Why Is God Withholding Marriage from Me? // Ask Pastor John

How can single people who desire marriage keep those desires in proper perspective? Pastor John offers six ways to cultivate godly desire.

Why does God withhold good things from us, his children? It’s a perennial question older than Psalm 73. And it comes in today from an anonymous woman who lives in Brooklyn. “Pastor John, hello! I’m a 26-year-old Christian woman, I’ve been saved for 9 years, and I’m single. I know the Bible says that no good thing does God withhold from those who walk uprightly (Psalm 84:11). But I feel like God is withholding marriage from me. How do I fight for joy and keep my desire for marriage in proper perspective as I wait?”

Episode 1303: https://www.desiringgod.org/in....terviews/why-is-god-

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“Dating: Good Jealousy and Bad” Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbQEw-4YFgc&list=PLAcB0f-21Xj18f9k2fCve-js6Zfygr8yR

“Will I Be Single for the Rest of My Life?” https://youtu.be/KLuN_n06eWA

“Sick of Singleness and Satisfied in Christ” https://youtu.be/kBhveqBZvIg

“What Hope Does God Give Lonely Singles?” https://youtu.be/nqKahum-YTY

Ask Pastor John Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvMOJ1T8T4&list=PLFF7F6AE365DA3564

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