6 days
You Are Not Alone
Six days for a lonely season, holding on to the God who is always near.
Day 1
Nowhere apart from God
7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? 8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! 9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. 11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”; 12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
Psalms 139:7-12WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
There is no place, however dark, where God’s presence cannot reach you.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You have promised to be with us wherever we go, and never to leave us. Would you make your nearness real to me, and drive back every feeling of being alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
Name the loneliest moment of your day and picture God already there.
Day 2
He goes before you
8Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
Deuteronomy 31:8WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
God promises to go ahead and to stay; he will not leave or abandon you.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You have promised to be with us wherever we go, and never to leave us. Would you make your nearness real to me, and drive back every feeling of being alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
Say the promise aloud: ‘He will not leave me.’
Day 3
With you always
20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:20WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
Jesus’ last words are a promise of unbroken company, to the very end.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You have promised to be with us wherever we go, and never to leave us. Would you make your nearness real to me, and drive back every feeling of being alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
Invite Jesus into one moment you usually face alone.
Day 4
God sets the lonely in family
6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Psalms 68:6WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
God’s heart is to gather the isolated into belonging.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You draw near to the broken-hearted and promise comfort to those who mourn. Would you sit close to me in this sorrow, and let me feel that I do not grieve alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
Reach out to one person, or let one person reach you.
Day 5
I have called you by name
1But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. 2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
Isaiah 43:1-2WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
You are known by name and accompanied through the deep waters.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You have promised to be with us wherever we go, and never to leave us. Would you make your nearness real to me, and drive back every feeling of being alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
Hear your own name in the words ‘you are mine.’
Day 6
Never will I leave you
5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5WEBRead in contextRead the full chapter World English Bible
Reflection
Contentment grows from a presence that never withdraws.
A guided prayer inspired by today's Scripture
Heavenly Father, thank you that I can come to you just as I am. You have promised to be with us wherever we go, and never to leave us. Would you make your nearness real to me, and drive back every feeling of being alone. I place this in your hands and choose to trust you with what I cannot control. In the name of Jesus, amen.
Faithful action
End the week resting on ‘I will never leave you.’