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S.E.X. Dating God’s Way

I. Video- Boys vs. Girls

II. Intro

a. Speech before the speech.

1. Thanksgiving travel game.

2. Memphis and my Thanksgiving.

3. Faith Faction Points

4. Recap Sex: God’s Way (Gain Understanding; Get Away; Give Glory).

III. The Purpose of Dating.

1. Intro to Dating and Relationships. This is where it hits home for us.

2. Choose your own way (easy and gratifying now), or choose God’s way (tough road, but more rewarding in the end).

3. Allison Vigesaw- party invite story.

4. Lauren and my first date; our courtship; and wedding.

5. Give Lauren flowers.

6. The Purpose of dating is to find the person, or the kind of person, that you want to marry.

a. Courtship versus messing around.

a. Courtship versus messing around.

IV. The Principles of Dating.

1. The Purpose of dating is to find the person, or the kind of person, that you want to marry.

a. Courtship versus messing around.

23 Above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it.

for everything you do flows from it.

The New International Version. (2011). (). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

The New International Version Chapter 6

43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

1. Begin with the end in mind.

2. Be patient (don’t rush into a relationship just because…).

3. Boundaries (decide and discuss).

4. Balance (Involve others in your relationship and don’t isolate).

5. Back up (Listen to what others are saying about your relationship- red flags)?

6. Break up (The minute you realize this isn’t the kind of person you should marry, you need to break it off! You are not married, committed, or expected to stay).