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Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Just Wait on God (and other bad relationship advice)

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

Debra Fileta, M.A., LPC and Creator of TrueLoveDates.com

Self-improvement, Relationships, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Society & Culture

4.9 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

“You just need to wait on God to bring you a relationship.” If you’re single, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that advice at some point along the way. The problem is that what it means to “wait on God” often get’s misinterpreted into meaning that you should DO NOTHING.  Too many singles are on the side of the spectrum of passivity when it comes to their relationships, because they have been taught that waiting on God means you do less and trust God more.  In today’s episode, I’m unpacking why I think this is “bad advice” and what waiting on God should look and feel like when it comes to our romantic relationships. How do you wait on God, yet still continue to pursue your heart’s desire for relationships? Is waiting a God an action, or a place of the heart?  That’s what we’re talking about today!! I love this episode so much, and especially because I’m joined by my friend Kait Warman, an amazing woman with a heart for singles and healthy dating, and who is currently living the single life!! I know this episode will challenge and encourage you, so be sure to tune in! Also, after you listen to this episode, make sure to check out our upcoming singles mixer for people in their 20s! It’s an incredible way to connect with eligible singles from the comfort of your own home. I just hosted one for people in their 30s and it was such a huge success. Click the link above to read what everyone said about our time together.  Tune in to Episode 66 of the Love + Relationships Podcast and subscribe to the show by clicking on the button below! SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER – SPOTIFY – GOOGLE PLAY –  iHEART RADIO Get counseling from the comfort of your own home this year! Online professional counseling + Believers in Christ. Check out Faithful Counseling at http://getfaithful.com/debra — 10% off your first month!! Love + Relationships Podcast Notes: ORDER DEBRA’S NEWEST BOOK today! For other great episodes of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Spring: Is Your Relationship Growing? Summer Is When Things Get Hot: On Intimacy Colors of Fall: Questions To Ask Your Partner NOT Assume Winter: The frost of Apathy and How To Deal With It FREE QUIZ: IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP HEALTHY MORE BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Love In Every Season: The Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship, Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. And Check out Debra’s Love + Relationships Podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter or book an online session with her today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah Felita,

0:23.8

and I'm so glad you're tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage.

0:30.4

For those of you who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed professional

0:35.1

counselor and author specializing in relationship issues.

0:38.4

I also run the Relationship Advice blog True Love Dates.com, reaching millions of people with the message

0:44.9

that healthy people make healthy relationships.

0:48.5

If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people

0:53.6

call in or write in with their

0:55.1

relationship questions and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized

1:00.1

answers. If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it via email or

1:05.6

voice memo to Deborah at true lovedates.com or check out my podcast page, true lovedates.com slash love and

1:13.0

relationships. And I'll do my best to get it answered on one of the episodes. So let's get

1:17.6

started. Today I'm excited to have my friend Kate joining me on the podcast.

1:28.0

I recently met Kate because I was on her podcast, which is called The Heart of Dating

1:33.2

podcast.

1:34.3

And I just fell in love with her heart for God, her heart for relationships and dating.

1:40.4

And so we really hit it off.

1:41.7

So I'm excited to introduce you to Kate today and have her join me

1:46.5

on this bad relationship advice series. So the bad relationship advice that we're going to

1:57.6

talk about today has to do with waiting on God. If you're a Christian

2:03.1

single, you have probably heard this advice given to you at some point where someone said,

2:09.1

you just have to wait on the Lord. And before we get into this advice, let me just clarify.

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