God Cares For You

deep. His ability to heal the soul is profound, but only those who fully rely on his Son experience relief.

By turning from the loneliness of sin and unbelief to faith in Jesus Christ, you can have confidence that God cares for you: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Won’t you put your trust in him today?

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God is a specialist when the anguish is

GOD REALLY DOES CARE FOR YOU! Some time ago someone placed this ad in a Kansas newspaper: I will listen to you talk for 30 minutes without

on the cross. His friends had already fled. One had betrayed him. In the bottomless agony of that moment, the Lord cried out—he literally screamed aloud (Matthew 27:45–46).

The loneliness of those dark moments, as the Savior carried our sin, cannot be adequately pictured on paper. Cold print cannot convey

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it. But is it any wonder that he is now able to

Sounds like a joke, doesn’t it? But the

of loneliness? Those who bear the scars of

person was serious. Did anybody call? You

that silent warfare need no explanation of the

bet. It wasn’t long before this individual

pain—only an invitation to share in the wound

was receiving ten to twenty calls a day. The

and, if possible, help in the healing. When we

piercing pain of loneliness was so sharp that

are lonely, we need an understanding friend.

some were willing to try anything for a half

Jesus is the One who sticks “closer than a

hour of companionship.

brother” (Proverbs 18:24).

God knows your feelings of loneliness,

When we are lonely, we need strength

my friend, and he does care. Please believe

to keep putting one foot in front of the

that! He not only knows and cares, he

other—Jesus is the One who strengthens us

understands, he is touched, he is moved.

(Philippians 4:13). When we are lonely, we

And he longs to sustain and deliver us.

need to lift our eyes off ourselves. Jesus, the

Jesus Christ himself experienced the maximum impact of loneliness, as he hung

sympathize and enter in as we battle feelings

“author and finisher” of the life of faith, invites us to fix our eyes on him and refuse to give up (Hebrews 12:1–3).