February 13, 2022
DATING & MARRIAGE
Part 1: Who and How Do I Date?
(Proverbs 25:24 NIV) Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
(Proverbs 25:28 NIV) Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
The Non-Negotiables
- Someone who is _______________.
(2 Corinthians 6:14-15 NIV) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
2. Someone who is __________________.
(Psalm 1:1 NIV) Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.
(Proverbs 31:25-26 NIV) She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
(1 Corinthians 5:11 NIV) But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
3. Someone who ________________________.
The Negotiables
4. Are you _______________ compatible?
5. Are you _______________ compatible?
6. Are you ___________________________?
(Genesis 2:18 AMP) Now the Lord God said, “It is not good or beneficial for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper, one who balances him—a counterpart who is suitable and complementary for him.”
- Date _______________.
(Romans 8:28 NIV) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a] have been called according to his purpose.
(1 Peter 5:7 NIV) Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
2. Date with _______________.
(Ephesians 4:15 NIV) Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
3. Date with _______________.
(1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 MSG) God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity. Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God.
4. Date in _________________.
(Proverbs 11:14 NIV) For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.
(Proverbs 24:6 NLT) Victory is won through many advisers.
(Galatians 6:2 NIV) Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
5. Date _______________.
(1 Timothy 5:21 NIV) Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands.