Living In The Shadows Of Loneliness - Dr. Charles Stanley
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18).
In the beginning, the first thing God declared bad was loneliness, and it still plagues humanity today. In this two-part message, Dr. Stanley first explains how we find ourselves in the desolate landscape of loneliness, challenging us to confront ourselves and the behaviors contributing to our isolation. Then, in the second part, he lays out a clear-cut path to overcoming this involuntary solitary confinement.
Loneliness is heavy-but Jesus has promised to relieve us of unnecessary burdens and give us rest (Matt. 11:28).
For more messages from Charles Stanley, including this week's broadcast, go to www.intouch.org/watch
I’m 20 years old. I’ve been hurt and betrayed by everyone I called a friend. I’ve dealt with loneliness for years. It’s especially tough being in college. I can’t seem to meet any genuine people. I’ve been spending more time with God. I trust that God will remove any feelings of loneliness and social anxiety. He is all I need. 💜
Exactly i have social anxiety i just speak to god
That was true for me too - 30 years ago. . Keep going and stay close to your values
Morpheus thank you. God bless!
Hey I know it's been a while since you posted this but I completely relate with what you said. I'm 21 and college was such a tough time as a Christian. I hope you're doing better now Sarah.
God has placed so many good people in my life, just at the right moment when I needed them most ,some actually told me they were motivated by God to reach out to me ,its still kind of unbelievable yet it happened and still happens, he is awsome ,beyond words
I'm single and my mother just passed away recently and I'm heartbroken 😭💔. She lived with me all my life and I'm feeling empty & alone without her. I'm praying to God for strength, healing, and resignation soon 🙏🏻✝️🕊️
I'm so sorry for your loss. I prayed for you and asked God to help you heal and give you strength. Know that He will take care of you and give you peace. ❤
@@nani6968 Thank you.
Dear friend. I’m sorry to hear about your mom’s passing. My mom passed too and she was my bestest bestest friend! Only god comforted me with His Holy Spirit. Trust God every moment. Trust me. He will see you throw and bring joy reminding you where your Mom is at😊
Loneliness drove me to seek love where I should not have. After 30 years as a lesbian, I was broken and suicidal. I thank God every day for saving me from that perpetual darkness. He is the only light I have ever known.
Uplift in Faith! Hi, hope all is well with you. May the good LORD continues to BLESS and keep you an give you strength in JESUS name, and never forget God L❤VE YOU.
Uplift in Faith Praise God!
Wow praise God
Uplift in Faith
God bless you and so happy for you. May God’s Grace and love and protection always be over you and yours precious child of the Most High.
Same here. I am thanking God every day, multiple times a day for saving me.
All I have is my dog and Dr. Stanley's sermons... Thank God for that
Same but I want a dog 😅
Same
I joined a new church and they are very welcoming. my loneliness is slowly fading away. thank you Lord, amen.
I love to listen to him. He is so soft spoken and his messages are so accurate unlike those prosperity gospels out there with smoke , big screens and yelling.
I truly thought I was one of the only few that has to deal deal with loneliness. I am shocked by the amount of people experiencing loneliness day after day. Only people who are lonely can relate to others that are lonely. There is a big difference between understanding loneliness and being lonely.
The pain of loneliness is indescribable
1 Corinthians 7:9. I have wrestled with loneliness, a very long time.
Relationships can’t cure loneliness. Loneliness is within you!!! The cure is being thankful for everything and prayer. A daily relationship with Jesus. Find out what you love to do and do it. Staying busy on a hobby or work you love. Stop thinking and start doing.
Strike up a conversation with people at the grocery store, hardware store and everywhere you go.
You will find you are not lonely, anymore. You will be content.
Living alone can be a blessing.😊
Jesus loves ❤️
Yes this is true. Stay away from the obvious addictive toxic things and those are my good days. Smoking cigs is really hard to quit but I will
Wilma , thanks so much for your advice , it helps me a lot . May God richly bless you
Thank you 🙏🏿
W. Washington, but finding love & human relationships in this life does help cure loneliness for many people, a relationship with God is a great thing to have, but humans were also meant to connect with other people , Many Single Christians still deal with loneliness
Great comment.
65 years old and been alone most of my life. Bad choices have had a lot to do with it. Being lonely each and every day is indescribably executing. I am a Christian and I thank God that there is a God !
67 yrs here 🎉 Thank You Lord 🦋
Same on "been alone" long time...few times when someone was in my home it was a lesson 😮 I love being me.people want you be what pleases them I am me good.. bad.. indifferent. Child of God.🙏👣🙏🐛🦋🦅✨✨
I seek the Lord, but I still suffer from loneliness. I am 61 and retired and live alone. Sometimes it is excruciating.
I'm 52, never married and also alone. I know you feel. It is true, no one can take the place of God in our life. I heard it once said when we're lonely, it's an invitation to open His Word. I will pray for you. Let's trust to seek Him and He will provide.
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Me 2.
Same here. It’s very painful.
Me too
That is the most true and best description of loneliness I have ever heard! I love Dr Charles Stanley -God has given him a heart of compassion for people! He has a depth of insight from heaven!
Deborah Good Word Deborah! Your amazing.
God Bless you and yours.
I bet he's got a fat wallet as well like most of his kind.
Whatever he's got, and he is an amazing and worthwhile preacher who deserves whatever he has. I don't see him as a materialist. His hobby is photography of God's senic beauty, which he shares with us in addition to what he has to say
@@geoffringham1051 I talked about that you dont watch him so you dont know
@@geoffringham1051 your Hateful dude
Loneliness and seeking the love from another person has nothing to do with replacing God in your life.
God did not look upon man and say it is not that the man should be alone. I will make him an help meet for him, in order to replace himself in the life of the man.
NO! After creating man, God realized man would need someone to show him love. Yes God shows us love but not in the way that another person can.
God and man had a great relationship in the beginning, but yet I was God that said it is not good that the man should be alone, not the man.
I walk with God and talk with God every day, trusting in him for everything, but yet I am very lonely and desire the love of another person.
I am not looking to or trying to replace God in my life.
There is something missing in my life that God saw after he created man and said it is not good.
So many times I hear people say that God is the only one who can fullfil our loneliness.
So then why did God himself say it was not good, and make an help meet for the man???
The most amazing relationship with God cannot cure loneliness and God saw that when he created man.
God said everything was very good but this one thing. Man being alone.
That was the one thing that was not good even though man had this amazing relationship with God.
Man's loneliness was not and is not good to this day.
No other time in the Bible does God address loneliness.
What more needed to be said about it that he didn't already say!
He said it is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him an help meet for him.
And God brought her to the man.
God never once said that man needed a better relationship with him to overcome loneliness. It couldn't get any better than what man and God had for a relationship.
But yet again I am going to to point out that it was God who said it was not good that the man should be alone.
you made me think about this.Yes..you are right.Even before the fall..God had recognized the fact that man needede a companion.That it is not good for him to be alone.And this was the time when man had not yet sinned and had an intimate relationship with God.Hmmm..
Thank you so much for saying this.
Yessir but we walk right past Genesis and act like that’s not true because they replaced it with eviloution and science. Now the rugged individuality and women acting like men refusing wifedom and motherhood and stupid boys walking as men with no integrity or character or morals makes it very difficult to find companionship inside the home and marriage or in the community. I’ve been surrounded by shallow people my whole life and can talk to anyone but real friendships almost don’t exist because everyone wants something from the other instead of being there for everyone to be there best selves which requires tough conversations and truth as well as encouragement and inspiration without judgement. Seems something that has been eradicated from families and culture of the consumer and self. Much love brothers and sisters. I pray God restores us because I’ve prayed every other prayer. The last days have always been tough throughout the Bible when we have no gratefulness. If you try to stay on the peak of the mountain to long there is no where to go but down for a while. It’s the journey not the destination. The will of God is very different from the will of self. The Lord is my only peace in this suffering.
I been felling so lonely my whole life, so many failures ...43 years old and I need God desperately!
Tell him you surrender everything to him tell him you acept his perfect will for your life and watch him work on your behalf
Me too. 43 and never married.
39 single woman here...I'm coming into christ's love...made terrible decisions and I'm starting over. I am healing alone...Its making me strong. Now I need to find the right community . I keep ending up in weird places where I dont fit in
I don't even understand this hollowness... Why life doesn't seem full... I understand
I'll pray for u mam I will for u
I've had listened to him for fifty four years of my walk with God on the radio . I started my walk as Christian praying fasting and reading my Bible . His sermon has confirmed what yes that me .
Wow reading the comments saddens me but I feel guilty because they also make me feel better (less alone). It's like I'm not the only one going through this. There are actually others like me that feel the deep seeded struggles of loneliness and why there seem to be a disconnect. I know God is healing scars and trust issues that creates the loneliness in my life. But most of all I thank God for being patient with me while I learn to let go and trust him. I thank God for loving me and showing me that he will truly never leave me.
Dear friend of Christ, never feel guilty, Lord has forgiven your sin , be blessed Amen
I've been going through a rough time. I thought I could do it on my own and that didn't work! God stayed by me anyway and is restoring my faith once again and building me stronger through the holy Spirit. Thank you Jesus! Amen
Joey, Amen!
Amen.
NO, we don't separate ourselves from others choosing to be alone.
We are isolated by unloving people, being driven and separated from others.
I have attended a number of "churches" only to experience the same thing again and again.
I try to have a conversation with someone only to have them stop in the middle of saying something and turn and have a conversation with someone else as though they were never talking to me to begin with.
This is what isolates a person from others. Not the choice to be alone.
I also feel like we're in a time where people don't know how to socialize as well. I have not really had a group of friends in a very very very long time. Everything is social media instead of face to face or actually hearing a person's voice over the phone.
Yes yes you are correct because I have experienced this very same attitude from people at church. I am single and lonely , all family members have turn their backs on me. I have help them all the best way I can, I look after our mother for years duing her illness. I and God alone buried her, I paid for all the funerals expenses and not one family member every say one word .
They are all working but never contribute a penny towards her care. The long and short of it, they gather themselves against me without a cause apart from been envy and jealous. I am still astonished by the manner in which they behaved.
With that been said I remember in the late 80s to late 90s I always have a vision that whenever I visited home, I can see all bothers and sisters including my mom gather against me. They stop me from coming in to the house. I ended up seeking refuge in my neighbor's house. It's a dream I have maybe once or twice per year for years and it finally come to pass.
@@monikadunns9230 Your life story is so similar to the only friend I still have. I scratch my head and ache for her situation. It's hard to wrap my head around it.
I can relate to you. In my case, it's my parents who gave me this treatment and I grew up socially awkward. I worked very hard to be normal and failed many times. It's rare to have a normal conversation with them. Praise The Lord Jesus Christ that he saved me!
People who are not alone themselves don’t care. Why does God forces you to live when you don’t want to? He allows you to suffer depression and anxiety with no money and evil beings all around. That’s love?
I’m going through a cancer journey and this was very helpful. Thank you 💕
I feel shut out from my disability.Ive lost earthly friends and it hurt.God is a friend at all times.❤
I can so relate to this so much. I have been divorced a long time. It was abusive. I shut my self off to keep from getting hurt. Now that I’m older I realize that my fear has robbed me of many years of happiness. Sometimes you can be in a room of people, even people you know and still feel so alone.
Amen, I been there too. 🎯
this is something that no preacher can help with,even the bible itself is silent on the subject, for whatever reason some people have to face life truly alone,surrounded by family, "friends" and "spouses" that on their best day can't even pretend to care. Like cancer ,loneliness choses who it will destroy ,there is no cure and after decades of begging God to change it,you realize that the correct prayer is simply for the strength to see it through ,only then can you realize that you can do just fine without anyone's help or sympathy, when only God cares about you ,that's great because only God matters
Desert Sand,
Hey ive felt similar feelings recently, and i havent had many people in my life and am single, never been married. And still in the back of my mind I feel like i wont be lonely if im married, but i know that isnt true, but that God alone is the one who satisfies us.
Here is something that stood out to me; many people will half-heartedly ask "What is the meaning of Life?" and no one will ever give a solid answer. However Jesus did define the meaning of life in John 17:23"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
amen awesome reply i follow matthew were jesus said that when ur husband divorces u u cannot get married again ive been like this for 32 yrs my single friend in church we are same age she said i go to church and im still lonely i said me to we are both divorced women and as u get older it gets worse i can tell u from experience my uncle was a christian whom divorced his wife years ago he never got married again he served the Lord up until God took him home in 2009 stayed a faithful servant but when u talk to him u could see the sadness an lonliness in his eyes he tried to be upbeat but there was a lonely side wich he didnt let anyone see i saw it now im going thru the same thing it hurts i cry sometimes i cant fathom it i get no answers from God on this subject its like hes been silent to me it is really hurtful but i want to stay faithful to him and not stray from him but the lonliness is killing me inside so if anybodys got a reply be much appreciated God Bless every single christian persons xox
@@AOmega72 thank you and i for you God Bless xox
@@codzydee1870 Thank you
God Bless you
"The mind is its' own place and in itself, it can make a Heaven of a Hell."
After watching this video I will be going back to Church, with humility and love. God doesn't want me to be lonely, he wants me to walk together with my brothers/sisters. God wants the best for me & I will trust HIM❣🙏🏻🙌🏻
This message has brought such a huge light into my life! Borderline personality disorder is a horrible mental disease that makes me feel lonely and empty all the time but keeping in mind that Jesus is there for me all the time, makes me feel loved and understood.
God changed my life through this video in numerous ways. God gave me the capacity to feel emotions again. I've been healed from emotional detachment.
Chris Frisby that’s awesome. I go through periods of emotional detachment bc sometimes I am afraid to feel emotional pain
Shannon Anderson Yeah, I totally understand. I'd choose to feel nothing and shut myself off from everything. However, you do feel something, it's like an empty, slow falling pain.. you might understand. It's been 2 years that I was stuck with it.
Chris Frisby Thank you so much for replying yes I know exactly what you are talking about. That slow pain is slowly becoming unbearable to me. I have realized that I have an intense fear of intimacy. Would you share with me how you overcame and healed from what you described? Thank you so much for your time
Shannon Anderson youtu.be/addme/e7gCFaOzIbPLW2ZcFqg2C7Yh8c9fpw add me, but in short it was all God.
I'm waiting to see...
Please pray for me. I been alone for very long time. It's hard to find good people. Even in churches. People aren't friendly.
Same for me. Please pray..
Loneliness isn't a sin. While some actions leas to loneliness and those ACTIONS are sin, sometimes loneliness is a hardship for us to endure.
Never alone when you have God by you
May God bless me with a godly woman soon
@exodus K true this is a fallen world but not all woman are with this spirit.... Dr. Stanley just said that you need to talk to our Father in prayer, only Him alone knows what and who He has planned for you.... Don't lean on your own understanding, have faith that He will bring a good woman to you ! Take care brother!
@@marlenepaz5294 amen
Personally I never feel lonely; Jesus is always in the room with me.
I've reached out and asked for prayer to other believers and was judged and ripped apart. It made things worse. Now I'm discouraged. I'm grateful and thankful that Jesus loves me. But I'm still broken. I feel like I'm kicked to the curb and piece of trash. I can't handle it anymore. I cry.
Hi Mary, I have only read your comment now. How are you? Are you ok ❤🙏❤
@@trueone2657 I'm better thanks. I've decided it's best to just stay to myself.
@@Marys-Channel I know how you feel. Stay strong ❤
@@trueone2657 Thanks!
I shall. I must. He commanded me. Joshua 1:9
Loneliness is the most sad existence. There is no worse feeling. If you are lonely than you know this to be true. I know this personally.
Thank you so much! I love to hear God's word! My husband abandoning me for younger women and the bars he has played for the devil many years and goes to the bar and plays for the devil. I have been through so much but I know that God tells me that he will not leave me or forsake me. Jesus has carried me so many times when I couldn't lift my head off of the pillow... I live by myself just me and the lord...
Please pray for me because I have been through so much trauma and abuse..... what keeps me moving forward is my father in heaven I am 59 years old... I crave what God has for me... it has been hard.
Thank you for teaching me through God's word!... you are a blessing thank you...I praise God for his love...
This video was God-sent. I'm a 21-year-old student working full time and I have been socially alone for the past 3 years because of walls I've built to cover insecurities, but God has carried me when mentally I've felt the lowest even if others couldn't see it or find a reason. Some might call it depression or anxiety but I think its my own doing. This message Dr. Stanley and the word of God is more effective to me than what this culture of therapy/over-diagnosis fail to do. "If I'm connected to our Lord, I can connect to other people. If I'm not, I'm gonna be so self-conscious about what I need what I want..that i'll never have any joy in life...Many people have everything but joy happiness and a sense of fulfillment." Very true, no escapism will ever fill the love of God.
I'm a shell of the person I was before, and it makes me come across as aloof and arrogant when really I'm too shy to initiate any friendships. I have ostracized my own self but I want to change, I just feel like I'm stuck.
I came here at the right time. I love this man. I'm blessed to have found his messages.
It's not good for man to be alone but because of the strength of the Lord , I can endure it !
Dan Logicalogically Thinking
me too
Peace
Loneliness is the toothache of the soul.
Mr. Stanley, I'm rock bottom Poor,
and I'm lonely, one paycheck away from being homeless and lonely.
222light Atoms 🙏😢
Dont be sad...I am the same way.. I live in Florida..
I hope your situation has changed
222light atoms, a lot if us are. You're not alone in this, but I hope your situation gets better.
Hang in there, I'm doing the same. Going to help others, that's when I feel my best! God be with you and bless you!!!
Like life's mirror...every part of this sermon is me. Jesus🙌😔
Enriquetta E That is exactly how I felt
Wow
If you’re a believer with a personal relationship with Jesus Christ...you should never be lonely.
of course I am but He is not here any more that is why I am lonely not because of people.... missing Him can create the only loneliness in life ....
💧 His strength 💪🏼💪🏼 is Perfect when our strength is gone 🙏🏼🙏🏼🎶🎵🎶🎹🎹🙌🏼🙌🏼
PianoMessage amen
Only if asking for it. I usally cry out Jesus Jesus he 's always there to help.
Amen
Music is a gift from God
Mine is gone... feeling empty for days.... left all to Him, I can't go on any more...but He keeps silent...
I'm seeking for Love. no father, no mother, no brother, no sister, no confidence, imagine What a world I live in. I'm always praying to have someone.
I really needed to hear this sermon today, I trust in My lord and savior you hear my prayers and know my heart completely. Please help tare down these walls of loneliness and bring people into my life I can help and love . In Jesus name I pray hallelujah🙏🏽❤️
I have felt this way since my husband went to be with The Lord in 2019, I am raising 3 of my grandchildren, and I love them they have been a help to me.
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God bless you
I've been alone for about 20 years, no joke, I've learned to accept it and live with it, I've noticed that I have changed, I'm more self aware when it comes to my safety, my mind knows how to get me out of uncomfortable situations, I can shut down my heart and turn cold emotionally if need be to not feel or get hurt myself. There's been a few times when a girl wants to talk to me but its like my whole body knows it and stops it, its almost like a shield of protection and it sort of makes me feel good. Being disconnected I see more clearly the true intentions of people that others don't. I've accepted the fact that I will die alone and I don't fear it anymore, though something still makes me feel hurt and sad sometimes because I'm alone.
Blade runner, your life sounds like mine. Stay strong.
The Lord doesn't want us disconnected from one another. We may go through a season of loneliness but I don't believe God intends for it to be a lifetime. God wants us to have good balanced relationships.
I know your pain...
Im sure Jesus Christ felt alone on the cross.
Amen... I know what you mean... Who needs emotions... Life, I've always looked at it as hollow and empty... Life is but a dream...
I am going through a difficult season right now. I do feel alone even though I have a full house and am married. I am trusting the Lord to make a way where there seems to be no way.
I Love You Holy Spirit I Love You Jesus I Love You Father Jesus is the LORD!
Father Your Mighty Words have been delivered this morning by Dr Stanley
I Pray in Your Mighty Son Jesus Name, Amen
Lord, I received your directions, I Love you with my whole Heart and Soul, Amen.
Thank you Dr Stanley, Amen
I have a father who conspires against me & led me to estrangement. I been the wall building ostracized workaholic whose working on bringing it down & rebuilding my health & life from scratch later in life basically. It gets really hard being alone for years with no support system. Found recently a church i feel aligned with belief wise, so shall see if I can connect with like minded believers
Very meaningful ..we are living in a world of technology and connect with devices than with each other....even being together
People are alone ....
ROSY SINGH Just prayed about this situation. Social media is destroying us because it’s not reality and we don’t know haft the ppl we follow in real life. Hopefully, Lord pull me from this and seek real relationship in real life.
ROSY SINGH So true all it takes is for us to genuinely ask how someone is doing? And really listen /feel and connect with that person.
This technology can and does make people feel more alone. People who are on the other end of a post or status update are probably just as alone. Social media is not for me, FB has destroyed, completely demolished the definition of a FRIEND. Then people who have hundreds of friends are so proud of it.
I am alone...go to church but when I am going through a hard time I never hear back from anyone at my church...been on my own since I was 14 years old...still am after my marriage failed.
May God deliver you from loneliness and lack of as support structure
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Amen
Scott Held Amen
I'm a western female and many Taiwanese watch Dr. Charles videos here. My favorite preacher. God bless him.
I am very alone, very few friends to talk with and no family. I cannot seem to find a purpose to my life and can barely get of out bed -I cannot find a reason to get out of bed. Lord, please give me a purpose for my life, I don't know how much longer I can go on living without a purpose. Lord, I beg you please help me. You know exactly what I need and I have been waiting for years. Please please help me!
I pray that God delivers you from the suffering
I'm so sorry to hear this, I've felt like bbn this, it's the worse feeling like something is bbn missing in your heart that needs to be filled by love. Check out a book purpose driven life by Rick Warren, maybe it could give you some insight, it's free online look for the pdf, May God bless you
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@@mandg693 He has not but I thank you for your prayers.
I'm lonely cause I've been rejected all my life. You tried to have connection but its just not there. 29 years old. I pray one day god will fix it or show me what I am doing wrong. I've come to realize I cannot Change it
Josh so have I it's because of my parents , they will have too answer too God with what they have done .
Josh x
Our Lord God chose you and He has a plan for you. The Lier wants to oppress us one way or another in the mind and heart. Pray and seek our Lord God in His Word! I know He loves you and He is there and you are wonderful made by Him.
Rejected also...
@@michellejudd5060 forgive them please ...I struggle with this too . I'm 39
This man is truly send from above.
Sir, thank you for your service.
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This has left me in tears. All points of reference refer to me. Thank you, Jesus, for being my friend, my confidant and loving me no matter what. This sermon convicts me to tear down the walls and reach out.
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Been socially isolated for my entire life. Never had a friend. My family has been there for me, but they're quiet and to themselves, so we barely talk. No close any family outside of my immediate family either. I have social anxiety as well. I've prayed about it for 12-15 years and nothing has changed. I've put myself out there on numerous occasions and still nothing changes. I'm going to be honest that makes me a little bitter. Its like I was born to be this way. It gets in the way of me believing in Jesus. Like I believe, but I don't. If I was to live a Christian lifestyle that would isolate me even more than I already am. I know because I have tried. I even joined church groups, but it always ends up the same. So, I always slip back towards the world because the numbers are better. But, I have no luck there either. I know maybe I've made it an idol, but it just hurts so much to be this way. I've tried being optimistic before, where I'm like "I'm only going to focus on God" and maybe he'll send someone my way, but after a year of hurting and no one coming into the picture, it gets hard to keep telling yourself that when you're a depressive wreck.
I understand what you're going through Im going through the same thing.
Well I hope you find happiness. Wish we could be friends.
Damn been like this for the last 6 years. I totally get what you're going through 😭
@@shaelacount1454 I'm in the same boat as you are in. I have social anxiety as well
I know what you are feeling, I am disabled due to a vaccine, I had hardly any friends growing up. It was due to many events like abuse, etc while growing up that seemed to socaily stunt me. I drank and went to bars because I had to be buzzed to relate to people, always had a friend to drink with. Then married and alcoholic, divorced after 12 years. I stopped drinking when I realized that time to grow up was now. I have a husband now who loves me and it is mutual. Still loneliness is a lurking shadow. There is a place that we can create a chat for all of us. Anyone interested? I will check this comment line in a couple days to see if anyone is and I will create a chat on Chatzy. It will be a Christian chat if not a problem. There is no place for us otherwise . My favorite subject is God, but it is the world's worst idea of conversation.
The abuse I suffered as a kid made me a total loner and dislike and not trust people. I had a really hard time in trusting the lord but you know what...He was there with me every step of the way when I was being abused and sheltered me and It made me a more gentle ,understanding person which one day I made that realization after accepting the lord into my heart. What I am saying is...out of something bad came something good. His mercy and LOVE IS REAL. I pray every day for strength thru him and to help others in need. Thank You god for your LOVE AND MERCY. I am still asking for his help to forgive those who abused me but every day it gets easier if we trust in him and believe that christ died to wash our sins away.
Coming from a fatherless household I understand what it means when he talks about how dads are so important because I'm still struggling with loneliness I am single and a lot has happened to me but I know God is my father and it's a struggle I always try to see people and how they act to tell how they are and try to empathize with them but also I am dealing with loneliness and it's very very hard probably one of the hardest things anyone has to go through in life
I understand
Amen
In my loneliness I thought I was alone in this.
Thank you
God is so faithful. This is what I needed to hear. Thank you LORD for having a man who speaks the truth as you speak it to him.
Pray for me people please im on the edge of what i can tolerate xxx
I just prayed for you.
I only ever wanted to be with one person. During the course of that relationship, I burned every bridge I’d ever built-willingly and happily even. I meant for all my time and existence to be for “my one”. For many years I loved in blind bliss just like this.
When that relationship could not be so any longer, I found myself in the depths of loneliness. It has been many years since, but I still desire no one but that “one” even more than God many days and I have to deal with that as it comes up. But since then, ive never found any relationship of any type worth while. Which is sad because I know the Lord loves people.. I wish I could too.
That person is an idol in your life if you love them more than God.
I love you enough to tell you the truth.
I also understand the pain you feel, having been in a similar situation.
All I can say to us, is imagine doing what we did for mere mortals for God?
♡
My soul is crying
@exodus K why?
I am so so lonely and feeling so stressed out. God please help me 🙏🏽
አይዞህ /ሽ መፅሀፍ ቅዱስ እያነበብን በየቀኑ መፀለይ ;መዝሙር መስማት ስብከቶችን ማዳመጥ በጣም ለውጥ ያመጣልናል የሚናገር የሚሰማ አምላክ አለ ሀፂያታችንን ተናዘን ከከፍፉ መንገዳችን ስንመለስ እግዚአብሔር ቅርብ ነው ጌታ እየሱስ ባለሽበት /ህበት ይሁን 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🙏🙏🙏
God is with you
My mom sent me this, I’m glad and blessed to have listened to this sermon. I have been in and out of relationships trying to fill a void, but I know god has a plan. I can overcome this loneliness!
Loneliness is not a shadow, it's a black hole.
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I do feel "ostracized" Like people and I just don't agree. Like it's what they want like I'm forced to follow their lead and nothing else, I have no say. So I feel rejected. Considering how I am treated by people is how many friends I have, none. I mean being a Christian is hard to do the right thing & not stand out of a group of people who aren't Godly. And friends at church are only church people, they are not actual friends, they talk if you attend, if you don't it's like you were never there. It sucks. But that's how it is. So for me, I just don't trust and I always expect something else so I'm not surprised.
I somewhat choose to be alone because rejection is not a good feeling. I mean I can be self-sufficient with God included but I don't want people who make me feel alone. No one does.
Lolavie Blog No worries you are loved feel the same way alot misunderstood.Find a good group of people to share your feelings will feel better takes time.
our Lord God loves us and He sends His children who have that unconditional live into your life. He uses us to love and He sends thise who will be the ones chosen by Him into your life. Seek Him and serve Him and you will see His love, mercy and comfort.
A great way to meet like minded people is to volunteer for some cause that interests you.
All the best to you. I experience the exact same
@@girnucci me too.
For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Amen
True Jesus will give that friend. To you .
Amen. I'm simply loving it. Being separate from a world that shunned my Savior is a privilege as God shows me daily that the distractions of this world have so many blinded. Loneliness doesn't mean you are alone. God, Jesus, and the Angel's is all the company I need. Amen.
I was hoping for more solutions-I already know what lonely is and why I’m lonely.
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I agree. I felt he was putting it on us lonely hearts. He described it perfectly, but when people shut you out, usually for not being like them(is my opinion) then I'm not sure if he is saying go around them anyway? I don't like to be around people when I don't feel loved or liked by them. So I'm not sure what the answer is.
It is actually very sad how much loneliness there is. It's all around us, almost in everyone.
But gosh there are people who just have it beaming off of them. I think it's easy to find people but, the right people are so muh more difficult. There is a majore difference between those. Sometimes I see people and they are just stuck, being married to the wrong person or they keep finding the wrong people. There's almost no cure for that.
But the only place I feel wanted or truly cared for in God, it's important to be in constant prayer, sometimes, that will take the loneliness out. Without Jesus/God you have nothing. Everything else is replaceable. But being with God is all you need in life, he provides, he finds us the right people, he gives us strength, and he gives us peace, and he guides us.
Hey you mentioned constant in prayer ..can you share why you feel that was it something you've expierenced yourself ?
Let me rephrase what I was asking is being in constant prayer something that you have had actually help you ? I'm quite curious because I've noticed that life is very messed up and daily I wonder why I'm here like millions
I agree with you whole heartedly ....I do...
Lolavie blog, I seem to end up around the negative people. When you're different and real, you will be treated like an outcast. I'm praying that the right people will come my way.
Lolavie....better to be single, then to be with one that He didn't want you with. I MUST remind myself my fave verse: Matt 6:33:)
It’s been almost 3 months since I’ve felt broken and more lonely than I ever have before, my fiancé left me and I’ve been praying and asking god to help her turn away from temporary fun and go back to him and reunite us, lord please hear my cry in Jesus name, amen.
We should all love and care for one another! No one deserves to feel or be alone! ♥️🌷♥️
Needed this. Thank you.
God please stop whomever is killing please. I don't want anyone to die please stop all wars. Amen and amen.
Praise GOD 💕🙏🌈😊
Thank you , Awesome
Sermon.🤗😁
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I dearly love your teaching, may you have more healthy years to teach and preach!, this we pray in Jesus' name.
I am lonely.... No more! Praise the Lord Jesus for his love!
My mother always told me I was a mistake and never wanted me and so did my father and told me, my step father abused me since the day they married 40+ years ago. I haven't seen my father since I was 10, my mother 9 years ago and my step father. God saved me but the hurt is never ending. I am ready to be home with God...He is my true father and mother.
Conny Brown can I help?
i have done alot of things iam ashamed of , while i was watching this he tackled on everything iam going through especially on my morals. i feel disgusted with myself. i have always felt different and out of place. people making fun of me so i built up a wall. Please God help me overcome my burdens and loneliness.
GREAT MESSAGE! I try to be distance, because I been hurt much. Also I was a loner through childhood. I was a unwanted only child from a abusive home - no one came around. I'm age 62 now. Let me say, a REAL friend is better than gold. Your best friend is Jesus Christ.
Nothing and no one replaces Gods LoveAmen✝️🌎People come People go But Gods Love always Grows!Amen
" and then.... It was on!!" I adore that
OMG! This is exactly how I’m feeling. None of my relationships bring me a feeling of belonging or satisfaction or many of the other qualities he mentioned like motivated or complete. I’ve been used to it so long but in recovery I’ve learned that it’s why I turn to alcohol.
☹️ this is making me wanna cry . i dont know how to make this go away and everything hes saying so far is right on
I can totally relate to many of these stories shared in this comments section and I feel the same way as well - though I'm surrounded with lots of people. The saying "No man is an island" has some truth in it. I am starting to feel the detrimental effects loneliness has on my walk with Christ, interactions with others and pursuits towards the goals that I believe God has placed in me.
I know that this is posted two years after this message was aired, but would anybody be up for having a chat group so that we can build one another up in a community of believers?
Greetings from Singapore! :)
lm only 23 and very softspoken l have lived a very isolated life. Men have took advantage of this and abused me in relationships. Now l just want to learn to be more social so it wont happen again but everyone seems to have much more experience since they havent been isolated... I wish l could find someone to uplift and share the gospel with everyday who has a like mind...friends...a partner...l guess l will just stay in the word and be patient, lt kinda sounds like a fairy tale...I wish people could understand why l cant relate to them in conversations. There is such a dissconnect with people who are used to communicating. I have tried to live a christian life and save people but l ended up making myself a target for ridicule. Im not sure if l was strong enough for that but l really tried and l hope God saw my struggle. I dont know everything but l know the bible has alot of truth and people dont like to hear it and l don't want them to hate me so it makes me want to agree with their choices. Then l feel guilty for condoning a sinful lifestyle...l guess you have to be a sheep in wolfs clothing. Finding ways to leave little nuggets of truth here and there without sounding religious. I just care about peoples salvation...
Im literally the exact same
God spoke to me through your comment 🙏☝🏼thanks for sharing
@@jamesc9513 You're
Welcome! Stay strong and ask the lord for help and have faith in him! He knows how hard it is to be human and he loves us! Pray daily and l will pray for you too!
Katia Jam my heart is with you God will bring the right person for you!❤️
@@heatsann4456 Thank you! I believe that! God Bless!
Thank you Sir Charles Stanley Amen ❤❤❤
You were talking to me.
Feel the same.
Cried..
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me too
me too
God bless everyone 😃
This is a great man , i was 16 on my own no mom or dad , and i would always watch this man on tv .His words got me through some of the hardest times of my life , and today on my 40th birthday i find it wild that i see one of his videos on here .. God bless you Charles Stanley i pray you are healthy and well , you mean alot to me . Alonzo Pichardo
Thank you so much for sharing your story, Alonzo. Happy Birthday! We praise God that He has blessed you with another year of life. -Esther
@@InTouchMinistries Dr. Stanley is all I have... Please pray for me ...God bless him with many more years with us as so many people desperately need his word. I don't know how would I go through this if it wasn't for him.... Godly man, but God is not here with me...Nevertheless I know He is real and I leave all up to Him , being thankful for Dr.Stanley being with me since I wake up till I close my eyes. This man is real treasure for the mankind today that is hurting more then ever... GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!
If you feel lonely do something kind for someone else.
Always works!
Loneliness can be very hard to endure.......especially if it exists for long periods of time in your life ....even if we love God so very much and love our time alone with him.....everyone desire time with loved ones, friends or others we can share life with.
I been lonely for a long time people made fun of me for a long time, just want love for who I am
God bless you Dr. Charles Stanley..your sermons really help me..can you do a sermon of mental illness..thank you
Praise Jesus for Charles Stanley
I hear about this from lot of my friends and I am a living example along with those I used to know. This just about covers everyone in life. I have known teenagers who were ready to end their lives from loneliness. I have talked with teachers who found teenagers wandering around the school building on weekends because they had no one at home. I worked with residents who were discarded by their families and I tried to be there for them as much as possible. That was a good part of my job sharing with them. God is our true eternal friend.