d2jsp
Log InRegister
d2jsp Forums > Off-Topic > General Chat > Christian Fellowship > Dating
Add Reply New Topic
Member
Posts: 1,854
Joined: Jan 2 2010
Gold: 25.65
Mar 3 2015 02:51am
how to approach dating as a Christian? i have this feeling that God wants me to be miserable. and yes i know he is enough. does that mean i shouldn't even bother looking/praying for a relationship? i feel like i put too much of my happiness based on if i get to be with a girl i like. which i never have had... because all the girls i dated were just for fun and stuff when i was young and more sinful than i like to think that i am now. anyway if the answer is no. how do i stop being needy and try to love myself and love God first genuinely and be satisfied soley with just Him? been praying a lot for this....

This post was edited by leemyungbak on Mar 3 2015 02:53am
Member
Posts: 5,429
Joined: Jul 10 2007
Gold: 1.00
Mar 3 2015 09:31am
Well, God will never give us stuff that will separate us from Him. He is a jealous God, and He wants to be first in your life. And you pretty much answered the question yourself, it seems to me you really want a girlfriend, and if you did get one, you possibly would put her before the Lord. Discipline yourself, pray and ask God to help you. Change doesn't come over night. In your weakness, that where He is strong (2 Corinthians 12:9). He strengthening you to teach you that you don't need anyone besides him to be happy, so when He does send you your wife, you'll be ready to receive her, already knowing no matter what, the Lord comes first. Be of good cheer bud :) God knows what best for you. He has plans for you to prosper, not to harm you, and to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) :)
Mar 3 2015 09:45am
Inappropriate Post Content
Member
Posts: 1,854
Joined: Jan 2 2010
Gold: 25.65
Mar 3 2015 10:24am
Quote (cadizzle1392 @ Mar 3 2015 08:31am)
Well, God will never give us stuff that will separate us from Him. He is a jealous God, and He wants to be first in your life. And you pretty much answered the question yourself, it seems to me you really want a girlfriend, and if you did get one, you possibly would put her before the Lord. Discipline yourself, pray and ask God to help you. Change doesn't come over night. In your weakness, that where He is strong (2 Corinthians 12:9). He strengthening you to teach you that you don't need anyone besides him to be happy, so when He does send you your wife, you'll be ready to receive her, already knowing no matter what, the Lord comes first. Be of good cheer bud :) God knows what best for you. He has plans for you to prosper, not to harm you, and to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11) :)


I feel like I will never achieve this is my purpose for making God #1 is so i can get a girl. How to get rid of desire to want a relationship so bad and to understand that he is enough and understand his love
Member
Posts: 5,429
Joined: Jul 10 2007
Gold: 1.00
Mar 3 2015 12:51pm
Quote (leemyungbak @ Mar 3 2015 11:24am)
I feel like I will never achieve this is my purpose for making God #1 is so i can get a girl. How to get rid of desire to want a relationship so bad and to understand that he is enough and understand his love


First of all, don't say that!! Lol. Death and life is in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat the fruit thereof. Tell yourself that you can. And it's okay to have wants, we all have wants, and God would love to give you what you want. You're His child, He loves you, and He wants to make you happy. But it does sound like to me that will be a fight for you: putting God over the fact you want a girlfriend. Paul said I fought a good fight, I have kept the faith. We are all battling things that bother us. So just fight through brother, pray and ask God to help you, seek his face. I can plant the seed, I can water the seed, but only the Lord can cause it to grow. You got this man.
Member
Posts: 1,854
Joined: Jan 2 2010
Gold: 25.65
Mar 3 2015 03:45pm
Quote (cadizzle1392 @ Mar 3 2015 11:51am)
First of all, don't say that!! Lol. Death and life is in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat the fruit thereof. Tell yourself that you can. And it's okay to have wants, we all have wants, and God would love to give you what you want. You're His child, He loves you, and He wants to make you happy. But it does sound like to me that will be a fight for you: putting God over the fact you want a girlfriend. Paul said I fought a good fight, I have kept the faith. We are all battling things that bother us. So just fight through brother, pray and ask God to help you, seek his face. I can plant the seed, I can water the seed, but only the Lord can cause it to grow. You got this man.


thanks for your word's of Grace and Truth. Very encouraging and I will try hard to fight this.
Member
Posts: 5,429
Joined: Jul 10 2007
Gold: 1.00
Mar 3 2015 05:56pm
Quote (leemyungbak @ Mar 3 2015 04:45pm)
thanks for your word's of Grace and Truth. Very encouraging and I will try hard to fight this.



No problem brother
Go Back To Christian Fellowship Topic List
Add Reply New Topic