Dealing With the Pressure of Being Single (Part 2)

282: Dealing With the Pressure of Being Single (Part 2)

In this episode, Jay continues his discussion with author Joshua M. Parker by addressing the question: How to deal with the pressure of being single?

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Episode Title: Dealing With the Pressure of Being Single (Part 2)

Guest: Joshua M. Parker

Check out Joshua’s book, I Will Wait For You: Single and Unwilling to Settle

Listen to Joshua’s teaching, Single & Unwilling to Settle Pt. 1

Listen to Joshua’s teaching, Single & Unwilling to Settle Pt. 2

Quotables:

“If you don’t know your purpose, then you don’t know what you need a spouse for.” – Joshua Parker

“You find completion through God.” – Jay Mayo

“Don’t lose the expectation of what you’re believing God for.” – Joshua Parker

“Don’t waste time on relationships where there’s no future.” – Joshua Parker

Question We Address and Answer:

How to deal with the pressure of being unmarried?

Key Lessons and Takeaways:

Why discovering our purpose is more important than finding a spouse.
The importance of our purpose, our focus and our calling.
Why we must be prepared to receive what God brings into our lives.
How many singles allow themselves to grow weary.

Experiences:

Joshua admits that he was strong in faith, but weak in trusting God.
Jay opens up about the pressure he’s felt by not being in a relationship.

Scriptures:

“He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the Lord.” – Proverbs 18:22 (NKJV)

“This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, ⁵before any plant of the field was in the earth and before any herb of the field had grown. For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground;“ – Genesis 2:4-5 (NKJV)

“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:“ – Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV)

“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:“ – Philippians 4:11 (NKJV)

“But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.“ – Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.“ – Galatians 6:9 (NKJV)

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?“ – Matthew 6:25 (NKJV)

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.“ – Matthew 6:34 (NKJV)

“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. ²²Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.“ – Genesis 2:21-22 (NKJV)

“You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess.“ – Deuteronomy 19:14 (NKJV)

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;“ – Proverbs 3:5 (NKJV)

“The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.“ – Psalm 34:18 (NKJV)

“ For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.“ – Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV)

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