singleness & contentment · why? *was anything said that you disagreed with? if so, what? why...
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UNCENSORED Parents
NightSCRIPTUREStudywhatGod’swordhastosayaboutthetopicof“singleness&contentment”andthendiscusswhatyoulearnwitheachother.Rememberitmaybehelpfulto
readeachverseinvarioustranslations.
*1Corinthians7:1-11-WhatdoestheBiblesayaboutnotgettingmarried?WhatadvicedoesPaulgiveus?ComparethispassageandyourthoughtsherewithGenesis2:18.
*1John4:7-19-Whatdoesthispassageteachusaboutlove?HowdoesGodloveus?How
doesGodcallustoloveothers?Whatissosignificantabout
knowing,believing&relyingonGod’slove?(v.16)
*Philippians3:7-11&4:11-13-Whyaretheseversesso
importantinregardstothetopicofmarriage,dating&discontentment?Howcan&
shouldthisbeyourperspectiveinwhatevertrialsyouface?
DISCUSSION Wehopethatyou’lltalkthroughthefollowingquestionswithyourfamilywiththegoalofbetterunderstandingsingleness,contentment&eachother.
*Whatimpactedyouthemostfromtonight’sdiscussionand
why?*Wasanythingsaidthatyoudisagreedwith?Ifso,what?Whydidyoudisagree?*Whydoyouthinkbeingsingleandcontentissodifficulttodoinourworld
today?*Ifsingle,howhaveyoudonewithbeingcontentinyour
singleness?Ifmarried,howdidyoudowithbeingcontentwhenyou
weresingle?*Whatarethebiggeststrugglesyoucurrentlyfaceinyourrelationalstatus
(single,dating,married)?*Howcanyouovercomethosestruggles
togettoaplaceofbetterperspective?(SeePhilippians
scripture&questions)*Howcanyousupportandencourageothers
whoaresingletobecontent?*What’sonethingthatyoufelt
Godspeakingtoyouasaresultofthisdiscussion?
RESOURCESCheckoutsomeoftheselinksforfurther
studyandinsightonthetopicofsingleness&contentment.
WhatdoestheBiblesayaboutaChristianbeingsingle?Checkoutthese
twoScripturebasedresources-www.gotquestions.org/single-
Christian.htmlandwww.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-being-
single
DesiringGodWebsite:AninterviewwithJohnPiperonthetopicofsinglenessandcompetingdesiresinthelifeofaChristian
www.desiringgod.org/interviews/sick-of-singleness-and-satisfied-in-christandalookatthequestion“Howis
SinglenessGood?”www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-
singleness-is-good
11ThingsEverySingleChristianShouldKnow-Tipsandadviceonhowtonavigateseasonsofsinglenessasa
Christianwww.crosswalk.com/family/singles/11-things-every-single-christian-
should-know.html
ClaytonKing’s“Single&Satisfied”-AsPastorEricmentionedtonightinthelesson,hereisthepowerfulmessage
fromClaytononthistopicwww.newspring.cc/sermons/fearless/
single-and-satisfied
RelevantMagazine-Asad,buttrue(andfunny)perspectiveoncomments
oftenmadetosingles.archives.relevantmagazine.com/life/
relationships/6-things-single-people-are-tired-hearingand
archives.relevantmagazine.com/life/relationships/what-not-say-singles
WhatGodCanDowithSingleness-Hereare5possibleareasforgrowthwhile
you’resingle.archives.relevantmagazine.com/life/
relationships/what-god-can-do-singleness
YouDon’tHavetoGetMarriedtobeHappy-Awonderfullywrittenarticleonthetopicofsingleness&contentment.www.desiringgod.org/articles/you-don-
t-have-to-get-married-to-be-happy
*Togetdirectlinkstoallofthesewebsites,gotolighthouseym.com/parents/uncensored-nights&downloadthisresourcepageforactivelinks.
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