KEY SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 5:8 (NLT)
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

LONELINESS IS A SIGNAL

GENESIS 2:18 (NLT)
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

Craving to be UNDERSTOOD

Genesis 37:4 (MSG)
When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn’t even speak to him.

Genesis 37: 26-27 (NLT)
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We’d have to cover up the crime. 27 Instead of hurting him, let’s sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.

Craving to be KNOWN

Genesis 40:14 (NLT)
And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.

GENESIS 40:23 (NLT)
Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.

Craving to be NOTICED

I WILL SEEK JESUS

JOHN 6:35 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

I WILL SEEK PURPOSE

I WILL SEEK CONNECTION

HEBREWS 10: 24-25 (NLT)
24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.