| Every parent hopes that their children will choose | | | | temptations of the flesh! As your church family prays |
| purity in dating relationships and that they will wait | | | | with you, the bond of love is strengthened and your |
| for marriage before entering into any physical | | | | future spouse knows that you are committed to a |
| intimacy. This is why teaching your children Christian | | | | future together - in Christian love. |
| dating values is so important. | | | | Let's look at the larger issue: in Christian dating, it is |
| If you model these values to your children, they are | | | | implicit that you are looking for a lifetime of |
| also far more likely to subscribe to them in their turn. | | | | commitment in the love of God, and not a one night |
| Christian dating values may seem somewhat | | | | stand with quickly satisfied physical lust. Marriage is |
| intimidating, but they are really very simple. The first | | | | the ultimate goal of physical intimacy, as are children, |
| rule is respect. | | | | not merely indulging physical desires. |
| Because you respect each other, you will not engage | | | | To that end, physical intimacy is worth waiting for, as |
| in behavior that might lead to more physical intimacy | | | | a gift to God and each other. In this way you will |
| than either of you are ready for, and which would | | | | learn self control as a couple, you will learn to rely |
| lead you into a state of sin. | | | | upon God when your desire for each other threatens |
| Next, as Christians you agree that God is the Lord of | | | | to overcome your better judgment, and you will |
| your life and you will model your Christian dating | | | | learn that, despite feelings of deprivation, you will still |
| behavior upon the principles taught in the Bible. | | | | love one another in the end. You will also learn to |
| Keeping yourself pure until marriage, not tempting | | | | trust each other that much more. |
| one another physically, and relying upon God in prayer | | | | Christian dating values are not archaic or outmoded, |
| and worship are all tenets of Christian values. | | | | nor do they create unnecessary deprivation or |
| As part of a larger Christian community, you can rely | | | | suffering. They teach, rather, that restraint is a sign |
| upon your church family to walk in faith alongside you | | | | of maturity, that placing the sanctity of marriage |
| and to help you in your goal of purity until marriage. | | | | above the desires of the flesh indicates true |
| Christian dating physical limits do not just mean that | | | | commitment, and that God is sovereign in your |
| you are alone in your struggle against the | | | | relationship. |