Download or read book Spiritual Compatibility in Dating written by Alice Fryling and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2002-04-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Fryling shows, through personal example and biblical teaching, why Christians should not marry nonbelievers. Includes five "mini" studies on marriage.

Download or read book Not Yet Married written by Marshall Segal and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse is no longer a pursuit of the perfect person, but a pursuit of more of God. He will likely write a love story for you different than the one you would write for yourself, but that's because he loves you and knows how to write a better story. This book was written to help you find real hope, happiness, and purpose in your not-yet-married life.

Download or read book Spiritual Relationships That Last written by Dennis McCallum and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even if your wedding day is years off, "Spiritual Relationships That Last" tests your readiness for Christian marriage, life's most intimate love. If you are already married you will discover how to move ahead by building a lasting unity between you and your spouse. And whether you are single or married, you will find out how to stop a fruitless search for a mythical true love and to instead focus on building the relational skills that make marriage work.

Download or read book Creating a Spiritual Relationship written by Paul Ferrini and published by Paul Ferrini-Heartways Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for people who are either in a committed relationship or want to be. A committed relationship is one path toward spiritual growth and transformation. It is not the only path, nor is it a very easy path. The seven spiritual laws discussed in Part Two of this book provide a roadmap for couples who are committed to their mutual spiritual growth. This simple but profound guide to growth and happiness for couples will help you and your partner weather the ups and downs of your relationship so that you can grow together and deepen the intimacy between you.

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness written by Mark Ballenger and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Guide to Christian Singleness covers a wide range of common questions Christians singles often have. Why am I still single? Is God calling me to a life of singleness? How can I use this season for God's glory? Is God punishing me with singleness because of my past sins? How can I find a godly spouse? This book is divided into four sections which cover the common phases of Christian singleness. It has 30 short chapters, each with three reflection questions meant for small group Bible studies or individual use.

Download or read book Inside of Me written by Shellie R. Warren and published by Relevant Media Group. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After multiple abortions and deep depression, Shellie Warren found healing and recovery in God. She draws young women who are dealing with sexual misuse to a place where they can be real and find wholeness and healing.

Download or read book A Handbook on Discipleship written by Swami Kriyananda and published by Crystal Clarity Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook on Discipleship explains why a guru is needed, what a true guru is, and how to follow the guru. It also clears up many common misunderstandings on the subject that are prevalent in current spiritual thinking. These lessons offer a rare opportunity to learn about discipleship from a lifelong disciple of a fully realized Master. Swami Kriyananda has been a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda for over sixty years. For all of the extraordinary accomplishments of Swami Kriyananda’s life — over one hundred books, over four hundred pieces of music, successful spiritual communities all over the world, and more — he gives full credit to Yogananda and to what he has gained as his disciple.

Download or read book The One written by Ben Young and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2001-07-08 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their bestselling book, The Ten Commandments of Dating, Ben Young and Samuel Adams showed singles how to date effectively. Now "The One" shows Christians who to date and how to negotiate the difficulties of choosing a soul mate. The biggest question on the minds of the 78 million singles in America is simply this: "How can I find the right one?" This book answers that question, giving entertaining yet practical advice for that seemingly endless quest to find "The One." This book emphasizes free will, personal responsibility, proactivity, and preparation, helping singles avoid the pitfalls of dangerous beliefs and hyper-spirituality. Single Christians will learn what approaches to avoid in mate selection, recognize the myths about finding true love, and learn practical strategies for finding the right person to marry.

Download or read book Sex Dating and Relationships written by Gerald Hiestand and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the pervasive immorality and high divorce rate of our contemporary Christian culture, we evidently need a biblically based, theologically compelling, practical understanding of sex, dating, and relationships. Pastors Gerald Hiestand and Jay Thomas counteract this problem with their paradigm-shifting view of purity and relationships—a view that challenges even the basic assumptions of evangelical subculture. Unlike most books on dating, this one cuts straight to the heart of dating relationships, asserting with confidence that the line must be drawn at "no sexual activity" whatever. Few have dared to define and apply the Bible's understanding of purity in premarital relationships to this degree, but Heistand and Thomas have done it. Furthermore, both authors are vocational pastors who communicate regularly with the target audience and have a proven ability to express biblical truth in a winsome and compelling manner. Sex, Dating, and Relationships adds a new, almost provocative voice to the conversation that, with straightforward theological insight, pleads with Christians to get serious about honoring Christ with their sexuality.

Download or read book Rules for Having a Successful Spiritual Relationship written by Shelvie Cartlidge and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-16 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was inspired by the Lord Jesus. The author, Shelvie J. Cartlidge, received inspiration to write, while experiencing different challenges in the church. As she was sharing with a friend, some of the challenges she was going through, her friend said, "Why don't you write a book about some of the things you are experiencing, it could be helpful to others with the same problems." As they talked, she received enlightenment from God on just how to write the book. She decided to go through the original book that she was writing, and pull out some of the important information and put it in a book entitled, Rules for Having a Successful Spiritual Relationship. This book, Rules for Having a Successful Spiritual Relationship, is meant to help in the education of our young adults concerning growing into productive young adults in our modern society. It is designed to teach them how to set boundaries for themselves, to become more responsible and gain the respect of each other while growing up, to learn how to take responsibility for their actions to learn how to take care of themselves and their responsibilities and to learn how to live a Christian life and become productive young adults and, at the same time, become the young men and women that god is looking for in these times. This book will not solve all of your problems, but it will certainly help in your Christian walk with God. However, it will help with your decisions and responsibilities in your life as an honorable human being. When she realized that some of the ladies were watching her and patterning their lives after her, she decided to put it all in a book with the abovementioned title that came into her spirit. This book was inspired and written, based on a "three year relationship experience" between two Christian believers in a small church in TN.Ladies, we can have a spiritual relationship with a man, while getting to know each other and yet not getting too involved before marriage. As the author started pulling out some things to put in her book, she realized that God was making some drastic changes in her life along the way. She was learning some valuable lessons also. God was teaching her how to be a big sister. She realized that they were watching and observing her actions, and some even mimicked her. She felt that God was getting her ready for a position to come, and she just "fell into it" as she "went through it!" She realized that some of the ladies were hungry for knowledge. There were ladies with families; girls with babies and children, but, "Where were the husbands?"She feels that her little bit of knowledge might reach just one, and God will be pleased because you took the time to go back for that one sheep that was going astray. That one that was leftbehind and got caught up in the shuffle. We can't reach everybody, but if we can save just one, it will be "a job well done!"This book teaches us how to honor God in our relationships. We should honor the person we are with. It is not easy, and believe it or not, if it were not possible, God would not have said, "Do it this way!" We should get married first; the mystery will be new and different. It's important to get to know the person you are starting a spiritual relationship with. Get to know if you are compatible; will you want to spend the rest of your life together. Talk to find out if you really like the same things, if you are a minister of the gospel, will that person make an equally compatible mate. The sexual involvement should be the last experience on your mind. When we become Christians, our lives are no longer center on ourselves, but in the living God. It is no longer what we want to do, but what Christ would have us do. We are in a covenant relationship with Christ and He is Lord of our lives now. There is so much helpful information in this book. It's all inspired by Christ Jesus and it could be helpful to you and yours.

Download or read book True Love Dates written by Debra K. Fileta and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.

Download or read book Love in Every Season written by Debra Fileta and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Invitation to Love Well Through the Four Seasons Every relationship goes through four life-changing seasons that play a pivotal role in taking your relationship to the next level. But depending on how you navigate each season, your relationship will either strengthen and grow, or it will slowly begin to fade. Maybe your relationship is in the first blooms of spring, when friendship takes root and attraction blossoms. Maybe you’re in the season of summer, and things are starting to heat up—spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Maybe you’re deep in fall, and your true colors are starting to shine through. Or maybe you’re in winter, when the passion cools down and it would be all too easy to let the relationship freeze over. Whether you’re single, dating, engaged or married, join author, counselor, and relationship expert Debra Fileta, creator of TrueLoveDates.com, as she takes you on an eye-opening psychological and spiritual journey through the four seasons of every healthy relationship. You’ll learn to… Recognize each season as it comes and navigate it with intention, focus, and practical steps. Avoid the pitfalls of each stage by preparing for the hard moments and seeing them as opportunities to grow and connect. Celebrate not just the magical moments of each season, but the day-to-day choices that pave the way for a lasting relationship. No matter what your relationship status, you’re invited on a journey to strengthen and grow your love in every season.

Download or read book Ascension and Romantic Relationships written by Joshua David Stone and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by Djwhal Khul, Dr. Joshua David Stone has written a unique book about relationships from the perspective of the soul and monad rather than just the personality. This presents a broader picture of the problems and common traps of romantic relationship and offers much deeper and spiritually sound guidance and advice. Drawing on his experience as a psychotherapist and licensed marriage, family, and child counselor, Dr. Stone has written an excellent manual for initiates, disciples, and ascended beings.

Download or read book Eight Dates written by John Gottman and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you’re newly together and eager to make it work or a longtime couple looking to strengthen and deepen your bond, Eight Dates offers a program of how, why, and when to have eight basic conversations with your partner that can result in a lifetime of love. “Happily ever after” is not by chance, it’s by choice– the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. From award-winning marriage researcher and bestselling author Dr. John Gottman and fellow researcher Julie Gottman, Eight Dates offers an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. Here are the subjects that every serious couple should discuss: Trust. Family. Sex and intimacy. Dealing with conflict. Work and money. Dreams, and more. And here is how to talk about them—how to broach subjects that are difficult or embarrassing, how to be brave enough to say what you really feel. There are also suggestions for where and when to go on each date—book your favorite romantic restaurant for the Sex & Intimacy conversation (and maybe go to a yoga or dance class beforehand). There are questionnaires, innovative exercises, real-life case studies, and skills to master, including the Four Skills of Intimate Conversation and the Art of Listening. Because making love last is not about having a certain feeling—it’s about both of you being active and involved.

Download or read book The Sacred Search written by Gary Thomas and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Gary Thomas transforms the way you look at romantic relationships. His unique perspective on dating will prepare you for a satisfying, spiritually enriching marriage. In the revised edition of his hit book The Sacred Search, Gary Thomas helps single people of all ages make wise marital choices by rethinking what basis those choices should be made on. You will be encouraged to think beyond finding your “soul mate” and instead adopt a more biblical search for a “sole mate”—someone who will walk with you on your spiritual journey. Thomas asks, What if we focused on why we should get married more than on who to marry? What if being “in love” isn’t a good enough reason to get married? And most of all, what if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy? The Sacred Search casts a vision for building a relationship around shared spiritual mission—and making marriage with eternity at its heart.

Download or read book Love and Dating in the 21st Century written by Rebecca Lynn Pope and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a woman of faith that desires true love and marriage? Are you a bit confused by men and dating in our current times? Or maybe you are frustrated and feel like giving up on love? In Love and Dating in the 21st Century, Matchmaker Rebecca Lynn Pope gets raw and real about why relationships have become so complicated and how you can successfully navigate dating and love. As a Matchmaker and President of the Pope Agency, Rebecca has years of experience matching, coaching, and listening to men from all walks of life. As the founder of Godly Girls, a global organization for women of faith, she knows and understands the struggle that good women have with dating in today's times. Rebecca shares her own love story along with her numerous dating experiences. In these pages, you'll discover:*Why you can't afford to date like your mother and grandmother*Why dating and love have become so complicated*How to be more strategic and intentional about love*How to vet and qualify men for compatibility and marriage*How you can be "Dating and Waiting" at the same timeIf you are ready to learn how to truly position yourself for love, this book is for you.

Download or read book Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused written by Brad Hambrick and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your church prepared to care for individuals who have experienced various forms of abuse? As we continue to learn of more individuals experiencing sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other forms of abuse, it’s clear that resources are needed to help ministries and leaders care for these individuals with love, support, and in cooperation with civil authorities. This handbook seeks to help the church take a significant step forward in its care for those who have been abused. Working in tandem with the Church Cares resources and videos, this handbook brings together leading evangelical trauma counselors, victim advocates, social workers, attorneys, batterer interventionists, and survivors to equip pastors and ministry leaders for the appropriate initial responses to a variety of abuse scenarios in churches, schools, or ministries. Though the most comprehensive training is experienced by using this handbook and the videos together, readers who may be unable to access the videos can use this handbook as a stand-alone resource.