How Life Feels Part 4 Psalm 142

1. LONELINESS
Psalm 142

2. What is your loneliness?

3. I cry out loud for help from the Lord.
I beg out loud for mercy from the Lord
I pour out my concerns before God;
I announce my distress to him.
Psalm 142:1-2

4. I announce my distress to him.
When my spirit is weak inside me, you
still know my way.
But they’ve hidden a trap for me in the
path I’m making.
Look right beside me: See?
No one pays attention to me.
There’s no escape for me.
No one cares for me.
Psalm 142:3-4

5. Honesty

6. We are created to enjoy communion
with God and each other.
But in life we experience loneliness and
disunion.
Together with David we say,
“I cry out loud for help from the Lord.
I beg out loud for mercy from the Lord.
I pour out my concerns before God;
I announce my distresses to him”
Psalm 142:1-2

7. Circumstances

8. We are created to enjoy communion
with God and each other.
But in life we experience loneliness and
disunion.
Together with David we say,
“When my spirit is weak inside me,
you still know my way.
But they’ve hidden a trap for me in the
path I’m taking.”
Psalm 142:3

9. Culture

10. We are created to enjoy communion
with God and each other.
But in life we experience loneliness and
disunion.
Together with David we say,
“Look right beside me: See?
No one pays attention to me.
There’s no escape for me.
No one cares about my life.”
Psalm 142:4

11. Depression

12. We are created to enjoy communion
with God and each other.
But in life we experience loneliness and disunion.
Together with David we say,
“I cry to you, Lord, for help. ‘You are my refuge,’
I say. ‘You are all I have in the land of the living.’
Pay close attention to my shouting,
because I’ve been brought down so low!
Deliver me from my oppressors
because they’re stronger than me.
Get me out of this prison
so I can give thanks to your name.
Psalm 142:4-7a

13. UNCOMMON COMMUNITY

14. We are created to enjoy communion
with God and each other.
But in life we experience loneliness and disunion.
Together with David we say,
“Then the righteous will gather all around me
because of your good deeds to me.”
Psalm 142:7b