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Genesis chapter 24 verses 15 and 16.

Before he had finished speaking, behold,

Rebecca who was born to Beth Bethule the son of Milka, the wife of

Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder. The young

woman was very attractive in appearance, a maiden whom no man had

known. She went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. This is the first appearance in the Bible of Rebecca who would become

Isaac's wife as Abraham's servant has gone out from Abraham to find a wife for Isaac.

And from the very beginning we have a picture of Rebecca's beauty and really in a deeper way

God's provision of a wife for Abraham's son. As I read these verses, I think about something I pray for my children

least once a week every week, many times on multiple days during the week. I pray continually

for my kids that God would either cause them, help them, lead them to thrive in singleness in

1st Corinthians chapter 7 kind of way that if God grants them singleness that they would live as

singles with urgency for the spread of the gospel and they would maximize

singleness toward that end.

Or that if God calls them to be married that he would provide a spouse, a wife for my boys, a husband for my daughter that loves the Lord with all their heart

and soul and mine and strength and loves others selflessly.

That's the two things I pray continually for a future spouse if God so leads for my children that this spouse would love God wholeheartedly and love

them and others selflessly.

So I want to lead us to pray based on these two verses

for either our lives if you are single for these things for a thriving and singleness and

for if God and his wisdom wills for a spouse who loves God wholeheartedly and will love you and others

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