Economic Situation

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The present poverty rate in many countries of the world has a considerable negative impact on the lives of its singles. Many singles cannot adequately fend for themselves even more so another- person.

Effects

Poverty- You will notice the trend of early marriages by singles when the economy was buoyant, more than during economic depression, which has had negative effect on the lives of the people- one of which is unemployment.

In an article written by Surakiart Suthinathal and David L. Phillips in the Punch newspaper, July 19,2005 titled “Nobel Laureates set a course for peace and prosperity”, they wrote the following, “Poverty has a bigger impact than human development. It affects peace and security, having the potential to give rise to fanatism, radicalism and terrorism.” Permit me to include also, late marriages.

Unemployment- Due to the economic depression that many nations of the world suffer from, the rate of unemployment is on the increase. Many singles roam the streets looking for jobs, and this rate is constantly on the increase.

Crime- Many young people have been lured into crime because of the economic depression; the rate of fraud related crimes have also increased considerably.

Way out

You need to redefine the word prosperity- The wrong definition of prosperity is one of the reasons that some singles (mostly men) will remain in this stage for quite a while. To them a person that is prospering is the one who has a good job, an apartment, drives a good car, etc. And until they have all this, they will not be willing to get married.

Reverend Kayode gave the Christian perspective of the word prosperity by saying, “A man who prosper is that man who has discovered God's purpose for him and have enough grace from God to do all that God wants him to do the way God wants him to do it. Such of a necessity will receive corresponding material blessing in a measure that God is willing to give him.”

You do not need to have a million naira before thinking of getting married, though it is not a crime if the Lord has blessed you that much as a single. Find your purpose and obey God, you can never fathom how much God will supernaturally bless you if you do this.

Discover your potential- Every human on the face of the earth was created with an ability to trade with, that is the reason the Scripture never said, “Empty came l out of my mother's womb”, rather it said, “...Naked came l out of my mother's womb, and naked shall l return thither...”(Job 1:21).

The problem is that many singles have developed the mind-set of getting a job to earn a living; many have not taken the time to discover and develop their potential. "Many people never make a move because they believe they lack skills or talents. They say to themselves “I don’t have any skill or ability.” But that’s not true. Researchers have revealed to us that the average person has from 500 to 700 skills or abilities. You can smell 10,000 different odours. Your brain can store 10 trillion facts and you can make 15,000 decisions per second! Permit me to say this; it is not everyone that will work in an office that will find fulfillment in it. Do something about that gift in the inside of you.

Learn how to improve and sell what you have- Develop the ability in you by learning from others either through apprenticeship, reading books, etc.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

John Sculley

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