February 24 2013 Dating Dilemmas
/Dating Dilemmas
Psalm 144:11 “Reach down from Heaven and rescue me. Deliver me from deep waters.”
2 Corinthians 6:14. “Don’t become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong. That’s not partnership, that’s war.”
Proverbs 4:23.“Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.”
Six Questions To Avoid Dating Dilemmas
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects. It always trusts. Always hopes, always preservers. Love never vents.”
1. Is this relationship progressing To Quickly ?
Verse 4: Love is patient
1 Corinthians 6:18. “Run away from sexual sin. No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality, it’s a sin against your own body.”
2. Is this person Kind ?
Verse 4: “Love is kind.”
The “out in public test”.
verse 7 “Love always protects”.
3. Is this person a Team mate ?
Verses 4-5 “Love does not envy, does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not self seeking. It is not easily angered. Love keeps no record of wrong.”
The “pronoun test”
4. Is this a person of Integrity ?
Verse 6: Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth”
The “refund test”
5. Is this person a Quitter ?
Verse 7:“Love always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Does this person have a Forever view of marriage?
6. Is God the First Love of my life?
Verse 8 “Love never fails.”
Memory Verse: “We love because He first loved us.” - 1 John 4:19
My next step today is to:
- Memorize I John 4:19
- Pray about and evaluate my relationship with_________.
- Make God the first love of my life.
- Pray that God will double our church’s attendance at Easter
Join us next Sunday as we continue our New teaching series “Relationship Rescue” with “Marriage Maintenance”
