Welcome to 15 Minutes in the Word with New York Times best-selling author Joyce Meyer.

On today's program, Joyce will be teaching from her series, overcoming grief, and loneliness.

Encountering loss is an experience we'll all face at some point in time.

It may be the death of a loved one or the severing of a close relationship.

Any kind of traumatic event can bring heartache.

It's vital that we work through the pain and find new life ahead.

Today, Joyce wants to help us on our journey to healing and remind us that even when we don't feel it,

Jesus is closer than we can imagine.

Now, here's Joyce with the series series Overcoming Grief and Loneliness.

How do people feel when they're lonely?

Well, you know, loneliness can be described

sometimes by just different things

like an aching in your heart,

an emptiness in your heart,

something that you just can't fill up,

a deep sadness that you just can't seem to get a handle on.

Loneliness very often turns into depression.

But if you have that grieving, empty, lonely, sad feeling for an excessive amount of time, it means that there's some need in your life

that's not being met, and you need to take care of that. If you ignore it too long, it will end up

having the upper hand over you. You need to realize that loneliness is not a disease and you don't have to keep it.

You can do something about it.

Amen?

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