:21.74
must be spent in solitude.
00:52:21.77\00:52:25.07
Alone He must tread the path.
00:52:25.11\00:52:28.18
Alone He must bear the burden.
00:52:28.21\00:52:31.51
There's nothing more alone.
00:52:31.55\00:52:32.88
No one can go through that.
00:52:32.91\00:52:34.35
So if you're feeling a
little bit bad today in life,
00:52:34.38\00:52:37.35
maybe frowned on you somewhat,
00:52:37.39\00:52:40.59
think about our Lord and Savior.
00:52:40.62\00:52:42.76
Knowing this in
advance still came down here
00:52:42.79\00:52:46.43
because there are
times we realize in our life
00:52:46.46\00:52:48.96
that someone's
pat is on the back.
00:52:49.00\00:52:50.73
There's times that
someone's encouraged you.
00:52:50.77\00:52:52.97
There's times
that you've had joy.
00:52:53.00\00:52:54.34
There's times that people say,
00:52:54.37\00:52:55.70
"Oh, I understand
where you're coming from."
00:52:55.74\00:52:57.81
You've had understanding people.
00:52:57.84\00:52:59.17
You've had people say,
"Oh, let me pray with you.
00:52:59.21\00:53:01.04
Let me pray for you."
00:53:01.08\00:53:02.41
Here, but Jesus said,
"No one understood Him.
00:53:02.44\00:53:05.18
Alone He must travel the path.
00:53:05.21\00:53:07.02
Alone He must bear the burden."
00:53:07.05\00:53:09.18
A life of solitude.
00:53:09.22\00:53:10.69
You know, mother
didn't understand Him.
00:53:10.72\00:53:12.35
Brother and sister
didn't understand Him.
00:53:12.39\00:53:14.42
Disciples didn't understand Him.
00:53:14.46\00:53:16.12
And how could they
not when He was with them,
00:53:16.16\00:53:17.89
and did all that He did,
and how He prayed with them,
00:53:17.93\00:53:20.40
and how He loved them,
and how He encouraged them,
00:53:20.43\00:53:23.43
how He was a strength,
how He never failed them,
00:53:23.47\00:53:26.67
how He never
went around and say,
00:53:26.70\00:53:28.04
"Man, I'm just
down and out for today.
00:53:28.07\00:53:29.47
I can't do my work."
00:53:29.50\00:53:32.27
He rose up a great day
you know, before the sunrise,
00:53:32.31\00:53:35.91
and He began to get his
strength from His Father
00:53:35.94\00:53:38.18
for the day's activity.
00:53:38.21\00:53:40.12
We got time maybe for
one more little remedy
00:53:40.15\00:53:41.65
for loneliness found
in 4 Testimonies 5:79.
00:53:41.68\00:53:45.32
I'm not going to
get very far here,
00:53:45.35\00:53:46.86
but it's all right.
00:53:46.89\00:53:48.22
Notice, 45:79 says this,
00:53:48.26\00:53:51.99
"Many are suffering
from the maladies of the soul
00:53:52.03\00:53:55.46
far more than from
diseases of the body,
00:53:55.50\00:53:58.83
and they will find no relief,
00:53:58.87\00:54:02.10
no relief until they
shall come to Christ,
00:54:02.14\00:54:05.91
the wellspring of life,
complaints of weariness,
00:54:05.94\00:54:11.21
loneliness,
00:54:11.25\00:54:12.98
dissatisfaction will then cease.
00:54:13.01\00:54:17.32
Satisfy..."
00:54:17.35\00:54:18.69
Notice this, "Satisfying
joy's will give you vigor
00:54:18.72\00:54:22.16
to the mind, and health,
and vital energy to the body."
00:54:22.19\00:54:27.10
How wonderful that is to say,
00:54:27.13\00:54:29.03
"You know, you might
be going through here,
00:54:29.06\00:54:30.87
but this is a real
diseases of the body,
00:54:30.90\00:54:33.30
a disease of the mind is
worth disease in the body,
00:54:33.34\00:54:35.80
and they'll never
be any cure for that
00:54:35.84\00:54:37.67
until we come to Christ."
00:54:37.71\00:54:40.91
And when you come to Christ
00:54:40.94\00:54:43.14
and you really make
a commitment to Christ,
00:54:43.18\00:54:46.25
you will see there'll be days
00:54:46.28\00:54:47.62
that maybe you'll
be a little lonely,
00:54:47.65\00:54:48.98
the days you're little despair,
00:54:49.02\00:54:50.35
but you won't
stay in that position.
00:54:50.39\00:54:52.52
Quickly as he's
talking about these,
00:54:52.55\00:54:54.09
and going over in your mind,
00:54:54.12\00:54:55.46
the Holy Spirit
will come to you,
00:54:55.49\00:54:56.86
and then we can rejoice
and be exceedingly glad.
00:54:56.89\00:54:59.59
We rejoice because
we have a redeemer.
00:54:59.63\00:55:02.13
We rejoice
because we had someone
00:55:02.16\00:55:03.67
who paid the
penalty for our sin.
00:55:03.70\00:55:05.60
We rejoice because someone said.
00:55:05.63\00:55:07.10
"I paid the price."
00:55:07.14\00:55:08.47
We rejoice because He says,
00:55:08.50\00:55:09.84
"My arms are open, come unto me,
00:55:09.87\00:55:11.37
oh, you that are heavy
laden," please remember that.
00:55:11.41\00:55:13.51
We rejoice and
we're exceeding glad.
00:55:13.54\00:55:15.58
He tells me up front,
you're just like what we do.
00:55:15.61\00:55:18.81
We're just here for a
moment, then we're gone.
00:55:18.85\00:55:20.35
We're like the grass,
we're here and then we're gone.
00:55:20.38\00:55:22.32
And then the
judgment, and then eternity,
00:55:22.35\00:55:24.35
I prepared a way for you.
00:55:24.39\00:55:26.02
Don't be lonely in this life
because I'll never leave you
00:55:26.05\00:55:29.16
and I'll never forsake you.
00:55:29.19\00:55:31.46
John 14, "If you love me,
He says, keep My commandments.
00:55:31.49\00:55:36.06
If you love Me,
keep My command."
00:55:36.10\00:55:37.77
There's
condition and then He says,
00:55:37.80\00:55:39.33
"Condition is and then
I will pray to the Father,
00:55:39.37\00:55:43.07
I will pray to the Father.
00:55:43.10\00:55:44.94
If you want to get rid
of that lonely feeling,
00:55:44.97\00:55:47.04
I'm going to encourage you.
00:55:47.08\00:55:48.41
Right now just have a
quick closing prayer with me
00:55:48.44\00:55:51.11
and commit, scatter these things
00:55:51.15\00:55:53.65
before the Savior
00:55:53.68\00:55:55.02
and He's willing to
take those things from you.
00:55:55.05\00:55:56.52
Let's pray, shall we?
00:55:56.55\00:55:59.72
Merciful Father in heaven,
00:55:59.75\00:56:01.09
we thank You for
your precious word.
00:56:01.12\00:56:02.46
We thank You that
you're always there.
00:56:02.49\00:56:04.49
Thankful that You've said
that we could come into You
00:56:04.53\00:56:06.06
and scatter all these cares
and perplexities before You.
00:56:06.09\00:56:08.90
You promised to hear and
You've promised to answer.
00:56:08.93\00:56:11.50
Lord, we pray that You will take
00:56:11.53\00:56:12.87
those who are going through
difficult situation right now
00:56:12.90\00:56:14.74
in loneness accept You
in their heart and life
00:56:14.77\00:56:16.67
and that will be changed.
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.04
Thank You and I praise
You in Jesus' name, amen.
00:56:18.07\00:56:21.54
Hello, and
welcome back, friends.
00:56:21.58\00:56:23.51
I pray that that message
has been a message of hope
00:56:23.55\00:56:26.88
that it has
given you some arsenal
00:56:26.92\00:56:28.95
that you could
take your Bible now,
00:56:28.98\00:56:30.99
look up these Bible promises,
00:56:31.02\00:56:32.82
and you can claim
them as your very own.
00:56:32.85\00:56:35.42
How to defeat loneliness?
00:56:35.46\00:56:37.53
You know, God is
a God of victory.
00:56:37.56\00:56:39.79
He's a God of hope.
He's a God of power.
00:56:39.83\00:56:41.96
And He wants to
instill all of that in you.
00:56:42.00\00:56:45.10
In closing, let me
share one Bible passage,
00:56:45.13\00:56:47.67
this is 2 Timothy1:7.
00:56:47.70\00:56:51.24
And it reads,
00:56:51.27\00:56:52.61
"For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear,
00:56:52.64\00:56:55.21
but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind."
00:56:55.24\00:56:59.31
Brothers and sisters, friends,
00:56:59.35\00:57:00.68
He wants you to
have a sound mind.
00:57:00.72\00:57:02.65
He wants that
loneliness to dissipate.
00:57:02.68\00:57:05.79
He wants to come in
and fill you with His love
00:57:05.82\00:57:08.89
and give you a sound
mind so that you can go forth.
00:57:08.92\00:57:12.26
And if you would
like to add this message
00:57:12.29\00:57:14.46
to your video library
00:57:14.50\00:57:17.33
that you would like to
be able to listen to it
00:57:17.37\00:57:19.40
time and time again,
00:57:19.43\00:57:20.77
we pray that
you'll contact us here.
00:57:20.80\00:57:22.77
You may contact us at
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00:57:22.80\00:57:25.91
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00:57:25.94\00:57:27.71
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00:57:27.74\00:57:29.58
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00:57:29.61\00:57:33.82
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PO Box 2030
Herrin, Illinois 62948.
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Visit us on the web
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at www.
BeholdTheLambMinistries.com.
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And you may
also send me an email
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at BeholdTheLambMinistries
@yahoo.com.
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Until next time, friends,
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may our precious, precious Lord
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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