Your welcome. Lots of different categories of TV shows and movies. More TV than I can watch. Enjoy.
Godly cure for loneliness
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Thanks for the correction, iron sharpens iron, yes Proverbs 27:17. The message bible makes reference to steel sharpening steel, and that's what comes to mind for me when I think of that verse. Thank you for sharing.
my country was the most isolated from the rest of the world on earth at the time and only in the past 250 years have people been arriving from all over the world.
I can totally understand the need or even drive for more people and the building of cities. If youve lived in a small isolated town all your life or in the country, you get lonesome.
But its funny, my mother fled her city that had ten times the population to come live here. I think people dont value space (or land) until they lose it.
People in cities dont have land, they live 10 storeys up in the air. It can get to you. The crowdedness, the bustle and the noise, yet for some people that is energizing and they cannot imagine anything else.
I can totally understand the need or even drive for more people and the building of cities. If youve lived in a small isolated town all your life or in the country, you get lonesome.
But its funny, my mother fled her city that had ten times the population to come live here. I think people dont value space (or land) until they lose it.
People in cities dont have land, they live 10 storeys up in the air. It can get to you. The crowdedness, the bustle and the noise, yet for some people that is energizing and they cannot imagine anything else.
Thanks for sharing Mac, this was such a great post
. To be completely transparent I have done many of the things you mentioned for many years and life was good, but this year I felt God show me that burying myself in these things to deal with my loneliness has been the cause of the many occasions when I feel far away from Him or fall into sin, so I've changed my life around and that meant leaving my comfortable ways of dealing with loneliness. Slowly but surely God is teaching me, here's what I've learnt so far:1. God wants to know how I'm feeling, so I confide in Him when I feel lonely.
2. Reading the word and meditating on it has helped.
3. Sincere praise and worship helps.
4. Arising and asking 'How can I serve today- both God and man' helps. I heard that one from God yesterday
.5. Now Mac thanks to your post, I will add 'Having a grateful heart
'Thanks for sharing. Well my favourite shows are Seinfeld and Big Bang, and since I joined in my church's corporate fast early this year I felt God say to me once again that those shows do not honor Him, as the lifestyles portrayed are not of Him, because they normalize fornication etc. I made a decision to leave these shows out of my life to honor God, it has been difficult, but God is worth my All.
Sorry to hear that you grew up in isolation, praise God that with Jesus we are never left or forsaken.
While I appreciate the country life, I'd prefer the city, not a right or wronganswer, just personality preferences.
Look at the dimensions listed in the Bible. That many miles CUBED will be a whole lot of living space.
Thanks for sharing Mac, this was such a great post
1. God wants to know how I'm feeling, so I confide in Him when I feel lonely.
2. Reading the word and meditating on it has helped.
3. Sincere praise and worship helps.
4. Arising and asking 'How can I serve today- both God and man' helps. I heard that one from God yesterday
5. Now Mac thanks to your post, I will add 'Having a grateful heart
You are most welcome, it's all part of our character build up and molding us into a better person and to be closer to him more than ever.
God bless!
Thank you! Ettenauj, Yes and it's only some of what I have been through, But Jesus has been there to bring me through it all, I appreciate the thoughts and prayers thank you!That's alot to have been through, I'm thinking of you and praying for you.
The remedy to a lonely heart is being alone with Jesus
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I think it is good to spend time with Jesus as well as being in community with others. The Bible promotes friendship and community. People bond over time, it is not an instant thing. The only way to make friends with other people is to "get out there." Of course there are some risks that come with this such as wasting time with the wrong people, rejection, etc.
Home groups are good
Kind of like hangng out with friends, except you can pray together as well. And on sofas.
If I had a place I would be a host because as host you dont need to go anywhere. Have it once a week, or fortnighly. Most churches seem to have them on Wednesday evenings, when people are lonliest.
Another place you can go is the library, how can anyone feel lonely when surrounded by the stories of thousands of people.
Kind of like hangng out with friends, except you can pray together as well. And on sofas.
If I had a place I would be a host because as host you dont need to go anywhere. Have it once a week, or fortnighly. Most churches seem to have them on Wednesday evenings, when people are lonliest.
Another place you can go is the library, how can anyone feel lonely when surrounded by the stories of thousands of people.
Really? I think Elijah and Jeremiah might disagree with you. And that whole why have you forsaken me thing from the cross that Jesus said; that sounds pretty lonely to me.
Depends on whether it's real loneliness or just boredom. Some people have trouble distinguishing between the two - they think they are lonely when they are really just bored and don't have any focus for their lives.