![]() ![]() ![]() The resource to do so is really a gift from God (His New Covenant grace) that is realized in our daily walk as we humbly trust in Him for His grace to cause us to walk in His will and way day by day throughout our season of singleness in life. Christian Standard Bible I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction. 36 But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin let her marry. It is what all of God’s people are called to do. Okay, he’s after all of us, but there are some unique dangers in singleness especially in unwanted singleness. Giving undistracted devotion to the Lord is not automatic, but requires an ongoing commitment to rejecting the world’s version of single life and. Now I say this for your own benefit not to restrict you, but to promote what is appropriate and secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. 35 This I say for your own benefit not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. He concedes, each has his own gift (1 Corinthians 7:7). ![]() It’s not just a particular marital status that dictates the issue of securing undistracted or undivided devotion to the Lord. But the apostle Paul said to the Corinthians that he wished everyone were like himnamely, singlebecause it can bring such undistracted devotion to the Lord (1 Corinthians 7:7, 35). “THEN I WILL GIVE THEM ONE HEART, AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN THEM, AND TAKE THE STONY HEART OUT OF THEIR FLESH, AND GIVE THEM A HEART OF FLESH… “ -EZEKIEL 11:19 ![]()
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