Ep.05 Producer's Pick: 'What It Really Means to Be Single' (Part 1)

Producer’s Pick is a bonus episode. In it we dissect the line of a movie, song, quote, social media post, Scripture, or topic you suggest. However for today's episode my producer and I chose the topic. 

Episode Summary
After a whole week of interviews on the topic "Singleness: Blessing or Curse" it occurred to us that some women may not even know what it means to be single. So in today’s episode I speak with Al Miller, my Pastor, Spiritual Authority and Mentor. Pastor Al is Senior Pastor of Fellowship Tabernacle. He is also founder and president of Whole Life College. As I sat in his class ‘Choosing a Mate’ (we’ll do that episode soon!), I came to realize how gravely misguided I was about what it meant to be single. So I decided to invite Pastor Al to shed some light on the topic and explain why it has nothing to do with whether we are in a relationship or not. This is Part 1 of the discussion.

Key Takeaways

• The wisdom and counsel of God intends to help us to succeed at life (2:25)
• Being successful is really knowing the principles that make for success and consistently doing them (3:39)
• The only evidence that we believe something is when we obey and follow it (4:18)
• The  quality of life is going to be dependent on the quality of our relationships and therefore the individual ability to relate effectively  to other persons (9:07)
• When someone is single, he/she is able to stand on his/her own two feet (22:47)
• Singleness is about maturity (23:24)

Top Quotes

• We were all created to be married (6:46)
• Being unmarried does not mean that you are single (11:04)
• Begin  to see...the importance of being single in order to maintain a fruitful  and satisfying relationship with someone else (17:11)
• When  you are mature, in full control of you, of your behavior of your mind,  you will have self control and discipline. Then you begin to talk about a  person who is single (25:05)
• So  a person who says boy, I can't live without a man, I can't live  without a woman. They're not single yet...because they have not matured (31:05)

Resources

• Checklist: 7 Signs You May Be Stifling Your Singleness
• Worksheet: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself
• Worksheet: Figuring Out Your Purpose
• Blog post: Shift Your Focus

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