From Loneliness to Communion: Jesus' Transformative Mission
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Friends, this is the reason why Jesus came. Jesus came as Emmanuel, God with us. That name Emmanuel literally means God with us. He came so that we might not be alone, but that he might be with us. He came so that we might be with us. To dwell with us, to inhabit us, to be with us." [07:23]
2. "Friends, if you're here today and you're feeling alone, I have a solution for you. This is the story of Easter. It's actually the story of Christmas that goes all the way till Easter. That Jesus came into this world for you and for me so that we might experience Jesus. We might experience his presence and know his comfort and know his guiding hand with us even in the midst of our most difficult pain and difficult struggle and difficult trial." [11:05]
3. "Friends, Jesus walked a lonely path so that we don't have to be lonely. Jesus walked that lonely path for us. As we've been looking at in this past weekend of Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the story of Good Friday, the story of Easter Sunday is Jesus going into the Garden of Gethsemane. And even though he went with his 12 disciples, he was all alone praying in agony." [12:43]
4. "It's the hope of the resurrection, and just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Friends, that's the hope. Because Jesus died and rose again, he wants to give us new life, and that new life is in a covenanted family. That new life is not a lonely life. That new life is solving the problem of loneliness, solving the problem of oppression, solving the problem of all of the different things that keep us in bondage and keep us captive, because Jesus came to set us free." [37:18]
5. "Let me tell you, the person that can satisfy you is Jesus. He's the only one that can fill this God-shaped void that is within us. Look at what Jesus says here. He says in John 4, but those who drink the water I give, Jesus says, will never be thirsty again. They'll be satisfied. And it becomes a fresh bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. This is what Jesus wants to do for us to satisfy us. With the living water that he gives, with a water that never runs dry, with a water that quenches our thirst." [27:45]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We live in such a high-tech world. We live in a world where we're more connected than any other generation in history. We have social media apps that help us to be connected with other people and have hundreds or even thousands of friends. We live in a global village of commerce where we can buy things on the other side of the world, and have them shipped to us. The world is no longer a large place. What used to take months and months to travel to by ship or boat can now be done in just a matter of a few hours. Our world has become smaller. We are more interconnected than ever before, yet we are more lonely than ever before." [06:18]
2. "There is a depth of loneliness that Jesus came to actually fill. A doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital here in the greater Toronto area said loneliness is as bad for you as smoking. And referencing an ongoing clinical study at Mount Sinai said that she estimates that probably 45,000 deaths a year are in connection to loneliness because of the ripple effects that loneliness has. The Word of God says this in Ecclesiastes chapter 4 and verses 9 and 10. Two people are better off than one Two people are better off than one. for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone, they're in real trouble. If you fall alone and by yourself, you are in real trouble." [10:10]
3. "Jesus takes the person that's lonely and brings them to a place of satisfaction. There was a woman at a well that Jesus came and encountered. And he came to her and he said, woman, can you give me something to drink? And she was surprised that Jesus would even ask that. And to make a long story short, Jesus knew that woman could see her past and told her, bring your husband and let's talk. And she said, I don't have a husband. And Jesus said, yeah, the five people that you've had before are not your husbands and the person you have now is not your husband either. And she couldn't believe that Jesus knew all of that. We might be like that woman that's seeking out for relationships. We might be that woman that regardless of whatever relationship we have, we're always seeking out for something else. Nothing satisfies us." [26:21]
4. "He knows what it is to bandage wounds. He knows what it is to bind up the brokenhearted. Because he was brokenhearted. When all of his disciples left, when his own father had to turn his face away, Jesus knows what it is to be brokenhearted. Jesus knows what it is to walk that lonely path. And he wants to heal the brokenhearted. And lastly, he wants to bring restoration. There was a woman who had a very lonely path as well. She had an issue with bleeding for many years. And she went to this doctor and that doctor and this doctor and spent all of her, all of the money that she had. And she wasn't any the better. Have you been in a situation like that? Use all your money, use all your savings and the situation hasn't changed." [33:01]
5. "He was lame, and he told Jesus, when Jesus came and he said, I don't have anyone to put me in the water, and whenever I see that happening, somebody else jumps in the water before me, and I can never get there in time. This man was having a pity party for 38 years. Have you ever had a pity party? Woe is me. Nobody understands me. Look at my situation. I'm misunderstood by everybody. If they would only know, this man had a pity party. This man was just looking at his own situation. Jesus wanted to make him whole, but he was wallowing in his own situation. Because look at the question that Jesus asks him. He asks him this question, would you like to get well?" [30:25]
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1. "Friends, this is the reason why Jesus came. Jesus came as Emmanuel, God with us. That name Emmanuel literally means God with us. He came so that we might not be alone, but that he might be with us. He came so that we might be with us. To dwell with us, to inhabit us, to be with us." [07:23]
2. "Friends, if you're here today and you're feeling alone, I have a solution for you. This is the story of Easter. It's actually the story of Christmas that goes all the way till Easter. That Jesus came into this world for you and for me so that we might experience Jesus. We might experience his presence and know his comfort and know his guiding hand with us even in the midst of our most difficult pain and difficult struggle and difficult trial." [11:05]
3. "Friends, Jesus walked a lonely path so that we don't have to be lonely. Jesus walked that lonely path for us. As we've been looking at in this past weekend of Good Friday and Easter Sunday, the story of Good Friday, the story of Easter Sunday is Jesus going into the Garden of Gethsemane. And even though he went with his 12 disciples, he was all alone praying in agony." [12:43]
4. "It's the hope of the resurrection, and just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Friends, that's the hope. Because Jesus died and rose again, he wants to give us new life, and that new life is in a covenanted family. That new life is not a lonely life. That new life is solving the problem of loneliness, solving the problem of oppression, solving the problem of all of the different things that keep us in bondage and keep us captive, because Jesus came to set us free." [37:18]
5. "Let me tell you, the person that can satisfy you is Jesus. He's the only one that can fill this God-shaped void that is within us. Look at what Jesus says here. He says in John 4, but those who drink the water I give, Jesus says, will never be thirsty again. They'll be satisfied. And it becomes a fresh bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. This is what Jesus wants to do for us to satisfy us. With the living water that he gives, with a water that never runs dry, with a water that quenches our thirst." [27:45]
### Quotes for Members
1. "We live in such a high-tech world. We live in a world where we're more connected than any other generation in history. We have social media apps that help us to be connected with other people and have hundreds or even thousands of friends. We live in a global village of commerce where we can buy things on the other side of the world, and have them shipped to us. The world is no longer a large place. What used to take months and months to travel to by ship or boat can now be done in just a matter of a few hours. Our world has become smaller. We are more interconnected than ever before, yet we are more lonely than ever before." [06:18]
2. "There is a depth of loneliness that Jesus came to actually fill. A doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital here in the greater Toronto area said loneliness is as bad for you as smoking. And referencing an ongoing clinical study at Mount Sinai said that she estimates that probably 45,000 deaths a year are in connection to loneliness because of the ripple effects that loneliness has. The Word of God says this in Ecclesiastes chapter 4 and verses 9 and 10. Two people are better off than one Two people are better off than one. for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone, they're in real trouble. If you fall alone and by yourself, you are in real trouble." [10:10]
3. "Jesus takes the person that's lonely and brings them to a place of satisfaction. There was a woman at a well that Jesus came and encountered. And he came to her and he said, woman, can you give me something to drink? And she was surprised that Jesus would even ask that. And to make a long story short, Jesus knew that woman could see her past and told her, bring your husband and let's talk. And she said, I don't have a husband. And Jesus said, yeah, the five people that you've had before are not your husbands and the person you have now is not your husband either. And she couldn't believe that Jesus knew all of that. We might be like that woman that's seeking out for relationships. We might be that woman that regardless of whatever relationship we have, we're always seeking out for something else. Nothing satisfies us." [26:21]
4. "He knows what it is to bandage wounds. He knows what it is to bind up the brokenhearted. Because he was brokenhearted. When all of his disciples left, when his own father had to turn his face away, Jesus knows what it is to be brokenhearted. Jesus knows what it is to walk that lonely path. And he wants to heal the brokenhearted. And lastly, he wants to bring restoration. There was a woman who had a very lonely path as well. She had an issue with bleeding for many years. And she went to this doctor and that doctor and this doctor and spent all of her, all of the money that she had. And she wasn't any the better. Have you been in a situation like that? Use all your money, use all your savings and the situation hasn't changed." [33:01]
5. "He was lame, and he told Jesus, when Jesus came and he said, I don't have anyone to put me in the water, and whenever I see that happening, somebody else jumps in the water before me, and I can never get there in time. This man was having a pity party for 38 years. Have you ever had a pity party? Woe is me. Nobody understands me. Look at my situation. I'm misunderstood by everybody. If they would only know, this man had a pity party. This man was just looking at his own situation. Jesus wanted to make him whole, but he was wallowing in his own situation. Because look at the question that Jesus asks him. He asks him this question, would you like to get well?" [30:25]
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