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Something I was always terrified to admit was that I was lonely, I think deep down I felt a spiritual loneliness.
Sol Chung addresses spiritual loneliness among Christians who struggle to fit in due to differing values and the challenge of truly following Christ.
Key Takeaways
- True Christian faith involves obedience and following God, not just belief.
- Spiritual loneliness is common among committed Christians due to differing values.
- Prayer for others' spiritual growth is important, even when results are not immediate.
- Being alone with God is preferable to being spiritually empty among others.
- Christianity should be joyful but centered on God as the main character in life.
Summary
- The video discusses the spiritual loneliness experienced by Christians who genuinely want to follow Christ but feel isolated.
- Many Christians feel alone because their morals and values differ from those around them, including family and friends.
- There is a distinction between believing in God and truly following and obeying Him, which can be a lonely path.
- The speaker emphasizes the importance of praying for others to come to God, even when it feels like prayers are unanswered.
- Being loyal to Jesus and obeying God can lead to feeling isolated but is portrayed as worthwhile.
- The video critiques superficial Christianity seen as a trend or social activity rather than a true commitment.
- Following God should be both joyful and purposeful, with God as the central focus of one's life.
- It is better to be spiritually alone with God than surrounded by people but spiritually empty.
- The speaker encourages those feeling spiritually lonely by affirming they are not truly alone and offers hope.
- The message concludes with a prayer and affirmation of God's goodness.
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This is going to be a different video from what I usually speak or pray about, but I think it has to be said.
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That we're always surrounded by people, be it secular or people who might believe in God, but might not actually obey God.
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And as a Christian, as someone who actually wants to truly follow Christ, it's so easy to experience loneliness.
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Because no one wants to have the same thing as you, no one wants to have the same morals or values that are aligned to you.
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And you're always praying to God to turn your family or your friends or your siblings or just people around you to turn them to God, to actually follow God and not just believe in God.
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And I'm sure it's not easy, and I'm sure it eats you up on the inside at times.
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And you constantly praying for it, so many of us are constantly praying for it, constantly praying, dear Lord, turn this person to to you, let them see your face, let them hear your voice.
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And it just might not work at times, it might it might feel as if God isn't hearing you, but that's not the case.
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There aren't many people who have the same goals and values that are aligned with you, and I won't blame anyone, because sometimes to be loyal to Jesus, to follow God and to obey God, it can be lonely.
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It it's easy to say that you believe in God, it's really easy to say you believe.
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But few actually want to follow him, that's why we say the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.
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Sometimes I want to get everyone close to the God, but I can't get someone close to God if they don't want the same thing as well.
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Because I can't shove the Bible down someone's throat and telling them to read the Bible, it's it's almost useless if they don't know why.
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If they don't know why they want to or why they need to in the first place, especially if your goals aren't aligned, if your goal isn't to go to heaven, isn't to be with God, then there's no point, isn't to be like God, there's no point.
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And I think it's almost it's worth being alone but being with God, then to be surrounded by people and being spiritually empty yourself, it it it isn't selfish, but it's more of I'd rather be the burning coal that heats everyone up, then be cooled down in your own passion for Christ, just to be nice and be politically correct.
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Too many people view Christianity as just a trend, just to be with friends or just to be there to spend time.
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But it's it's not the main goal, I'm not saying you shouldn't have fun, I'm saying that you must have fun, in fact, following God is supposed to be fun, but at the same time, following God is the moral of the story, following God is the main goal, is the main plot, why is God not the main character in his own story, in the world that he created, in his own world.
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So if you're feeling spiritually alone, you are not alone.
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I just want to tell you, because who knows, maybe spiritual maybe lonely people have lonely people.
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And eventually we won't be alone, and if this reaches just one person, I think it's worth it.
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I think it's worth it to talk to just you, this one person.
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In Jesus' name.
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God is so good.
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Amen.
Topics:Christianityspiritual lonelinessfaithfollowing ChristobedienceprayerChristian valuesspiritual growthGodsol chung
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