Joshua Harris (pastor) - I Kissed Dating Goodbye (1997)

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Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

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We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

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I won't stick around to see how much temptation I can take. God is not impressed with my ability to stand up to sin. He is more impressed by the obedience I show when I run from it.

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The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.

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Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.

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Just because lips have met doesn't mean hearts have joined. And just because two bodies are drawn to each other doesn't mean two people are right for each other. A physical relationship does not equal love.

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If you're not ready to consider marriage or you're not truly interested in marrying a specific person, it's selfish and potentially harmful to encourage that person to need you or ask him or her to gratify you emotionally or physically.

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Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.

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But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

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Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.

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Having a girlfriend was no longer my greatest need. Knowing and obeying Him was. I wanted to please Him in my relationships even if it meant looking radical and foolish to other people - even if it meant kissing dating goodbye.

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I'm looking for someone who will light candles, not just curse the darkness.

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True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

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When we define our happiness by some point in the future, it will never arrive. We'll keep waiting until tomorrow. If we allow impatience to govern us, we will miss the gift of the moment. We'll arrive at that point in time we expected to provide fulfillment and find it lacking.

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Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.

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When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

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When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our lives, we don't struggle so much when human relationships let us down.

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The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as we watch, the world says, This is love. God takes us to the foot of a tree on which a naked and bloodied man hangs and says, This is love.

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We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.

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