Biblical Guidelines to Christian Dating Part 1 - MFMCaasoteens class

               

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Hello wonderful generation, we meet again this Friday. All glory is joyously given to God!
Our topic today is another interesting one. One you feared we wouldn’t talk about again; sad (good) news for you. We are talking about it right here, right now! Remember, it’s a teens teen smile emoticon
TODAY’s TOPIC: Biblical Guidelines To Dating (PART 1)
We see that dating is the order of the day to several millions of teenagers today and before it destroys you, we want to help you vaccinate it.
God wants the best for us in every area of our lives. This includes relationships with boyfriends or girlfriends. [Yes we mentioned that popular term you use for each other. Read on]. Teenagers can date for friendship, personality development and addition of value, not to be popular or for security. Meanwhile, not every teenager can begin to date. In fact, it is not recommended in most cases because of the wrong notion you have about love. Matured minds and less-busy ones can go on and they will be fine but before you can call yourself mature and less busy, so many things have to be put on check. Age doesn’t determine maturity! Don’t be like that 30 year old boy or girl. True, he/she is 30 years of age but only thinks like a boy or girl! And before you can be less-busy with your mind, you must have set some goals, achieved one or two things and be readily useful for God. That way, you won’t have problems handling things!
Next, DON'T allow peer pressure to force you into dating situations that are not appropriate. If you are in high school (secondary school), it is highly unlikely that you will be able to handle what many call ‘dating’ so DON’T dare going into it unless you want something that will tell on your important results. Who wants that? No one! The Bible gives us some very clear principles to guide us in making decisions about dating.
-- Guard your heart. The Bible tells us to be very careful about giving our affections, because our heart influences everything else in our life.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” (Proverbs 4:23).
-- You are known by the company you keep. We also tend to become like the company we keep. This principle is closely related to the first one and is just as important in friendships as in dating.
“Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character” (1 Corinthians 15:33)
-- Christians should only date other Christians. Although it is fine for Christians to have non-Christian friends, those who are especially close to our heart should be mature believers who are seeking to follow Christ with their lives.
-- Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14). This does not mean that you should despise them. In fact, help them with your prayers; talk to God on their behalf and God will love you even more.
IS IT REALLY LOVE?
This is where real thinking comes in. Whatever does not seem pleasing to God, fix or adjust it to meet God’s requirements. If nothing can be done (a case where the significant other to you is not yielding or isn’t pleased with your Christian proposal), cut it!
The book of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 defines real love. Ask yourself these 13 questions:
1. Are you patient with each other?
2. Are you kind to each other?
3. Are you never envious of each other?
4. Do you never boast to or about each other?
5. Is your relationship characterized by humility?
6. Are you never rude to each other?
7. Are you not self-seeking?
8. Are you not easily angered with each other?
9. Do you keep no record of wrongs?
10. Are you truthful with each other?
11. Do you protect each other?
12. Do you trust each other?
13. Do you pray for each other?
If you answered “yes” to the above questions, then 1 Corinthians 13 says that you truly have a loving relationship. If you answered “no” to any of the above questions, then maybe you should discuss those issues with the person you wish to date or are currently dating. PRAY! Make sure you pray! Teenagers should not feel lazy when it comes to prayer but it feels sad that many teenagers are too tired or scared to even pray these days – this is topic for another day. Trust us; we will try help you out!
That is all we have for you today. In the PART 2, we will go further into dating practices you should avoid at all cost just for one reason – because we’re Christ-like! Don’t forget to share what you have just read, your friends might need it too.
What do you think? Have we said too much or too little? Do you have questions? Ask! Observations? Tell us!
We pray that you will not thread on the path unto destruction in Jesus Name.

Post by MFM CAASO Teenage Church.