Questions we will answer...

Below were some of the GREAT questions that were submitted last week at the study:

• What should a guy pursuing a girl look like? What are the guy/girl roles in this process?

• What do you do in seasons of discontentment?

• Is the sinfulness of society (that is the cultural acceptance of sex outside of marriage, etc.) something that may be affecting the ability of godly Christians to find a spouse?

• Why does it seem that there are so many more single Christian women than men?

• What are some healthy boundaries for a single person when interacting with married people and/or a married person of the opposite gender?

• What about arranged marriages?

• Is it important to be physically attracted to the person you marry?

• Should a woman initiate with a  man is she likes him? Is this godly? If so, what would it look like… or should the man be the one to initiate a relationship?

• What is the responsibility of a husband in marriage? Did something change from Genesis where it was God’s plan for marriage to Paul encouraging singleness and that not all are called to be married (1 Corinthians 7)?

• Is it wise to be in a friendship with a non-Christian you know is interested in you in hopes that maybe they would come to Christ? And if they become a believer, would it be okay to then date them?

• How far is “too far” when it comes to physical boundaries outside of marriage?

• How do you find the balance between guarding your heart, but also opening up enough to someone to have a deep, meaningful relationship?

• As a woman, how do I fulfill my God designed role as a “help-mate” if I never marry? Is coming under the leadership of the church enough? Eve came from Adam, so who is Eve without Adam? Is this a distortion caused by the Fall?

• Singles often face numerous questions/discouraging “encouragements”… things like, “You need to get out there if you’re going to find someone,” “Get together with your closest friends and candidly ask ‘What’s wrong with me?’” or “You’re still not dating anyone?!” How does a believer trusting in the Lord for His timing rightly respond to these questions- especially when they come from other believers?

Over the course of the next 13 weeks, we will be addressing every one of these questions as we get into the topics of singleness, contentment, God's sovereignty, purity, dating/courting, communication, christian community and accountability, Biblical love, and marriage. It should be a challenging study as we wrestle through what God's Word has to say!

~AF