Feeling Lonely? Heed God's Holy, Healing Response to You - Becky Dvorak Identity Network

Feeling Lonely? Heed God's Holy, Healing Response to You by Becky Dvorak

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Something hurtful has happened to you, and you feel like you are all alone. Perhaps you are being attacked with sickness and disease and lack the physical strength to be with people. Maybe you lost a loved one and are struggling to heal from the real pain of grief. Or you may have been betrayed by a spouse or close friend.

 

There are many reasons why we can feel all alone at times, and it is difficult to pick up the broken pieces and move forward again. If this is where you are at in life right now, I encourage you to spend time with the Lord every day, and meditate upon the following Scriptures and allow the healing process to begin.

 

We are reminded in 1 Peter 5:7 (AMP) that we are to be "casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]."

 

Lord, I know that I am not to be worried, but sometimes I am, and especially now. Help me to deal with each and every one of my concerns, and to take into account all that You have promised me, and that You care for me. I ask this in your name, amen.

 

Isaiah 41:10 encourages us with these words. "Do not fear [anything], for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation]."

 

Call Out to the Father

 

Call out to the Father right now and tell Him, "Father God, I am fearful that I will not ever feel well again, that my healing might not manifest. I feel insecure that I do not measure up to you and to others. I am afraid of being alone. Help me, Holy Spirit, to remember that I am never alone, that You will never leave me nor forsake me, in Jesus' name I pray, amen.

 

Jesus, I sense a real lack of support during this time of need in my life. Help me to see that my help comes from You. "The man of too many friends [chosen indiscriminately] will be broken in pieces and come to ruin, but there is a [true, loving] friend who [is reliable and] sticks closer than a brother" (Prov. 18:24). Thank You, Jesus, because You are my true friend, and I desire to come into close fellowship with You.

 

Holy Spirit, help me to be patient with myself and those around me, and to remember Your promise in Psalm 147:3, "He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow]." I give You my brokenness, pain and sorrow. I receive Your comfort during this time of great pain. I accept Your healing balm of Gilead into my mind and emotions. And I confess with my mouth, that I may have lost someone or something very dear to me, but I am not lost. You found me. I am not someone without hope, for You are the hope of my salvation. I am not alone, because You will never leave me. I am loved by You, and Your love is unconditional towards me. You care about me and provide for my every need. You heal me and make me whole in spirit, soul and body. With Your help, I will mediate upon these promises found in Your holy Scriptures, and I will see that I am not alone, and this spirit of heaviness, this loneliness lifts off of me. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen.

 

Becky Dvorak

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Listen to This if You're Feeling Lonely and Depressed - BARRETT JOHNSON CHARISMA MAGAZINE

Listen to This if You're Feeling Lonely and Depressed

 3/22/2016 BARRETT JOHNSON  charisma magazine

Here's someone who understands besides Jesus. (Charisma archives)

Serving in Family Ministry while still being in the throes of raising our own family can be challenging. How much detail do we share about our own lives? How can we coach others when we have very real (and common) struggles in our home? How do any of us live up to the happy and perfect lives we tend to share with others on social media?

It's hard. Every day. But God is always faithful in the midst of our struggle. He promises to walk through it all with us.

To illustrate this point, I stole the following from Jenifer's Facebook this morning. She shares her heart and then shares a powerfully moving podcast from Sally Clarkson. You should totally check it out

Jenifer's Post

I don't know what I would have done without Sally Clarkson in my life.

If you are a mama buy and READ every one of her books. She blazed the trail in the "keeping it real" department.

That's the number one comment Barrett and I get over and over again: "You are so real!" I will never be a slick, got it all together, perfect communicator/speaker. But I can be REAL. I can be TRUE to my God who has never left me.

Here was scripture in my devotion time today:

Here is a trustworthy saying:
"If we died with him,
We will also live with him.
If we endure,
We will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
He will also disown us;
If we are faithless,
He will remain faithful,
For he cannot disown himself."

-2 Timothy 2 11-13 (NIV)

Thank you Jesus for using very clumsy but real me.

Because I grow weary. The little girl I'm raising wears me out. She's not my genetic code. She is "fearfully and wonderfully made" and is going to be a strong woman of God. (I imagine she will be a wife and a mother of many. She is such a nurturing soul.) But parenting her is the hardest thing I've EVER done. I get questioned about my parenting of her even though I managed to raise 4 almost all grown, healthy, educated, God-fearing adults.

Adoption is different. There are many issues I've never dealt with before. Yesterday instead of being upset with her and trying to guide her the right way, I just wept and wept and wept. I couldn't find the words to tell her that she was making bad decisions. I'm so weary.

PLEASE LISTEN to this podcast by Sally Clarkson. I cried this morning thinking of how awesome it would have been to hear Sally's voice on podcasts back when I was raising my first four kids. Instead I "listened to her voice" as I daily read a devotion book she wrote for homeschool moms many years ago.

Listen if you are lonely. (She explains perfectly how it feels to be lonely in leadership.)

Listen if your kid says "mom you always taught us we would be aliens, I just never thought we would feel that way in our church." (But please don't ask my kids which has one said this. It was when they were younger.)

Listen if you feel like nobody gets you.

Listen if you struggle with one or more of your kids.

Listen to be edified and lifted up by my FAVORITE "Titus 2 woman." 

sallyclarkson.com/will-i-ever-fit-in-probably-not-a-new-podcast/

Adapted from infoforfamilies.com, a ministry founded by Barrett and Jenifer Johnson. After serving in the local church for 25 years, Barrett and Jenifer launched INFO for Families as a ministry designed to encourage people through speaking, personal coaching and resource development. Barrett served for 15 years in youth ministry before serving for eight years as the Family Minister at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Atlanta, one of the largest churches in the South. He has degrees from Texas A&M University and Southwestern Seminary, but he and Jenifer have received their best education through the no-holds-barred nature of everyday family life.

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