Loneliness...Does Anybody Care?: "I Need a Friend!"
Preached by Dr. Craig Price at Hot Springs Baptist Church
Causes Of Loneliness
A feeling of rejection
A sense of insecurity
A loss caused by sorrow or tragedy
"There is no life so empty as a self-centered life, and no life so centered and full as a self-emptied life." -Jack Hyles
SHELFISHNESS=Depersonalzation
Who Is My Friend When.....
I feel isolated? Jesus (Psalm 22)
I have been rejected? Jesus (Isaiah 53:3)
I am homeless? Jesus (Matthew 8:20)
My own people turn me away? Jesus (John 1:11)
My friends desert me? Jesus (John 6:65-67)
My heart is breaking? Jesus (John 15:15)
No one cares for me? Jesus (I Peter 5:7)
The Road To Recovery From Loneliness
Take responsibility
Clear the road by confession
Appropriate God's forgiveness
Self-Disclosure
Accept what you cannot change
Jesus would have died for you even if YOU were the only person ever to live on earth!!!
He needsYOU!