If God Gives Us the Desire of Our Hearts, Why Am I Still Single?

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Dating and Singleness

If God Gives Us the Desire of Our Hearts, Why Am I Still Single?

25 min

Watch On

Dating and Singleness

If God Gives Us the Desire of Our Hearts, Why Am I Still Single?

25 min

Episode 902 Show Notes

From the Show

A friend once told me that wanting to plant a church just so you can preach is like wanting to get married just so you can have sex. It is a part of what happens in marriage, but it’s not everything. We must be careful that we are not viewing another person as a way to solve the problem of our sin.

–Adriel Sanchez

If God Gives Us the Desires of Our Hearts, Why Am I Still Single?

Questions in this Episode

  1. I have children with someone outside of marriage. I am trying to get back into the faith but she is not a believer and we’re not together. What should I do? I have heard from others that we should get married and from others not to try and get married and to try to find a Christian woman instead.
  2. James 4:3 says, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” I have been praying to God to give me a godly wife to curb my passions in light of 1 Corinthians 7:9, “But if they can not exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than burn with passion.” But James 4:3 seems to imply that God won’t answer my prayer because I seek to fulfill my passion. Is that right?
  3. My adult children have cut me out of their life. I have cancer and am going through chemotherapy now and I am wondering how I can re-establish those relationships?
  4. Did David have faith that God would protect him when he faced Goliath?
  5. Does Jesus prefer a particular political wing or party?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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