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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