Every relationship that we enjoy must have a start. What brought us together, is often key to understanding the importance of developing and maintaining a relationship. We must understand that all relationships must start with God. As we attempt to cultivate a meaningful relationship how do we develop that relationship Biblically. First, Understand the biblical pattern for fulfillment of our God given desires. We all like to be accepted, and have those that we can share our hearts with, but we must not begin to build our relationship on physical, emotional, or personal desires. Our relationship must first of all be built on being the person that God desires us to be. We cannot change others, but we can change ourselves. Second, we need to focus on the spiritual and social relationship not the physical. Do I invest time praying with and for the other person, Remember God will not suddenly mean something to you once you get into the relationship if He means nothing to you before. Finally, If you are unready for a close relationship, you should back of and continue to work on who you are, and your personal walk with Christ. Remember, it is never too … READ MORE

We just came through the elections here in the states, and it appears that the hot button item on the agenda was that of abortion. People were made out to be insensitive to the needs of women if they denied their right to end their pregnancy. But the reality of the issue goes back to the sexual desire and what does God want us to do with it. 1 Corinthians 7:1-10 addresses that issue when we read in verse one that we are to first of all to control it “it is good for a man not to touch a woman.” We must understand that physical contact can be a time bomb with a short fuse. Galatians 5:13 tells us to give no occasion to the flesh”, We must understand that the Biblical outlet for the sexual desire is marriage, not dating! The Scripture also reminds us to satisfy it legitimately in verse 2. Not everyone has the gift of being a single person, we are to recognize our strengths and weaknesses and seek satisfy them in a Biblically acceptable way. We are not animals who must satisfy our basic cravings, we are created in the image and likeness of … READ MORE

In Genesis 2:18 God says, “It is not good for man to be alone.” Yet we could argue that man was not alone. He had perfect fellowship with God, and He was put into a garden with many different animals, who he had reviewed and named. Yet God still said, “it is not good for man to be alone.” This is the first time in the creation narrative that God said that something that He was looking at was “not good” So what did He do? He put man to sleep, took a rib from the man and created a woman, brought her to the man, and gave him a help meet! This was the foundation for the establishment of marriage. This brought the man a companion (Genesis 2:18) to do the work that he was created to undertake. He would have someone to work in cooperation (Genesis 2:18 “help meet”) to that goal. It also provides a completion to the creation of mankind (Genesis 2:23) which will allow him to fulfill his God given design of being in God’s image and likeness. This union is built upon a commitment (Genesis 2:24 “leave … cleave) that puts the two in … READ MORE