IF YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN SEEKING A RELATIONSHIP PLEASE CHECK YOUR MOTIVE. AS CHRISTIANS WE ONLY ENTER RELATIONSHIPS IF WE INTEND ON GETTING MARRIED, WE’RE NOT LIKE THE WORLD, WE DON’T “TEST DRIVE.” WOMEN ARE NOT CARS AND MEN ARE NOT OBJECTS TO FILL YOUR INSECURITIES, WE DON’T DATE FOR “FUN.” IF YOU’RE NOT SEEKING MARRIAGE THEN STOP SEEKING RELATIONSHIP. AND OF COURSE THE POINT OF MARRIAGE IS TO GLORIFY GOD AND PARTNER TOGETHER FOR THE GOSPEL. -Chris Janssen

SUBMIT TO DEATH, DEATH OF YOUR AMBITIONS AND FAVORITE WISHES EVERY DAY AND DEATH OF YOUR WHOLE BODY IN THE END: SUBMIT WITH EVERY FIBER OF YOUR BEING, AND YOU WILL FIND ETERNAL LIFE. KEEP BACK NOTHING. NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN AWAY WILL BE REALLY YOURS. NOTHING IN YOU THAT HAS NOT DIED WILL EVER BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD… LOOK TO CHRIST AND YOU WILL FIND HIM, AND WITH HIM EVERYTHING ELSE THROWN IN.  C.S. Lewis (Mere Christianity)

 IF YOUR HEART TAKES MORE PLEASURE IN READING NOVELS, OR WATCHING TV, OR GOING TO THE MOVIES, OR TALKING TO FRIENDS, RATHER THAN JUST SITTING ALONE WITH GOD AND EMBRACING HIM, SHARING HIS CARES AND HIS BURDENS, WEEPING AND REJOICING WITH HIM, THEN HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HANDLE FOREVER AND EVER IN HIS PRESENCE WITH NO TV, MOVIES, OR SINGLES’ RETREATS? YOU’D BE BORED TO TEARS IN HEAVEN, IF YOU’RE NOT ECSTATIC ABOUT GOD NOW!

HOW COULD GOD INVITE YOU TO HEAVEN, WHERE THE MOST EXCITING THING TO DO ALL DAY IS GAZE UPON HIS GLORIOUS FACE, IF YOU’RE NOT IN HEAVEN RIGHT HERE ON EARTH WHEN YOU’RE ALONE WITH HIM? DO YOU THINK THAT AFTER YOU DIE, SUDDENLY YOU’LL BE IN HEAVEN AND “PRESTO!” ALL AT ONCE YOU’RE NOT GOING TO LIKE WORLDLY THINGS ANYMORE? ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU’LL LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE JUST TO HANG OUT WITH GOD, WHEN YOU COULDN’T STAND BEING ALONE WITH HIM EVEN 20 MINUTES A DAY?— Keith Green

WE’RE ALL SAYING DON’T SETTLE IN RELATIONSHIPS, BUT I’M GOING TO TAKE IT FURTHER AND SAY: BE GREEDY. GO TO GOD AND SAY, “I WANT SOMEONE WHO IS ON FIRE FOR YOU AND I WANT A VISION FOR A WHOLE BIG BEAUTIFUL THING, AND I WANT YOU TO START PREPARING ME FOR THAT.” IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, THAT MUST BE A FANTASTIC THING TO HEAR, AND HOW WOULD HE SAY NO TO THAT? — Glen Fitzjerrell