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leave them, under such circumstances it can be

claim to have a gift of singleness yet struggles

said that these people were made single by oth-

living single or wishes deep down inside to be

ers to a certain degree.

married. God is not wicked, if he has put a desire
to marry in you, go ahead and marry and if you

The third category of single people mentioned
in that scripture are those who consciously embrace the life of singleness or celibacy. These
people deliberately make a decision to remain
single for the sake of the kingdom; in other

do not have that desire and you have the grace
and capacity to be single for life then, so be it.
I can't conclude without saying that some people
so desire to be married but are still single because of the following circumstances;

words they are single by choice. So many peo-

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ple believe that marriage or being in a relation-

gle people who desire so much to be married but

ship is a huge distraction from kingdom ser-

they are hindered by ignorance. They lack the

vice, that is why Apostle Paul in his letter to

basic knowledge of being in a relationship and

the Corinthian Church in 1 Corinthians 7 ad-

sustaining a relationship. As a result of their con-

vised the unmarried to stay unmarried if they

dition of ignorance, they struggle to maintain any

can, so they can have more time for the things

relationship they find themselves in, leaving

of the Lord (Kingdom) because Apostle Paul

them going through endless circles of disappoint-

also felt that a married person faces so much

ments.

distraction in kingdom services as he/she would

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struggle between pleasing God and pleasing a

Ignorance: I have come across so many sin-

Bad Character: I often tell people that your

character is like you identity card, it r ]