This document is a summary of Pastor Doreen Teh's sermon on overcoming loneliness from July 2018. The sermon discusses loneliness as a complicated emotion that can negatively impact physical health and personality. It analyzes Psalm 25, in which David expresses his loneliness to God and focuses on God's attributes like trustworthiness and guidance. The sermon recommends verbally expressing emotions to God, focusing on God rather than oneself, and emphasizing with others to overcome loneliness. It concludes by noting God's provision and comfort in Psalm 23.

1. @ EMMANUEL CHURCH | JULY 2018
OVERCOMING
LONELINESS
PASTOR DOREEN TEH

2. Who is this lady?

3. The problem of loneliness
Loneliness does not discriminate
Loneliness is bad for health and can kill!
INTRODUCTION

4. A complicated emotion.
It affects your physical health
It changes your personality
It affects your subconscious
What is Loneliness?

5. 1
In you, LORD my God,
I put my trust.
2
I trust in you;
do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.
3
No one who hopes in you
will ever be put to shame,
but shame will come on those
who are treacherous without cause.
Psalm 25:1-3

6. 4
Show me your ways, LORD,
teach me your paths.
5
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Saviour,
and my hope is in you all day long.
6
Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7
Do not remember the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you, LORD, are good.
Psalm 25: 4-7

7. 8
Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9
He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10
All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his
covenant.
11
For the sake of your name, LORD,
forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
Psalm 25: 8-11

8. 12
Who, then, are those who fear the LORD?
He will instruct them in the ways they should
choose.[b]
13
They will spend their days in prosperity,
and their descendants will inherit the land.
14
The LORD confides in those who fear him;
he makes his covenant known to them.
15
My eyes are ever on the LORD,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.
Psalm 25:12-15

9. 16
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
17
Relieve the troubles of my heart
and free me from my anguish.
18
Look on my affliction and my distress
and take away all my sins.
19
See how numerous are my enemies
and how fiercely they hate me!
Psalm 25:16-19

10. 20
Guard my life and rescue me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in you.
21
May integrity and uprightness protect me,
because my hope, LORD,[c]
is in you.
22
Deliver Israel, O God,
from all their troubles!
Psalm 25:20-22

11. Acrostic poem
No indication of when it was written by David.
Could be anytime from after his adolescence years.
BACKGROUNDTO PSALM 25

12. 1.Opposition/Betrayal/Rejection
2. Responsibilities in leadership
3.Transitions in life
4.Technology
CAUSES OF LONELINESS

13. V16-18: “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I
am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my
heart and free me from my anguish. Look at my
affliction and my distress and take away my sins.
See how numerous are my enemies and how
fiercely they hate me.”
1. DAVID’S ACTIONS:VERBALISED
HIS EMOTIONS

14. V15: “my eyes are ever on the LORD,”
Focus on God and away from self
Focus on God’s unchanging attributes:
V1-3: God you are trustworthy and faithful
V5,9: God you are my guide and instructs me
V6: God you are compassionate and loving
V8: God you are good all the time
V16: God you are gracious and my comforter
V15-20: God you are powerful and can rescue me
2. DAVID’S ACTIONS: FOCUS ON GOD

15. V22: “Deliver Israel, O God, from all their
troubles.”
Focus on God to be strengthened and enabled to
help others.
Empathy for others for our own healing.
3. DAVID’S ACTIONS: EMPATHIZEWITH
OTHERS

16. The LORD is your Shepherd
You shall not want
He makes you to lie down in green pastures
He leads you besides still water
He restores your soul
He leads you in paths of righteousness for His
name sake
CONCLUSION: Psalm 23

17. Even though you walk through the valley of the
shadow of death
You will fear no evil for God is with you
His rod and staff they comfort you
He prepares a table before you in the presence of
your enemies.
He anoints your head with oil
Your cup overflows
Psalm 23

18. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow you
All the days of your life and you shall dwell in the
house of the LORD forever!.
Amen!
Psalm 23