Singles

In case the concept of spending quiet time with God is unfamiliar to you (as it was to me for a long time), it’s basically taking time either within your normal prayer time or throughout the day to get silent before God and listen for His voice.

...sort of like having coffee with a friend....

Too often, we suspect that great riches hide behind all those closed doors; we imagine that God is withholding the best. But that's not who God is.

“Am I willing to serve, sacrifice for, and forgive the person I’m with...until death do us part?”

Have you ever felt like an exile in your own church? COVID has only served to make that feeling worse. 

Here's how one woman reassessed her community and found friendship.

I don’t know about you, but in the face of all the bad news in the headlines. In the face of all the hard things happening in the world I want to see God show up!

Wouldn't it be nice if life consisted only of pleasant surprises, not the disappointing ones?  Yet therein lies the true test of faith.
How do you not only HANDLE real disappointments in life, but stay STRONG through them?

Single parenting has become a hot-button issue for many churches around the country; but many churches are ill-equipped to respond to the needs of single moms. 
So how can you make a difference in the life of a single mother?

It’s now more common for marriages to fail than it is for them to last a lifetime. But you can still get married with the confidence that you’ll enjoy the healthy, holy marriage God wants you to have if you invest time before getting married into asking wise questions.

Here are some crucial questions to ask before you get married...

Singles, in case you’re contemplating the question Should I stay or should I go? let me help you decide on what could be the difference between a successful marriage and a misery-ever-after....or painful divorce.

Here are 10 signs you need to all-out let him go.

Do you ever think of your life as being split up into different pieces of a puzzle? You have your spouse, your kids, your job, your friends, your house, your church, etc. It’s all mapped out. It all looks good together.

But what do you do if one of those portions is missing? What if a slice of your life’s pie doesn’t exist yet? What if it never will?

For some reason, some single women in the church feel like they are better off being married to apathetic believers (or unbelievers?) than being single. While marriage is a huge blessing, marriage to an ungodly man is extremely difficult, and could be dangerous to potential children and grandchildren.

To steer you in the right direction, here are 5 aspects of a man worth marrying.

Although our society may value romance or warm feelings when it comes to marriage, that's not a firm foundation to build your marriage upon.

Here are six ways to KNOW when to marry someone...

Let’s be real: romance and dating can be difficult for Christian women. One possible solution to this is online dating. And for certain demographics, Tinder is one of the most common ways to try online dating.

But does Tinder work for Christian women, or is it just for "heathens and hook-ups"?

Singles, how do we shake the idea of incompleteness? How do we find our security in God, instead of in potential significant others? 

Here are some thoughts from scripture....

While digital technology makes it fast and easy for single women to communicate with potential boyfriends, it also creates confusion that leads to heartache.

Have you ever found yourself extremely heartbroken and discouraged over a desire that wasn’t fulfilled or a prayer that wasn’t answered?

God spoke to me through my pain, whispering truth that began to heal parts of me I didn't know were broken....

I'm sure many of you singles are thinking,"I don’t want to give up the guy because he might be my last option." You want to be in relationship. You want to be married. You want the guy. I get it.

I remember those feelings all too well. And that is why I’m writing this to you...!

The Winter blues melt into the crimson hues of Valentine’s Day, but for many singles, Valentine’s Day is not a rosy day but one of harsh reminders of loneliness. 

But what if this year there was an opportunity to redeem Valentine’s Day? What if this year redemption came through the experience of something bigger than just a day on the calendar?

Family members do mean well during holiday get-togethers.  They ask questions that single people absolutely dread.

Here are some of the questions single Christians hate hearing the most during the holidays, and better questions to ask instead.