Many young people today find themselves in a jungle of anything goes, contradictions and confusion about what love is and how they should get it. To add to the confusion, there are some very public figures who call themselves Christian, yet promote lifestyles that completely contradict God\u2019s word. As people committed to doing God\u2019s word, we need to know God\u2019s word well enough to see through the glitz, pretty images, Jesus tattoos and the sales pitch designed to sell us stuff. We need to live by God\u2019s word if we want to build strong relationships that will stand the test of time.<\/p>\n
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My husband and I have the great privilege of pastoring Lifehouse, a church full of great, mostly young single Japanese men and women, with a spattering of internationals. As a result, this book has been written with Japanese culture in mind. Over the years the question comes up again and again \u2013 \u201cNow that I\u2019m a Christian, how do I start a relationship with the opposite sex?\u201d<\/p>\n
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So, to help broadly answer this question, we have compiled some easy to follow steps, complete with Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts, questions and answers and helpful tips.<\/p>\n
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There are 6 steps; the first is \u2018Friendship\u2019 the last is \u2018Marriage\u2019 and a bunch of steps in between. These steps are NOT commandments but they are a guide to help clarify the mystery that is courtship as a Christian today.<\/p>\n
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As much as possible, we have based these steps on biblical principles and our own observations during our 29 years of marriage, and as many years of pastoring. During this time, we have seen and heard it all. We have seen the triumphs and the failures and have had rare insight into why relationships succeed or fail. Through it all we have come to one conclusion \u2013 God\u2019s word is the best wisdom for building successful relationships today. Those who ignore or wander far from God\u2019s wisdom are playing with relationship fire.<\/p>\n
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Now, many young people find that they are brilliant when it comes to group friendships and communication on social media, and all things cyber, but when it comes to one-on-one communication and relationship building, well \u2026 that\u2019s another story. So let\u2019s kick back, and go on a journey of discovery and learning. Dare to dream of becoming a confident one-on-one communicator. Dare to dream of a great and fulfilling marriage. Dare to dream of becoming the most irresistible you, you can be. With God\u2019s help you can do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Many young people today find themselves in a jungle of anything goes, contradictions and confusion about what love is and how they should get it. To add to the confusion, there are some very public figures who call themselves Christian, yet promote lifestyles that completely contradict God\u2019s word. As people committed to doing God\u2019s word, we need to know God\u2019s …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[487,478],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n