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Consider the Consequences: Dating Leads to Mating

I remember when I was a little girl and my mom said to me, "You don't need to be holding no little boys hand because one thing always leads to another." Of course I thought she didn't know what she was talking about, and it wasn't until I was about twenty-five or so that anything my mother said made any sense. I know it may not make sense, even as a believer not to date before getting married, but I have discovered that if you don't consider the consequences, the end result can prove to be disastrous. So, have you considered the consequences of a dating relationship? I believe that if you would be honest with yourself, you would say that most of the times, the end result of your dating relationships was not good. However, since society says that dating is acceptable, believers fall into the trap and end up in a relationship that causes them to lose sight of God's kingdom purposes. God's kingdom purpose for bringing a man and woman together is to bu

Consider the Consequences: Mating

The greatest thing that the Lord gave mankind over all of creation is a will. The human will can be our greatest asset or our greatest liability. The choice (based upon our will) is up to the individual. God will allow us to make our own decisions, even though He is not pleased with it, knowing the outcome will be detrimental. Now, the will is no longer an asset. It has become a liability. As I pondered this after writing my last blog, the Lord gave me five areas to write about to help you consider the consequences. I will set before you the Word of the Lord in each of the areas so that prayerfully you make the right choice. My goal through this process will be to equip you to train your will to be an asset so that you can please God in all that you do. So the first topic that came to mind was mating. The term seems a bit animalistic being that animals mate. Nevertheless, when a believer fornicates it is liken unto mating because it is birthed out of mankind's base nature to gr