Dating Is Sin!: Breaking God's Heart

By Jack Youngblood

Are Christians who are dating being led astray into ungodly, and sinful marriages? Should pastors preach that dating is sin? Finding God ordained love is not meant to be "casual"; it's meant to be a "covenant relationship"- looking only for that special person God has set aside for you. It is not meant to be a guessing game based on one's feelings. There's a Biblical path to God ordained love, and a way to know exactly who you should marry.

Dating Is Sin! Breaking God's Heart can help you avoid the heartaches, and disastrous pitfalls of sin most people go through in dating and marriage. Making one sacrifice after another, trying to fix a lackluster relationship can leave you: tired, bitter, confused, and ready to give up! Don't let it happen to you.

However, obedience to God, will not hurt you, but will protect your heart, your emotions, and your spiritual relationship with the Heavenly Father. God ordained love will never leave you in a vicious circle of sin, via the world's idea of romance: dating, marriage, divorce - dating, marriage, divorce. It is not a list of rules, but a lifestyle to keep your body and your heart right with God. Be patient, wait on the Lord . . . trust in Him!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449759100

Jack Youngblood

JACK YOUNGBLOOD grew up in the Florida Panhandle, where country was all he knew, until the ways of the modern world slowly crept upon them as they grew. He graduated from high school in 1987. After many years of praying for wisdom the Lord lead him into writing. He still resides on the country road where he grew up and continues too write.

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Contents

Preface

Introduction

How Great Is God’s Love

For God So Loved The World

1. The Calling

2. Marriage In The Bible

3. Pastors

4. Dating In General

5. What’s In A Thought?

6. True Love

7. It’s A Matter Of Timing

8. Women And Dating: Stacking The Deck

9. The God Of Divorce?

10. How Great Is God

11. Teaching That Causeth To Stumble

12. The Gene Pool Theory

13. The Prostitute Lifestyle

14. Missing Salvation: So Close Yet So Far

Conclusion

Preface

The Lord lead me into writing is the only reason I started writing this book, which after I finished was just an article of about five – seven thousand words. As time rolled on, I saw the need for more chapters and some revisions. I knew nothing about writing, and to begin with, it was a real challenge, but faith and persistence prevailed. In high school, English sounded like French, German and Spanish all got together and beat the devil out of each other and left one pile of garbage. This is what English sounded like back in school, and I have to say, it doesn’t sound much different today. Fortunately, as I discovered, you don’t need to know much about English to write, you just have to be good at writing. This is very good, because if it weren’t so, I would most likely never be a writer – and I’ve discovered … I like writing. So, I am very glad you don’t need to know much about English to write. I can do what I like doing, without having to undergo an English course to advance. So, if you want to do something, don’t let technicalities hold you back. Turn it over to the Lord, have faith, and just follow the Master … He always knows what’s – write!

Introduction

The Lord has given me a burden. A burden to get Christians back to God’s design for marriage; that is the purpose of this book. This is for Christians who want to know God’s design for marriage and how we can get back to God in His ordained provision for marriage and the family. The teaching about marriage in most churches around the country is misleading and some-what ungodly and the truth is that most people, pastors included, do not even know exactly what God’s design for marriage is. This comes from wisdom, which requires much prayer in my experience, and I do not think most pastors are putting in the prayer required to see God’s wisdom for marriage or to be the spiritual leaders they’re called too be in general. This book is intended to show the difference between the world’s design for marriage and the Lord’s. May the Lord be blessed and praised for His leadership and guidance.

The Lord put marriage on my mind for about four years now, and when the Lord puts something on your mind, you should pray about it. So I’ve had a few years now to pray about marriage, and see the Lord’s design for marriage over the worlds. One thing that became very clear – what we’ve done over the decades is put what the Bible says, together with the world – this is inherently wrong. The world is a sign of separation in the Bible, you cannot put God’s design together with the world’s practices of marriage; this is completely ungodly in every respect. The world and God do not mix!

The Lord leads His people this way, when He puts someone on your mind, you should pray about it and find out who that person is, and reach out and get to know that person. That’s what the Lord put that person on your mind for, so you would reach out and get to know them. We shouldn’t use our own understanding, and ignore it because we don’t like something about that person, or because they are younger or older than we are. We should see God in His providence, knowing what we