Answering a Question

From Anonymous:
"If you firmly believe firmly in the no touching rule, then why does your profile photo show you with your hands on your man?"

My reply to this question is this...

When Josh and I were courting, we agreed that a rule needed to be set as far as touching goes. We knew that holding hands led to hugging, hugging to kissing and kissing to something much more...and we just didn't want to put ourselves into a tempting situation. That is why we had the 6" rule. Here are some scriptures that we refer to.

I Corinthians 7:1-2
Now concerning the things wherefore ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

I Corinthians 6:18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

I Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication.

Since Josh and I got married we no longer needed the 6" rule as a guard or protection so to speak from temptation, we are married and that Scripturally gives us the okay to touch.

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

That is why in my profile picture and in pictures I have posted since we got married, you will see me touching my Husband. I have God's permission! Thanks for the question!

Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part III

Chapter 2
Tenants of the
Second Royal Law of Courtship
Part III of VI


"By the grace of Almighty God, I will arrive at
the marriage altar morally pure."

5. Understand the importance of "pacing" a relationship. This is essential in helping you arrive at the altar pure and chaste.
In order to properly pace a relationship you need to answer these questions:
a.) What is the safest age a serious relationship should start?
b.) What would be the best time marriage should be considered?
c.) At what pace should a relationship move so that it will peak in intensity no earlier than the proper timing for marriage?
I am going to offer here some practical advice based on Bible principles, common sense and over twenty years' experience working with teenagers. Some parents allow their teenagers to ride the romance roller coaster. Many let them start in junior high school or even before, allowing them to become involved in one dead-end romantic relationship after another. These "practice relationships" leave young people emotionally scared and vulnerable. Please consider the following suggestions.
a.) Spend your high school years serving the Lord, making friendships and preparing yourself for your future.
b.) Do not get into a serous boy-girl relationship during your high school years. When you graduate from high school, you should have all your options open. There will be an enormous difference between how you look at life on the day you turn sixteen years of age and how you view it on the day you turn twenty-one. Your view of yourself, of others, of God and of what is truly important will have gone through a dramatic change. I personally believe that most young people would be wise to wait until the end of this six-year period before pursuing a serious relationship.
c.) Most romantic relationships peak in intensity within a two-year period. What I mean by that is, after two years, you have exhausted every level that a proper relationship can rightly achieve and are ready to be married! If this is true, why start a serious relationship five years before you should be married?
If you do not properly pace your relationship, you will peak before you should and one of the following things will happen:
a.) You will get married before you should.
b.) You will break up with that person out of frustration.
c.) You will continue forward into areas intended to be developed after marriage.
None of these three leads to personal happiness, so exercise patience during your teen years. Let little steps be big ones. Enjoy all phases of your life. Build many friendships during your teen years and leave it up to God to develop one of these friendships into something more in His time and according to His perfect will.
6. Have a game plan.
Age 13-18: "I'm not going to get caught up in riding the romance roller coaster. God has someone He is preparing for me, and during these years I will prepare for that special one."
Age 18 and beyond: "The time has come for me to prayerfully consider other dedicated Christian young people as a possible partner for life. I will rely heavily upon the counsel of my parents and the Holy Spirit's leading. I refuse to get in too big of a hurry. I will begin preparing to accomplish what God has directed me to do. When God leads me to this one, I will pray for great wisdom in pacing our relationship so that we both enjoy each step as God turns our friendship into divine love."

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Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part III

Chapter 2
Tenants of the
Second Royal Law of Courtship
Part II of VI


"By the grace of Almighty God, I will arrive at
the marriage altar morally pure."

3. Institute a personal "no-touch rule" and enforce it.
A personal no-touch rule means that you do not touch members of the opposite gender who are immediate family, nor do you allow them to touch you. The Bible tells us that this will guard you against fornication.
"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man." (II Corinthians 7:1-2).
"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband" (I Corinthians 7:1-2).
A personal no-touch rule will require you to build relationships based on friendship and respect instead of lust and selfishness. If a young man or a young lady claims to love you, then they will be committed to protecting your purity and your reputation.
It is impossible to maintain a pure mind without maintaining a high standard of physical restraint. No young person can handle a member of the opposite gender without stirring his/her own personal passions. We are commanded in the Bible not to defraud one another. Defrauding another means to stir up desires within them that cannot be rightly satisfied.
"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness" (I Thessalonians 4:3-7).
The time to develope a physical relatonship is after marriage, not before. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing" (Ecclesiastes 3:1...5).
"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4).
One step of romantic physical contact will lead to the next: holding hands>hugging>kissing>petting>ruined testimony.
I recently read in USA Today that 85% of single 17-year-olds admitted to having already lost their purity. If Christian young people insist of following the dating standards of the world, then they will live with the results of those standards. On the other hand, 100% of young people who institute a personal no-touch rule and anforce it arrive at the marrige altar morally pure. 100%!
4. Never place yourself in a situation that increases the temptation or the opportunity to be immoral. Never be alone or isolated as a couple.
"But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof" (Romans 13:14).
There has been much written in the recent years concerning the difference between dating and courting. Let me summarize the difference simply. Courting is developing a relationship with an individual in the safty of a group. Dating involves a couple isolating themselves from the others and thus leaving themselves open to temptation. The world's dating philosophy has robbed many young people of their purity. Don't date alone in a car. Never be alone in either of your parents' homes. Stay in the safty of good Christian company. Isolation increases temptation and provides opportunity: it makes "provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof".

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Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part III

Chapter 2
Tenants of the
Second Royal Law of Courtship
Part I of VI


"By the grace of Almighty God, I will arrive at
the marriage altar morally pure."

The Christian world abounds with horror stories when it comes to young people and immorality. Any pastor in America could tell multiple illustrations about Christian young people who blew it when it came to preserving their purity. Some Christian leaders have lowered the standard and have even suggested that premarital sex is just a given nowadays and not that big of a deal. The Word of God, however, clearly outlines God's standard and warns of the consequences of ignoring it.
"Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Exodus 20:14).
"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body" (I Corinthians 6:18).
"For this is the will of God, even your satisfaction, that ye should abstain from fornication" (I Thessalonians 4:3).
"Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4).
Don't let Satan deceive you! Not everyone is "doing it." Multitudes of Christian young people across America are preserving their purity as a gift they will someday give to the one God has created for them.
How can a Christian young person live by the Second Royal Law of Courtship in the midst of am "if it feels good, do it" world?

1. Make a vow of chastity to the Lord. this is a solemn promise, a vow to the Lord, a commitment to keep yourself pure until your wedding day. Read the following verse carefully. This is the right thing to do, but be warned: God will hold you to your vow.
"When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee" (Deuteronomy 23:21).

2. Realize the battleground for purity is fought in the mind. Work at developing a pure mind. First, let's be reminded that we are commanded to have a pure mind and heart. God would not command us to do something without giving us the power and ability to do it.
"Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart" (II Timothy 2:22).
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure" (I John 3:2-3).
Guard your eye gates! The mind collects information sent to it for many sources, sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, but most of the information is collected through a person's eye gates! You must be careful what you look at each day.
"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes" (Psalm 101:3).
"I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?" (Job 31:1).
"How do I deal with evil thoughts?" Mant times I have had young people come in need of advice on how to overcome the wrong kind of thoughts. The answer is simple: our wonderful Creator has equipped us with minds that cannot think on more than one thing at a time. Paul instructed the Romans, "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21). You choose to meditate on "whatsoever things are pure" and, in doing so, you cast down evil imaginations and bring every thought to the obedience of Christ. Scripture memorization and meditation will always overpower evil thoughts.
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things" (Philippians 4:8).
"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" (II Corinthians 10:5)
"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee" (Psalm 119:11).
"But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night" (Psalm 1:2).
Never make excuses for lusting after the opposite gender. Doing so is a sin. It is condemned in the Word of God again and again. If you are having problems in this area, God can give you victory! Again, you must protect your eye gates. Satan is using television, Hollywood movies, DVD's and videos, the Internet and teen magizines to bombard your generation with explicit, sinful images. You need to eliminate these influences from your life.
"Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death" (James 1:15).
"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flatter of the tongue of a strange woman. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids" (Proverbs 6:23-25).
"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart" (Matthew 5:28).
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world....For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world" (I John 2:15-16).

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Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part II

Chapter 1
Tenants of the
First Royal Law of Courtship
Part III of III


"By the grace of Almighty God, I will marry
the person God has created for me."

4. No one should be considered who claims to be saved but who refuses to dedicate himself/herself to the Lord and separate from worldliness. This is true because...
A) An undedicated and unseparated young person might not really be saved. "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:20-21)
You have no way of looking into the heart of another young person to know whether or not he/she is truly saved. So you must inspect his/her life to see what it produces. The outward appearance, actions and attitudes make up a young person's fruit. Anyone can talk the talk, but a person who is really saved will have the outward evidences of an inward conversion. If I do not see in a young person a desire to draw close to the Lord, and in doing so, draw away from worldliness, then I should not just assume that he/she is saved.
B) An undedicated and unseparated young person cannot know God's will for his/her life even if he/she is saved. As we already pointed out, those unwilling to dedicate themselves to the Lord and transform their worldy thinking are incapable of discovering God's perfect will for their lives. Do you really want to marry someone who cannot discern his/her divine purpose?
C) The unwillingness to dedicate his/her life to God exposes a character weakness. He/She may not be willing or able to dedicate himself/herself to you.
D) The unwillingness to separate himself/herself from the world exposes another character flaw. Will he/she separate himslef/herself only to you? If someone cannot be true to a perfect God, will that person be true to an imperfect companion?
E) If you are a dedicated Christian, your children will not have a unified example in the home. "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother" (Proverbs 1:8) Question: how can your children obey this verse if his parents are teaching, by words and example, two different things?
F) You risk becoming a victim of divorce. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (Amos 3:3) There is one thing two people must agree upon if they are going to walk together. They must agree to walk the same direction. Many a Christian young person has settled on marrying someone who was not a dedicated Christian and has determined that he/she would be able to change his/her mate after marriage. Most end up either backsliding and living just like the other mate or divorcing.
My young friend, God has created someone just for you! Will you exercise the patience and wisdom needed to allow God to bring you to that person along the timetable of His perfect will? Will you enact the First Royal Law of Courtship as the law of your life? "By the grace of Almighty God, I will marry the person God has created for me!"

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Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part II

Chapter 1
Tenants of the
First Royal Law of Courtship
Part II of III

"By the grace of Almighty God, I will marry
the person God has created for me."

"But How Will I Recognize the One God Created for Me?"

This book is written to give you Bible principles that will help to guide you to this person. When the time comes, God will let you know. But remember this: he/she is not the one if you have to sacrifice and of your seven biblical goals in order to "make it work." Here are a few suggestions that will help you know and recognize God's perfect will, and be wise enough to recognize a counterfeit sent by Satan.

1. God's perfect will is discernible only to those who have dedicated their lives to the Lord.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Romans 12:1-2)
God makes clear His good, acceptable and perfect will to you only if you are willing to present your body as a living sacrifice to Him. By the way, this is not an unreasonable request on the part of God. He made you, and He bought you with His Son's own blood. To refuse to dedicate yourself to God prevents you from discovering God's perfect will for your life.

2. God's perfect will is discernible only to those who have transformed their minds from worldly thinking to Biblical thinking.
"...but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Romans 12:2)
If you are to discover God's perfect will, He has a second requirement: you must learn to think differently. The young person who learns to think Biblically, who learns to see things from God's perspective, becomes capable of recognizing the perfect will of God. Your mind will be renewed daily as you spend time in God's word and meditate on those truths you discover.

3. No unsaved person should ever be considered a potential marriage partner.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers" (II Corinthians 6:14)
Did you know that the main reason God sent the Old Testament flood to destroy the world was because of Christian young people making the foolish decision to marry unbelievers?
"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:1-5)
Here, briefly, are the events leading up to the Old Testament flood. Two civilizations emerged from Adam and Eve. The descendants of Cain created a civilization where God was excluded. The descendants of Seth, on the other hand, created a civilization where Jehovah God was honored and worshipped. For many generations, these to civilizations had little or no contact.
At some point, each gre and expanded to the point where ther began to be an increased contact between these two groups. The young men who were descendants of Seth began to notice the young ladies from Cain's lineage. They began to pursue them because of one stated reason: "they were fair," meaning they were appealing to the eyes and to the flesh. Years before, Cain's civilization had left behind decency and virtue. Like many young women of today's world, they had been raised with the dangerous notion that the way to attract men was through immodesty and seduction. They wore less, but they were also worth far less.
God's reaction to His children marrying the wroldly, lost inhabitants of the earth was anger. (It is still His reaction today!) He was so angry that He immediaately shortened the average life span of mankind to 120 years. That may still seem like a lot of years, but remember, Adam lived to be 930 years old. If we use his age as a benchmark, God reduced man's life span by 87%!
Did the children of these unscriptural marriages grow up to serve the Lord? NO! Just the opposite is true, for the Bible describes the next generation in sad and frightening terms. "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth...got it repnteth me that I have made them" (Genesis 6:5-7).
When a Christian young person marries an unsaved young person, it grieves the heart of Jehovah God.

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Part III of III coming tomorrow!

Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part II

Chapter 1
Tenants of the
First Royal Law of Courtship
Part I of III

"By the grace of Almighty God, I will marry
the person God has created for me."

(My comments will be in Bold Italics)

Every young person has a secret desire to be happily married. You may never talk about it, but it is there. You may never admit it to your friends, but when you are alone you dream about it. There is a married couple in your church whom you secretly watch. They obviously have a very close, sweet relationship. During public prayer, you peek (young people are great "peekers") at them. You watch as the man slips his hand into his wife's as they pray together. You watch them talk and see the love communicated through their eyes. You see the gentleness that the husband uses when he is with her and the admiration for him that she displays with every look. You think to yourself, Is there someone like that out there for me?
God has created someone specifically for you! This is one of the greatest of all Biblical truths.
"And the Lord God caused a deeps sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:21-24)
Eve was created as the perfect fit, the perfect complement to Adam. God made a woman specifically for him. You must believe that the Lord God has also created someone just for you.
A part of you is in that specific one created for you. Eve had a part of Adam inside of her. God took a piece of Adam, a rib, and placed it inside of Eve. I believe that God has done the same for most every young person whom He ever created. Someone out there has a part of you in him or her.
You will never feel complete until you meet this person. The great mystery of marriage is this: How can two people become one? Yet God stated that when two people marry, "they shall be one flesh." The answer is simple. Neither of the two were complete before they met. Both of them were missing a part of themselves that they could only find in the other. The divine longing that every young person feels, that incompleteness is there because of how God made us. It is a desire to be whole.
God will bring this person to you. God did not wake Adam and say, "OK, I hid her in the garden somewhere. Good luck finding her!" Nor did God take six ribs and create six women and then say to Adam, "Date each of these and choose the one you like the best!" In His time, God brought the one made for Adam to him.

(AMEN!!!)

Notice, God cause a deep sleep to fall upon Adam: "and he slept." When God brought Eve, He woke Adam. In a real sense, God intends for young people to stay asleep in this area of their lives until the time God brings them to the one He has created for them. The world system, controlled by Satan works hard to awaken a young person early. Hollywood movies, romance novels, rock and roll songs, teen magazines and an array of other worldly influences put a lot of pressure on young people to have boyfriends or girlfriends. All of that leads teens to believe that something is wrong with them if they are not involved with someone. This leads to roller-coaster relationships, one right after another, leaving a young person emotionally exhausted and morally vulnerable. Relationships like there are not sanctioned by God and have resulted many times in the loss of purity of Christian teens. Relax! Rest! Be patient! And trust the Lord. He will bring to you His perfect will in His time.
Adam had to stay in the garden in order to meet Eve. Don't miss this! If you choose to leave the perfect will of God for your life, you sacrifice meeting the one God has created for you. This meeting will occur along the path of God's perfect will. Keep yourself pure. Save yourself for that special one. How serious it is to backslide! How perilous it is to choose to do what you want to do with your life instead of seeking God and His perfect will.
Your teenage years should be about preparation, not pursuit. As we will see in the chapters ahead, one of the primary activities of your teenage years should be preparing for the one God will someday bring to you. Begin now to pray for that person even though you probably don't know as of yet who that person is.

Part II of Part II coming tomorrow!

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Seven Royal Laws of Courtship Part I

I guess it was about a year and a half ago or so that I posted the book "Stay in the Castle". I had planned on doing then book shortly after that one, but I never did get around to it. So I have decided to go ahead and post it now. I have gotten permission from the author to do so. I hope you enjoy it and learn from it. My comments will be in Italics.

Sever Royal Laws of Courtship
Part I

By: Jerry L. Ross
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Introduction

In this booklet I share with you the same biblical instruction that I have taught our teenagers for these many years. Because the principles are contained in this book are founded on the Word of God, they are right and true. Not surprisingly, they are also in complete contrast to what is practiced by the world. Christian young people who mimic the world's unbiblical dating habits must often live with the heartbreaking results of ignoring biblical principles - loss of innocence and purity before marriage, and a coin-flip chance that they will still be married five years after their wedding day.
There is a better way. It is God's way, the Bible way. It takes courage and commitment to see it through, but the reward is the closest thing to Heaven a person can experience on earth - the uniting of two souls into one, saturated with agape love and cemented together by the divine blessing of God.
Teenager, for this to work, you must be willing to enact seven laws that you will agree to live by. If you do, these laws will guide you past the snares of Satan and the pitfalls of your own humanity. If you have the courage to conduct your courtship according to biblical principles, you will be criticized and misunderstood by both the lost world and the carnal Christian. But you will succeed in finding that special one! What, besides salvation, is more important than that?

(This is just not only for the teenager, but also for the single adult. I agree with the criticizing and misunderstanding...I have had to deal with that a lot from family members to the young people at church. I have never regretted my decision to court. Although I am not courting yet, I do know that God has that special someone out there for me and I want to wait, and I know that when the time comes it will be a special and precious time in my life.)

The Seven Royal Laws of Courtship

1. By the grace of Almighty God, I will marry the person God has created for me.
2. By the grace of Almighty God, I will arrive at the marriage altar morally pure.
3. By the grace of Almighty God, I will arrive at the marriage altar prepared to fulfill my responsibilities as a marriage partner.
4. By the grace of Almighty God, our marriage will have the blessing of both sets of parents and our pastors.
5. By the grace of Almighty God, I will have glorified God and maintained an unquestionable Christian testimony throughout my courtship.
6. By the grace of Almighty God, I will give to my partner someone who understands and practices real agape love.
7. By the grace of Almighty God, on my wedding day, I will be in a position to fulfill God's specific
calling for my life.

God is not the only one who has plans for your life. Satan will work feverishly to derail your dreams. The deceiver will offer you shortcuts and compromises. This "roaring lion" will play on your emotions and seek to pervert the natural desires God has placed inside of you. Reread carefully the seven royal laws of courtship previously listed and then compare them with Satan's goals for your wedding day.

Satan's Seven Goals For Your Wedding Day

1. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to marry someone whom God never intended for you
to marry.
2. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to have already experimented with sex.
3. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to be ill-prepared to make your marriage a success.
4. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to break your parents' hearts and grieve your pastor.
5. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to have ruined your testimony and to have brought
shame to the name of Christ because of your dating habits.
6. On your wedding day, Satan wants you to have no idea how to define or practice agape love.
7. On your wedding day, Satan wants your choice of a marriage partner to cause you to sacrifice
the chance to fulfill God's calling on your life.

Although it is sad to say, I believe Satan and the demons of hell dance and celebrate at many a Christian young person's wedding. If Satan can sauce you to miss God's perfect will in whom you are to marry, then he knows he has won a great victory.
Are you ready to examine the seven royal laws of courtship? Are you ready to pass them into law in your own life?