Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that true belonging and the answer to loneliness can only be found in Jesus Christ, who is the unshakable foundation amid life's deepest trials and isolation.
In this devotional sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores the profound loneliness that many experience despite being surrounded by others. He emphasizes that true belonging and peace come only through Jesus Christ, who is the unshakable foundation in times of trial. The speaker calls believers to love one another genuinely in Christ and to embrace humility as the path to unity and spiritual fulfillment. This message encourages listeners to place their trust fully in Jesus rather than in people or worldly security.
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How often do we go through certain phases of our life's journey on earth where we realize there is nobody around me, yet I am surrounded by people, but I say there is nobody around me because I'm talking and nobody can hear me, meaning I'm talking nobody understands me. I am crying out, but so silently, because if I cry out aloud, they will misunderstand me and they will judge me. That's why I kept it deep down within me, but there is a voice crying out stronger than the one that cries out aloud.
Inside is much greater, but I've realized one thing. I got in the depth of the ocean. I walked through the valley of the shadow of death and I walked through that dark tunnel.
I saw myself alone, no one there. I thought prior to this, my friends are the only ones, the best. I held on people more than God.
I believed in people more than God and I thought people are the ones for me and I named them. I pointed them out and I said it is this person and it is these people and this is the closest to me. They've been the best of the best for me for so long, therefore I believed in them more than God.
God put me in a situation. That dark whale, every one of us has a dark whale. Every one of us has a whale that swallows us and take us into the depth.
Into the depth of the unknown, of the uncertainties, of the mysteries, of the frightening future, the obscure future that I don't know what will happen to me late tomorrow and the day after. What is held for me tomorrow when I face the unknown. I become so fragile, so frightened, so alone.
The only cry I have is from within more than from without and God heard that cry because this is the only truth. At the end my beloveds, everyone needs to go back to Jesus Christ. That's where we all belong.
We don't belong to this world. We don't belong to no one but Christ but Christ out of his love and mercy gave us family, gave us parents, gave us a husband and a wife, a brother and a sister, siblings, cousins, colleagues, friends. He gave us all that but with him not without him.
Mom and dad, I love you in Jesus Christ. Children, I love you in the Lord. Husband and wife, you need to love one another in the love of Christ not for your sake, for his sake because if you want the marriage to last, Christ has to be your foundation, has to be.
Brothers, siblings, love one another in the love of Christ. Love your neighbor, love your friends, love your work colleagues in the love of Christ. Be honest, be genuine, be truthful, be you.
Don't act, don't fake nothing. Be yourself, be yourself. You will find the Lord.
When everybody fails you, he proves it always. I'm the only one you can trust. I'm the only one.
I'm the only one. So next time who are you going to love more? Who are you going to put first in your life? People or me? I'm not saying don't love your family. I'm not saying don't love each other.
I've said it, love one another the way I have loved you. Don't forget me. So don't love one another outside of Christ, love one another in Christ, with Christ, for Christ.
This is the way it's gotta be. This is the way it's gotta be. Otherwise the love is fake and it will not last.
I can show you it will not last. Any relationship built on sand will collapse. It has to be built on the rock and the rock is Christ Jesus.
It's got to be built on the rock, on the rock my beloved. So they had no place. They ran away and found no place for them because there is no place outside of Jesus Christ.
Where are you running? You know some people run away from the Middle East. I was one of them. I was one of them.
Run away from the Middle East. Ah there is war, they're gonna kill us, they're gonna do. I was a little child.
My parents got scared to, you know, every mom and dad, every parents care and worry about their children. That's the natural thing with mom and dad. God bless them all.
So we need to flee. I don't want my children to be killed. But you know what? At the end you'll come to this realization.
No matter where you run to, there is no escape, my beloved. Made spiritually a much worse murder. What have I achieved? Nothing.
I've lost it. Don't run away from God. Run to Him.
And don't think Australia is your safe haven. Don't ever think America is your safe haven. Don't ever think there is a country on the face of this planet that is your safe haven.
The only place that is your safety net, where is your utopian world, the perfect world where you find everything you need and everything you lack, that country is called Jesus Christ of Nazareth. This is the only place you need to be in, my beloved. There is no other place.
They ran away and found no place for them. Of course, because they ran for the wrong reason to the wrong place. And this is the dilemma of the world.
Everyone is running and you ask them, why are you running? It's a laughable matter. Well, we need Iraq because it is rich in oil, crude oil, baby. We need the Saudis.
Mr. King, I like the King. You like what? Listen, a day will come you can't do anything with that crude oil. I'd rather live in a tent with the Lord and live in a mansion with Satan.
Who said the mansion is good for you? Who said wealth is good for you? Who said you think it is, but that's all it is. It's your wishful thinking. But did you realize it's just a mirage? It's a fantasy.
At the end, it's a dream that will never be true. But the only true thing ever is when you say, I belong to Jesus Christ of Nazareth. He is my portion.
He is the one and only. I don't want no one else but Him. And with Him on the face of this earth, I need nothing.
That's why so many people left the world and lived in the crevices of the mountains and in the deserts, living like animals, eating grass and very little things, did it for the Lord. I can assure you today they are mighty saints in heaven. You know, in paradise as we speak, let me tell you this.
In paradise as we speak, there are saints much greater than others. Other saints line up to receive the blessings of those other saints. And this is all from the Lord.
You know why? Because the Lord is just and the Lord is fair and faithful. He said you have sacrificed for me. I will never forget what you've done for me.
Even in heaven, I'll let other saints come and receive your blessing. Because I don't forget every tear you shed for me, every pain you absolved for me and accepted for me. I won't forget that.
Everyone forgets except me. The church leaders have been meeting together for the last 1600 odd years and they have not been able to unite. And the more church leaders meet, the more the church is divided.
The question is why? There has to be a reason. Ah, the Lord is not happy. That's why.
And why is the Lord not happy? For two reasons. Two main foundational pillars. One, love is missing.
Two, humility is missing. Love, true love is diminishing and true humility is diminishing. So they meet with no love and with no humility.
There is no unity. No love, no humility, no unity. We need to come back to the Lord Jesus.
Amen. He's the only ark and it's A-R-K, not A-R-C. I pray people become genuine.
I just wonder, I just wonder what else, what else this world is trying to achieve? What else? I just wonder. And you know all this budget and money, I just wonder, isn't that a joke? If you think about it really, why, who says you need to have this budget? And who says you need to have this much money? And anyway, don't they just print them? I'm gonna buy this machine, printing machine from China. It's very cheap, right? And I'm gonna print all the Australian dollars and that's it.
And I'll go on and buy whatever I want. That's it. So who told you how much you can print, how much you cannot? Who says? Do you see this monopoly kind of a sick game? It is all there to enslave people.
The land, why does it have to be so expensive? Why? Government, did you create the land? God gave it. Just give it back to people.
Sermon Outline
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I. The Reality of Loneliness
- Feeling alone despite being surrounded by people
- The silent cry within that only God hears
- The experience of walking through dark valleys and trials
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II. Misplaced Trust and Its Consequences
- Believing more in people than in God
- The emptiness found in earthly relationships without Christ
- The futility of running from God or seeking worldly safe havens
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III. Jesus Christ as the Only True Foundation
- Building relationships on the rock of Christ
- The necessity of loving one another in Christ
- Christ as the ultimate refuge and portion
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IV. The Call to Genuine Love and Humility
- The lack of love and humility causing division
- The importance of unity in the body of Christ
- Living authentically and trusting in God's justice
Key Quotes
“When everybody fails you, he proves it always. I'm the only one you can trust. I'm the only one.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“If you want the marriage to last, Christ has to be your foundation, has to be.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“No matter where you run to, there is no escape, my beloved. Made spiritually a much worse murder. What have I achieved? Nothing.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
Application Points
- Place your trust and hope fully in Jesus Christ rather than in people or worldly things.
- Build all your relationships on the foundation of Christ's love to ensure they endure.
- Practice genuine love and humility to foster unity within the church and your community.
