PHONE A FRIEND

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

By yourself you’re unprotected.

With a friend you can face the worst.

Can you round up a third?

A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.

Know any “loners”?You know the ones.

They like their isolation. They prefer solitude to socialization; seclusion over accountability.

They aren’t much for gatherings and meetings.Not big on the whole sharing and caring thing.

You know who I am talking about right?

It isn’t you is it?

You don’t find yourself retreating or isolating when the world presses in on you do you?When things get tough you don’t go into hiding do you?

I hope not.

Why?

That was me and it was “not good.”

I used to be a retreater and a lover of my seclusion.Yet I learned later on that that all that seclusion and isolation did was left me to be alone with my addiction and all of the joyful thoughts of that dysfunctional marriage. Yuck!

It was not a healthy place to hang out that is for sure.

There is even a little saying for the recovering:

"When you're home by yourself you're behind enemy lines."

And boy is that ever true!

It is why SOLOMON penned this little nugget of inspiration above…

Ecclesiastes 4:12

By yourself you’re unprotected…

GOD created us as social creatures.I mean right out of the chute He recognized the importance of “each other”.

Genesis 2:18

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone...”

Yet the enemy loves to pin us in the corner and keep us isolated and vulnerable.It is there he can do the most damage!

So when life presses in don’t isolate yourself.

Seek some companionship. Call a buddy. Phone a friend.

We all need help from time to time.Machismo is overrated my brothers.Sad songs, a glass of Chardonnay and a box of tissues are not the answer girlfriend.

I know we need GOD when life gets low, but we also need each other!

2 Corinthians 1:4

…God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us….

Maybe you are feeling isolated and alone today; feeling like no one will understand or no one is there.

TRUST GOD.He will come along next to you to help but more importantly He will direct you to someone who has just what you need and the word you need to hear. That person is out there. 2 Corinthians says so!

So trust the wisdom of Solomon and don't choose isolation. Remember...

…With a friend you can face the worst.

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney