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What If My Family Is Not Safe for the Lonely?

53m · RelateWell with Dr. Rick Marks · 11 Sep 23:00

Psalm 68 tells us that God puts the lonely in families. But what if your family was not a safe place. What if families are not safe for the lonely to find and experience true love? What if the church is not a place for healthy connection for the lonely to be placed in? Dr. Rick talks from his personal experience of the true meaning of the arabic word, "asabiya" and how this transformed his life and that of his family. Is your family a place of love and deep connection for God to place the lonely to find love and acceptance? To not be lonely anymore?

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