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HAPPY SINGLES

by David Ireland

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35


Happy Singles
David Ireland
1 Cor. 7:32-35


1.0 Speaking With Singles (1 Cor. 7:32-35).
1.1 Singleness is complex: You have some that have never married, divorced, single parents, and widowed.

1.2 Five questions that can lead to a lousy conversation with a single adult:

A) So, why aren't you married yet?

B) So, how's your love life?

C) What's a nice girl/guy like you still doing single?

D) Isn't your biological clock getting pretty loud by now?

E) When are you going to settle down and get married?

1.3 Five questions that can lead to a great conversation with a single adult:

A) So, how's your job?

B) What kind of hobbies do you have?

C) What are some of the interesting places you've travel to?

D) Where are some of the places you've volunteered?

E) What do you think about the shutdown of our government?

Joke: A little boy recited the names of all 66 books of the Bible, but ended with this country tune: ''All my ex's live in Texas''. His mother was totally embarrassed.

2.0 Three Aspects Regarding the Single Life
2.1 The Fulfilled Single Life (1 Cor. 7:32-35)

Note: The book was written in A.D. 56 to answers serious questions posed by the Corinthians.

A) A single person's life is not on PAUSE!

Single's Traps: (1) ''When I'm married I'll do this....''
(2) ''After I get married then I'll finally be happy.''

''If you aren't happy single, you won't be happy taken. Happiness comes from within, not from people.''

Example: Condoleezza Rice: She has been called ''the most powerful woman in the world'' and President ''Bush's secret weapon.'' Condoleezza Rice, Bush's National Security Adviser calls herself ''just an average Christian.'' But Condi Rice is as comfortable speaking publicly about her faith in God as she is about strategic arms reduction and routing out terrorism.

As Stanford University's first female, non-white, and (at 38) youngest provost, Dr. Rice found that her colleagues' skepticism about reli ...

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