How To Overcome Loneliness and Isolation

What do you do when you’re consumed with loneliness? How do you overcome those feelings of isolation? Chip begins this series with a message he calls, “How to Overcome Loneliness and Isolation.”

Until loneliness is understood, it overwhelms

• Loneliness is MORE than being alone.
• Loneliness WEARS many masks.
• Loneliness is not a unique malady, but a UNIVERSAL REALITY.

*Resource: Changes that Heal by Henry Cloud

You don’t have to be lonely, because:

• God CARES about your loneliness. -Gen 2:18
• Jesus UNDERSTANDS your loneliness. -Mark 15:34
• Jesus INVITES you into a relationship with Him. -Matt 11:28-30; Rev 3:20
• A relationship with Jesus means you ALWAYS belong to His family. -Rom 12:5; 1 Jn 1:1-4

How can you experience authentic love and connection in God’s family?

• By rethinking your view of the CHURCH.
• By revising your approach to RELATIONSHIPS.

1. Realize your NEED.
2. Move toward OTHERS.
3. Be VULNERABLE.
4. Challenge distorted THINKING.
5. Take RISKS.
6. Be EMPATHETIC -- listen, listen, listen!
7. Trust GOD -- pray, pray, pray!

Summary: To “lick loneliness,” you gotta BELONG!

• Informal steps + formal strategies = A “connected” community of love.

Broadcast Resource

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Additional Resource Mentions

• I Choose Love Book
• Daily Discipleship - Psalms of Hope

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