Singles Individually Complete in Christ

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Colossians 2:8-12 (KJV)

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

• God's children were created wholesome from the beginning and made complete in Christ. God made everyone fearfully and wonderfully, either married or SINGLE – Psalm 139:14.

• Having made complete in Christ, we are able to express the image of God through godly attributes.

• The fullness of God in our lives enables us to delight ourselves in Him and to trust Him at all times – Psalm 37:4-5.

*Perfect looks will not bring the perfect man or lead to perfect marriage*

Prayers:

• Lord, help our singles to know that they are complete in Jesus Christ. Let them not be distracted by the philosophies of the world. Help them to see You and hear You clearly in the affairs of their lives. Let them be mindful of their completeness in Christ and unite them with the purpose of heaven in all their endeavour.

• Lord, please put an end to any process that is not of God in their lives. Help them to keep trusting and hoping in what only You can do for them. Renew their minds daily in Your Word and let them live everyday in the fullness of Christ.

• Lord, rid our singles of discouragements, pains, hurts and any perceived failure they might have experienced in any area of their lives. Revive Your work in them, and help them to seek to bless others while waiting.

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Lessons From the Life of Mr. & Mrs. Adam - Genesis 1 &2 (B)

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Genesis 2:18-22 

And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” ¹⁹ Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. ²⁰ So, Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. ²¹ And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. ²² Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.

God’s Counsel to Singles and Disciples:

• God’s assessment and conclusion that ‘it is not good that man should be alone’ moves HIM to act; not our assessment of being alone.

• Until I agree with Gen. 2:18a; I will not see the need to marry or may enter into marriage with faulty foundations.

• God is the ONLY one qualified to make a help meet suitable for our singles (personality or compatibility tests, speed or online dating, co-habiting, investing in prayer house/mountain or prayer contractors, seeing prophets, forcing or self moulding your spouse to become something) are all fruitless efforts.

• The words 'I will make' (present continuous) gives us assurance that God is always at work in our spouse both to will and to do HIS good pleasure. The process of making is progressive and perpetual, such that both man and woman can expand and complement each other whilst the need and labour changes.

• Investment in other sources (books, conferences, marriage counsellors etc.) which stem not from CHRIST, to 'make' our spouse only resorts to frustration.

• No man will ever find a comparable helper in animals - at best they can only be good pets. Never best friends or even a suitable help.

• God still desires that we sleep (rest in HIM) while He is making our spouse. Restlessness is a sign that we don’t trust GOD.

• Sometimes, wives feel insecure or irrelevant in the marriage. God seem to be saying that your input/coming into your husband’s life adds the ‘very good’ and completes him.

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Lessons from the Life of Mr. & Mrs. Adam - Genesis 1 & 2 (A)

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Genesis 2:1 TLB

The heavens and the earth were successfully completed, with all that they contained.

Genesis 1:1-21 & 2:1-17
Ever before man was formed, God had created all he will ever need on the earth. Provisions were made for food, shelter/accommodation, career, security, raiment etc. Ignorance and/or misunderstanding regarding this provision makes a man postpone marriage.

According to the Office for National Statistics, marriage in Britain is at its lowest level since 1895. In 2011, there were just 286,634 ceremonies, a 41% decrease from 1972, when 480,285 couples tied the knot.

According to Pew Research Center, the share of American adults who have never been married is at an historic high. Men are more likely than women to have never made it down the aisle (23% vs. 17%).

Quotes on Why Men and Women Refuse to Marry

"Men aren't wimping out by staying unmarried or being commitment phobes. They are being smart. They don’t want to enter into a legal contract with someone who could effectively take half their savings, pension and property when the honeymoon period is over."

"Be in a relationship, even live together. But don’t get married; especially if you have any prospects of making money. If he’s determined to get married, then he must get a pre-nuptial agreement. Otherwise steer clear altogether."

Young teenager mums: It’s a career move because with the state and their father contributing, it offers more guaranteed security than a job.

Matthew 22:29
TLB: But Jesus said, "Your error is caused by your ignorance of the Scriptures and of God's power!"
MSG: Jesus answered, "You’re off base on two counts: You don’t know your Bibles, and you don’t know how God works."

Prayers

• Help me Father, to be intimately acquainted with the Word (Jesus) and to engage the Holy Spirit who is my Counsellor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Standby and Strengthener. John 14:26 AMP.

• Please Lord, do not let our singles hesitate or rush into marriage because of ignorance of the scriptures and how God works.

• Lord, help my heart know that You successfully completed the earth, heaven and all that’s contained in it so that lack never constitutes a reason for dissolution of my marriage.

•  Let Calvary push out every doctrine that has been erected in my heart in which Christ is not the substance - e.g. prenuptial agreements, feminism, desire to maintain one’s identity, trust in one’s ability, personal ambition etc.   

• God was neither idle nor arbitrary when He made man. The trinity consented in making man (Gen 1:26). Man was created in God’s image (Gen 1:27). He was a carrier of the life-light and charged with overseeing the earth (Gen 1:26b) to subdue darkness (Gen 2:7), multiply his kind (sinless man carrying God’s image) – Gen 1:28 and God released him into his own labour (Gen 2:15).

• Regardless of whatever may have surrounded my conception, please let it dawn on my heart that my birth is not arbitrary.

• Help me Lord, to press on and lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me. Phil 3:12.

• Grant me grace to obey YOUR instruction to be fruitful, multiply, replenish and subdue the earth by being a carrier of the life of Jesus Christ.

• Let the peculiarity (grace to live above sin and sinful habit) of my life/home/marriage draw men to Jesus. Titus 2:11-14.

• Cause my life to be that which subdues darkness.

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