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You are listening to David Platt Messages, a weekly podcast with sermons and messages from

pastor, author, and teacher David Platt. I just want to give you a glimpse into interactions

I've had with specific people over the last couple of weeks. So I'm not going to use people's

real names for the sake of their privacy,

but let me just briefly introduce you to them and their longing for peace. I had a conversation

with Michael, who from the outside looks extremely successful in life, and marriage, family,

work, everything. Yet he told me, David, I've hit a wall,

and I just feel empty and even depressed in deep ways that I can't really explain or describe.

I talked with Wesley, a teenager who's surrounded by people who love him, yet always feels lonely.

And he has a pervasive sense of guilt and shame when he looks at everybody else around him,

whether in person or on social media, and never feels like he measures up.

I think about Maria, who's grieving as she spends her first Christmas without James,

her husband of 42 years.

Or Jada, a single mom who just lost her job and doesn't have the means to give presents to her six children.

I've spoken with Stephen and

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