About the Author
Since 1980, Nancy Leigh DeMoss has served as the Director of Publications and Women's Ministries and as the editor of Spirit of Revival magazine for Life Action Ministries, a revival ministry based in Niles, Michigan. Nancy shares her burden for revival in conferences, and retreats throughout North America and abroad. She makes the Scriptures come alive and urges personal obedience to its truth. She communicates a love for the Word and for the Lord Jesus that is infectious!
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I Am Committed to Singleness as a Gift from God.
We can all remember occasions when we had our heard set on receive a particular gift, only to be disappointed by the giver's selection. Perhaps he didn't know us well enough to choose something appropriate. Or maybe she just didn't have time to select a more meaningful gift.
Thankfully, however, most gifts are not disappointing. Generally, we think of a "gift" as something desirable. We like to know that someone has been thinking about us, and we look forward to receiving gifts that friends have picked out for us.
What is the appropriate response when someone gives us a gift? First, we receive the gift; then we thank the giver and proceed to use the gift for its intended purpose. In all the universe, there is no greater Giver than God Himself. He loves to give good gifts to His children! As with human givers, when God gives us a gift, He is pleased when we receive it, that Him for it, and use it for its intended purpose.
