Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 21, 2002
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For people who suffer from loneliness and depression during the holiday season counselors give them the advice to go serve the homeless in a soup kitchen or do something for less fortunate people in need. The results are always the same, when they serve others they
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by James Pless on May 21, 2006
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SUFFERING
12433. Beaten Into Higher Value
A bar of steel is worth five dollars. When it is wrought into horseshoes, it is worth ten dollars. If made into needles, it is worth three hundred and fifty dollars. If wrought into penknife blades, it is worth thirty-two thousand dollars. And if it is
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Baptist
Contributed by David Tack on Jan 10, 2012
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ON SUFFERING
"It is a very difficult matter to understand when God permits affliction or loss to come into our lives. Our humanity wants to cry out, "Why me God? I love you and faithfully serve you. Why did you permit this sorrow to happen to me?" . . . one reason for affliction is to make us into
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
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Suffering
One of the most powerful prayers in the midst of suffering was uncovered from the horrors of Ravensbruck concentration camp. Ravensbruck was a concentration camp built in 1939 for women. Over 90,000 women and children perished in Ravensbruck, murdered by the Nazis. Corrie Ten Boom, who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2008
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CROWDED LONELINESS
At a recent small groups conference at Saddleback Church Randy Frazee spoke on the "call to community." He reported the average American family manages 35 separate relationships on a day-to-day basis--children, extended family, neighbors, government, school, friends, work,
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 23, 2003
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Quote from Anne Landers:
“ I’ve learned plenty, including most importantly what Leo Rostea had in mind when he said,
“Each of us is a little lonely, deep inside and longs to be understood.”
I have learned how it is with the stumbling tortured people in this world who have nobody to talk to. The
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Mennonite
Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 19, 2002
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WHAT TO DO WITH LONELINESS
Lee Strobel writes: People today will admit any problem - drugs, divorce, alcoholism - "but there’s one admission that people are loath to make, whether they’re a star on television or someone who fixes televisions in a repair shop. It’s just too embarrassing. It
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Nothing in this world appeases loneliness as does a flock of friends ...There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 29, 2008
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LONELINESS AFFECTS BELIEF IN GOD
People who feel lonely or isolated are more likely to believe in God and the supernatural, according to University of Chicago researcher Nicholas Epley. Lonely people try to create social connections by reaching out to old friends, making new ones, or believing in
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Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 30, 2008
Ty Cobb on Loneliness
The incredibly talented, acclaimed, rich, famous baseball player, Ty Cobb said, near the end of his life in 1961, "If I had the chance to live my life over,
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Pentecostal