Why do I feel so alone in such a socially connected world?

  The Loneliness Epidemic:

1. We confuse INFORMATION for INTIMACY.
2. We trade PRESENCE for PREOCCUPATION.
3. We replace being KNOWN with being SEEN.

Be still and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

We must learn to be present to the PRESENCE of GOD in the present.

 A father to the fatherless…. God sets the lonely in families …

Psalm 68:5-6

 Jesus’ Primary Picture of God: Heavenly FATHER

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.

Psalm 103:8

God sets the lonely in families …

Psalm 68:6

• In Jesus, you have a new FAMILY.

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Galatians 4:4-7 

• In Jesus, you have lots of SISTERS and BROTHERS.

• The BEAUTY and CHALLENGE is that you have a new family.

APPLICATION

• Take a Step to BEING KNOWN.
   
• Invite someone into the FAMILY of GOD.

• Start 2026 in a GROUP or STUDY.