Dating & Relationships

How to Choose a Mate: Part II

Micheline NelsonJuly 25, 2024Monthly Teaching
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Opening Prayer

Father, give us the courage to ask ourselves the hard questions tonight. Have we healed? Have we released our baggage? Do we truly love ourselves? Help us to do the inner work before we give our hearts away. We trust You to prepare us and to bring the right person in the right season. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Question to ask before Dating!

Do you Believe good men & good women Exist?

Can I Make Time for Them?

Do you Believe in Real Love?

Do you Love Yourself?

Have I Healed & Released My Baggage?

Do you believe good men or good women exist?

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;

male and female, he created them.

(Genesis 1:27)

Can I make time for them?

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

(Matthew 6:33)

Do you believe in Real Love?

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (1 John 4:16)

Do you Love Yourself?

If you don’t have a foundation of self-love in your life. Then, you will not be able to love who you are going to be with. Make sure you’re operating at your highest level and your highest potential. Not everyone is perfect. There are going to be room for improvement down the line. What it means is that you will have to learn to strive to be your best you and learn how to bring your best you to the table when you’re dating.

Do you Love Yourself?

Do not accept lack of inspiration in areas that need to be improved. Learn to love yourself and know who you before you date someone. If you don’t find out who you are, you will not know who belongs in your life nor will you find out what is truly best for you. Start now before you wake up the next morning and ask yourself “What am I doing?”

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

Have I Healed & Released My Baggage?

Everyone has gone through some things.

Have I Healed & Released My Baggage?

Do not make excuses for your flaws out of the name of, well, I love myself just how I am. If you love yourself, you want to give yourself the best; you want to provide yourself with a higher level, a higher quality of life. And that means working and addressing those issues, taking better care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally, and making sure that you’re not holding on to negative energy. All of these things encompass you truly loving yourself and embracing what you truly deserve. But do not just love yourself; know yourself.

Dating!!!

Closing Prayer

Father, help us to ask the hard questions before we give our hearts away. Do we believe in real love? Do we love ourselves? Have we healed from our past? Give us the courage to address our brokenness, release our baggage, and step into relationships whole and ready. We trust You to bring the right person in the right season. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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