When God knows you’re ready for the responsibility of commitment, He’ll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.
The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.
True love isn’t expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.
We can’t change by fancy methods. We can’t change by mere willpower. But God’s Spirit working in us can help us to “will and to act according to his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13).
Just because lips have met doesn’t mean hearts have joined. And just because two bodies are drawn to each other doesn’t mean two people are right for each other. A physical relationship does not equal love.
We should never use spiritual activities as a way to grab for more intimacy than is appropriate for our relationship.
The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other’s good than their own momentary pleasure.
In fact, the Bible tells us that the union of man and woman in marriage points to the climatic final scene – when Christ returns for His church, the bride He died to save (Ephesians 5:31-32).
During courtship, guarding each other’s purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.
True love isn’t just expressed in passionately whispered words oran intimate kiss or an embrace; before two people are married, love isexpressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.
As I see it, dating is a product of our entertainment-driven, disposable-everything American culture…Love and romance became things people could solely enjoy for their recreational value.
Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.
Having a girlfriend was no longer my greatest need. Knowing and obeying Him was . I wanted to please Him in my relationships even if it meant looking radical and foolish to other people – even if it meant kissing dating goodbye.
We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.
…for Christians typical dating can often be a swerver – an approach to relationships that wants to go in a different direction than the one God has for us.
Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.
Dating now is a lot like going shopping when you don’t have any money. Even if you find the right thing, you can’t do anything about it.