53. The Surprising Cure for Loneliness

What if the cure for loneliness isn't finding more people... but learning to be alone?

In this reflection on Psalm 139, John Ortberg explores one of the deepest realities of being human: our longing to be fully known and never abandoned.

Drawing on the wisdom of Dallas Willard, John explains why we spend so much energy avoiding solitude—and why silence may actually become the place where we discover God's loving presence most deeply.

This episode explores:

Psalm 139 and being fully known by God
- The difference between aloneness and loneliness
- Why we distract ourselves with constant noise
- Dallas Willard's "strange cure for loneliness"
- Romans 8 and God's inseparable love
- How solitude leads to deeper community

Scriptures:
- Psalm 139
- Romans 8:35–39
- Hebrews 13:5

#Psalm139 #JohnOrtberg #DallasWillard #Loneliness #Solitude #Prayer #SpiritualFormation #ChristianFaith #BibleStudy #GodKnowsYou


📚 Today's Resources:
Dallas Willard, Hearing God 
Ludie Day Pickett, “Never Alone”
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy  


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00:00 The Strange Cure for Loneliness
00:30 Psalm 139 Begins
01:01 You Have Searched Me and Know Me
01:47 God Knows Every Moment
02:16 Even There, You Are Present
02:49 Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
03:23 Holding My Newborn Daughter
04:28 Dallas Willard's Story of Aloneness
05:17 The Human Condition of Being Alone
06:26 God Can Go Where No One Else Can
07:01 Never Alone
07:56 Why We Distract Ourselves
08:41 The Cure for Loneliness
09:19 Nothing Can Separate Us From God's Love
10:05 God Already Knows
10:33 Present to the Presence
11:06 Solitude Leads to Community
11:32 You Are Never Alone