As we read through the founding of the church and disciples' ministries on earth, we can see that times were hard. Facing persecution, ridicule, and even death, the disciples cling to the hope of Jesus and his return to help them overcome these difficult times. We can also have this hope through our difficulties. Jesus gives his Holy Spirit to those who believe and follow him. We can have strength to overcome trials knowing that God is with us. We also know that one day Jesus will return and those who follow him will be united with him. These songs and hymns show how we can persevere in difficulty by focusing on the hope we have in Jesus and that one day he will return.

With our head, in our theology, we know God never leaves us and we are never alone, but in our humanness, the emotion of loneliness can overtake us. Jesus, too, felt human emotions. At a minimum, we see Jesus lonely in the Garden of Gethsemane as his friends abandon him in prayer, and then forsaken on Calvary as he cries out in Matthew 27:46. And Isaiah 53:3 prophetically describes Jesus as "a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief." But Hebrews 4:15-16 reminds us that we have a savior who is able to sympathize with us, even in loneliness, and provide help in time of need. Download chord charts, lead sheets, orchestrations, and audio tracks of songs and hymns on the theme of loneliness.