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Seven Habits of highly defective dating. Dating leads to intimacy but not necessarily to commitment. Dating tends to skip the friendship stage of the relationship. Dating often mistakes a physical relationship for love.Dating often isolates a couple from vital relationships.Dating in many cases
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1. Godly Process Towards Marriage Courtship
2. Seven Habits of highly defective dating Dating leads to intimacy but not necessarily to commitment.
Dating tends to skip the friendship stage of the relationship.
Dating often mistakes a physical relationship for love.
Dating often isolates a couple from vital relationships.
Dating in many cases distracts young people from the primary responsibility of preparing for the future.
Dating can cause discontentment with Gods gift of singleness.
Dating creates an artificial environment for evaluating another persons character.
3. Paradigms
5. The Process Friendship
Courtship
Betrothal/Engagement/Lobola
Marriage
6. Friendships He/She must be a committed Christian
Similar value or belief systems
He/She must be of good conduct or character
7. Courtship Am I ready to enter into a relationship that will end in marriage?
2. What is the source of these emotions or feelings?
3. Are this feelings or emotions mutual?
8. Summary Build Godly friendships
Watch, wait and pray
Seek Godly counsel
Check your motives
Are you ready for marriage
9. GROWING IN COURTSHIP & ROMANCE
10. Growing and Guarding In Courtship Friendship
Growing friendship
Guarding Friendship
Fellowship
Growing fellowship
Guarding fellowship
11. Growing and guarding through courtship Romance
Growing romance
Guarding romance
12. Romance & Wisdom A. Romance says I want it now, Wisdom urges patience
B. Romance says, Let feelings decide what happens. Wisdom leads us to pursue a purposeful relationship
C. Romance says, Enjoy the fantasy. Wisdom calls us to base our emotions and perceptions in reality