Message Notes
May 3, 2026
Freedom from Your Fears Concerns – part 5
“Your Loneliness and God’s Presence”
Psalm 139
To Relieve Loneliness, God Gives Us...
His plan to live for
The Lord will work out his plans for my life—for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Psalm 138:8
His people to live with
“God places the lonely in families;…” Psalm 68:6a
His presence to live in
Psalm 139:1-10, 17-18
THE BENEFITS OF REALIZING GOD'S PRESENCE
Because God is with me...
1. HE will help me in tough times.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am
your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up
with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10
Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close. Psalm 27:10
2. HE will calm me down.
I will lie down in peace and sleep, for though I am alone, O Lord, you will keep me safe. Psalm 4:8 (TLB)
You protect them by your presence… Psalm 31:29;4a (NCV)
3. HE will cheer me up.
I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety. Psalm 16:8-9
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Psalm 34:18
4. HE will see me through.
He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from
stumbling. And so I walk in the Lord’s presence as I live here on
earth! I believed in you, so I said, ‘I am deeply troubled, Lord.’
Psalm 116:810
How To Experience God's Presence
The one thing I want from God, the thing I seek most of all, is the privilege of meditating in his Temple, living in his presence every day of my life, delighting in his incomparable perfections and glory.
Psalm 27:4 (TLB)
Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him. With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises. Psalm 25:14(TLB)