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3. ALIGNED WITH GOD I WILL GLORIFY GOD BY FOLLOWING HIS CREATED ORDER AND HIS CREATED INTENT IN MY LIFE AND IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

4. BLESSED SINGLENESS • 1 COR 7:25-35

5. “Marriage is like flies buzzing around a screen door in the summer. All those on the outside want to get in and all those on the inside want to get out.” -Author Unknown

6. -YOU ARE TOO FOCUSED ON YOURSELF -YOU ARE TOO FOCUSED ON OTHERS -YOU ARE TOO FOCUSED ON DESIRE

7. GEN 2:18 • The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.

8. 1 COR. 7:8 •  Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.

9. YOU MUST EMBRACE YOUR PRESENT SEASON OF SINGLENESS AS A BLESSING BECAUSE OF THE…

10. TROUBLED AND UNCERTAIN TIMES IN THIS WORLD 1 COR 7:25-28

11. 1 COR 7:25 • Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

12. 1 COR 7:26 • Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

13. 1 COR 7:27 • Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

14. 1 COR 7:28 • But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

15. THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THINGS 1 COR 7:29-31

16. 1 COR 7:29a • What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.

17. 2 COR 4:18 • while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

18. 1 COR 7:29b • From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;

19. 1 COR 7:30 • those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;

20. 1 COR 7:31 • those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

21. QUOTE “The truth is that, most of the time, you and I have very little concept as to what we truly need in our lives. Our desires are affected by what we see on television, what advertisers tell us we need, or by what our friends have…” (Lina Abujamra, THRIVE THE SINGLE LIFE GOD INTENDED, p. 33)

22. QUOTE “…Our wants are often molded by our backgrounds, upbringing, and culture They are influenced by the last movie we watched or the latest book we read. Most of us give only a passing regard to what God deeply desires for our lives” (Lina Abujamra, THRIVE THE SINGLE LIFE GOD INTENDED, p. 33)

23. TIME YOU CAN FREELY GIVE TO SERVE CHRIST 1 COR 7:32-35

24. 1 COR 7:32 • I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.

25. 1 COR 7:33 • But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—

26. 1 COR 7:34a • and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.

27. 1 COR 7:34b • But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

28. 1 COR 7:35 • I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

29. COL. 3:17 • And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

30. 1 COR. 10:31 • So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

31. COL. 2:9-10 • For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; (NASB)

32. 4 STEPS TO CONTENTMENT • 1. IT'S A MATTER OF OBEDIENCE

33. QUOTE “As a Christian I have no choice but to obey God, cost what it may, I must trust him to make it possible for me to honor him in my singleness.” (John Piper and Wayne Grudem, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, (p. xxvi)

34. 4 STEPS TO CONTENTMENT • 2. IT’S A MATTER OF ACCEPTANCE

35. 4 STEPS TO CONTENTMENT • 3. IT’S A MATTER OF WORSHIP

36. 4 STEPS TO CONTENTMENT • 4. IT’S A MATTER OF ENDURANCE

37. PHIL 4:11-13 • I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

38. PHIL 4:12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

39. PHIL 4:13 • I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

40. YOU MUST EMBRACE YOUR PRESENT SEASON OF SINGLENESS AS A BLESSING BECAUSE OF THE…

41. TROUBLED AND UNCERTAIN TIMES IN THIS WORLD • THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THINGS • TIME YOU CAN FREELY GIVE TO SERVE CHRIST

42. BLESSED SINGLENESS AS I UNDERSTAND GOD’S PURPOSE FOR ME, AND EMBRACE MY IDENITY IN HIM, WILL I EXPERIENCE TRUE FULFILLMENT, AND CONTENTMENT IN MY PRESENT SEASON OF SINGLENESS.

43. I WILL HONOR GOD BY EMBRACING MY IDENTITY IN HIM, AND MAKE USE OF MY OPPORTUNE TIME BY GIVING MY UNDIVIDED DEVOTION TO HIM BY SERVING.

44. COL. 2:9-10 • For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; (NASB)

45. I WILL HONOR GOD BY EMBRACING MY IDENTITY IN HIM, AND MAKE USE OF MY OPPORTUNE TIME BY GIVING MY UNDIVIDED DEVOTION TO HIM BY SERVING.