Opening Prayer
Father, for everyone here tonight who needs hope, hope for a relationship, hope for healing, hope for direction, hope for a breakthrough, we ask You to meet them right where they are. Renew our strength. Restore our joy. Remind us that with You, the best is always yet to come. In Jesus' name, Amen.
What is Dating?
“Dating” is defined as two people getting to know each other and moving toward a relationship.
How Should We Go About Dating?
Dating With Faith!
Dating With Prayer!
Dating With Heart!
Dating With Purpose!
Dating In Pursuing God Christ First!
Dating With Values!
Dating With Intention!
Dating With Faith!
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? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people! (2 Corinthians 6:14-16)
Dating With Prayer!
Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalms 25:5)
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. (James 1:5)
Dating With Heart!
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
Dating With Purpose!
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.” (Genesis 2:18)
Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as, in fact, you are doing.
(1 Thessalonians 5:11)
Dating In Pursuing God Christ First!
Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:6)
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44)
Dating With Values!
“The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” (Proverbs 13:20)
Dating With Intention!
A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord) (1 Corinthians 7:39)
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
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Whoever is patient has great understanding.
(Proverbs 14:29)
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
(Ephesians 4:2)
Closing Prayer
Father, when hope feels far away, draw us closer to You. Remind us that our hope is not in a relationship, a status, or a circumstance, our hope is in Christ alone. Renew our strength like eagles. Lift us out of discouragement and set our feet on solid ground. We put our hope in You, and we believe that the best is yet to come. In Jesus' name, Amen.