YOU ARE NOT Alone

By Billy Irvin, Director of Ministry Relations

Our country is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness. Feelings of loneliness and isolation have been on the increase for years, but it spiked during the pandemic. A recent study found that over half of Americans consider themselves lonely on a regular basis. The rates are particularly high among young adults and the elderly. Loneliness has been defined by experts in psychology as a state of mind with the perception of being alone and isolated. Being lonely has been found to have the same public health effect as smoking 15 cigarettes per day!

While many in our culture today feel alone, we are not the first people in history to experience those emotions. We can look back to days in the Bible when people dealt with similar feelings. When you sense loneliness sweep in and begin to take control of your life, remember that others have walked through those valleys. King David often shared in the Psalms about feeling alone and isolated. Even King Jesus experienced loneliness! On the cross, He asked, “my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus was left alone in that moment so that we never have to be alone.

Hebrews

When I walk through deep waters

David Jeremiah shared recently on Faith Radio about all the different ways one might feel lonely. Some are the lonely single, who struggles with close relationships, while others might be the lonely spouse, who feels alone in their marriage. Some have lost their partner due to death or divorce. Others are entering a new stage of life and may be questioning their worth as they’re unable to do the things they used to do. Some people are suffering with pain, health issues or anxiety, and they feel like they are suffering alone. Even some are out on mission or serving as a Pastor, and they feel like a lonely Servant of God. David Jeremiah reminded us that it is not a sin to be alone. It is not a sin to experience loneliness. Loneliness becomes a sin when we fail to obey the word of God, which is given to us to help dispel the loneliness in our life.

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Because we know that loneliness is unavoidable, our best strategy is not to deny it, but to defeat it. At Faith Radio, we have tools to help you overcome loneliness. Our ministry is here to help you embrace intimacy with God, fill your heart with God’s Word, and activate your network to Christian friends. Faith Radio wants to help you expand your prayer life as you call out to the Lord. Our 24/7 broadcast allows you the opportunity to meditate on God’s Word as you stay connected to Him and focus on Jesus. Every week, our ministry hears from listeners who testify how important our ministry is to them. We broadcast the love of Jesus all day, every day so that we can fill those moments of silence and loneliness with God’s presence. Emmanuel, God with us. The Lord is with us every moment of every day so we are never alone. We can withstand the valleys of life because we have a God who stands with us.