Loneliness and anxiety plague our society, right down to our own friends and even ourselves. In chapter 4 of Paul’s epistle to the Philippian Church, he gives some hands on, conscious methods to deal with this lack of peace in our lives. That tells me that society at that time dealt with the same thing. It would seem like, after all the years since this was written, man would have overcome this human tendency.

We can assume that some things are just “common to man” and 1 Corinthians 10:13 verifies that. There are some human traits and sufferings that have to be dealt with over and over again and have always plagued men and women. You are not unusual if you lack peace, suffer loneliness and anxiety, but neither are you alone. God gave us some great insight through Paul in chapter 4 of Philippians and those of you who deal with loneliness and anxiety need to hear this message. Then each time you are “visited” by those trials, you know what ammunition to reach for to drive the enemy out and let God’s peace flow.

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