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Sex is not the problem [Lust is]
If you want to grow, find men who provoke you.
The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.
The right thing at a wrong time is a wrong thing.
The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.
Romance says, ' I want it now!'. Wisdom urges patience
Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.
Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.
Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.
I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.
What we say we believe makes very little difference until we act on our belief
Courtship is a commitment - it's a promise not to play games with another person's heart.
Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.
God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.
The thing about relationships is, when you are in the middle of one, they consume your focus.
But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.
Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.
Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.
During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.
Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.
When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.
We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.
The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.
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.
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.
Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back
When you dress and behave in a way that is designed primarily to arouse sexual desire in men, you are committing pornography with your life.
I am a sucker for romance and I love girls and that is a terrible combination, because romance has the ability to overwhelm your perspective.
You get up and you preach a sermon and people walk away thinking what a great guy - and that's a failure as a pastor. Our job is to proclaim Christ.
Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.
God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.
When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our lives, we don't struggle so much when human relationships let us down.
I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.
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.
The common error today is to bring God so close that we strip Him of His "godness." We think we have him figured out. So God becomes our pal, our buddy, our Divine Butler." from "Dug Down Deep
True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.
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.
The doctrine of Scripture teaches us about the authority of God's Word. Scripture must be the final rule of faith and practice for our lives. Not our feelings or emotions. Not signs or prophetic words or hunches.
We can each rest in the knowledge that God is sovereign over our life's situation. No matter where we are today or what mistakes we've made in the past, He has given us everything we need to glorify Him right now.
You are so amazed by grace, you're not picking a fight with anyone, you're just crying tears of amazement that should lead to a heart for lost people, that God does indeed save, when he doesn't have to save anybody.
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.
I've come to see that you can limit God is different ways. You can limit Him by thinking he can never work in spectacular ways. But you can also limit Him by thinking that only the spectacular is meaningful." - from "Dug Down Deep
If you're not ready to consider marriage or you're not truly interested in marrying a specific person, it's selfish and potentially harmful to encourage that person to need you or ask him or her to gratify you emotionally or physically.
I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes the way we think and live. Theology matters because if we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong.
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, “This is love.” God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, “This is love.
A defining reality for me is what Scripture teaches in Hebrews 12, that God is our father, and that a sign that he loves us is that he disciplines us, he takes us through hardship to build character in us that could not be shaped apart from difficulty.
The technology for a clothing printer exists but is not packaged in a form that would be suitable for consumer use. With the future potential of printing technology, an at-home clothing printer is a definite possibility. Our challenge was to define the experience.
I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm saying let's wait until we can be purposeful, so there's a reason behind our relationship, and we're not just stirring up passion for the sake of a good time.
When we define our happiness by some point in the future, it will never arrive. We'll keep waiting until tomorrow. If we allow impatience to govern us, we will miss the gift of the moment. We'll arrive at that point in time we expected to provide fulfillment and find it lacking.
Lord, help me to appreciate this woman/man without elevating her/him above you in my heart. Help me to remember that nobody can ever take your place in my life. You are my strength, my hope, my joy, and my ultimate reward. Bring me back to reality, God. Give me an undivided heart.