•ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS FACING YOUNG PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY LADIES IS FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUE LOVE IS. AS A RESULT THEY ARE CHEATED BY BOTH YOUNG AND OLD MEN TO BE INVOLVED IN SEXUAL MATTERS. HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT TRUE LOVE.
•IN GREEK LANGUAGE WHICH WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT, THERE ARE MANY WORDS THAT DESCRIBE DIFFERENT SHADES OF LOVE. THERE IS PURE GENUINE LOVE. THIS IS AGAPE, THE LOVE THAT GOD LOVES US WITH. THERE IS EROS, A LOVE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSITE SEXES. IT IS FROM THIS WORD WE GET EROTIC.
IT IS FROM THIS EROS THAT WE GET THE ENGLISH WORD EROTIC WHICH EXPRESSES SEXUAL FEELINGS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. THEN WE HAVE FILIA A WORD THAT EXPRESSES LOVE BETWEEN BLOOD RELATIONSHIP, LOVE BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ETC
•HOW DOES LOVE COME BETWEEN A YOUNG WOMAN AND A YOUNG MAN? THIS IS A MYSTERY PROVERB 30:18-19. ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW THE CHEMESTRY IN ONE PARTICULAR WOMAN IS ATTRACTED BY ANOTHER PARTICULAR YOUNG MANS’ CHEMESTRY.
•BUT LOVE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN [EROS] CAN COME IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
•FIRST, INSTANTENEOUS CAPTIVATION OF ONE BY THE OTHER ON THE FIRST ENCOUNTER.
»SECOND, LOVE THAT COMES AFTER THE TWO HAVE STAYED TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME AND ONE OR BOTH LEARN THE CHARACTER, ATTITUDES, MANNERS AND THE LANGUAGE PATTERNS OF THE OTHER. LOVE THEN BEGINS FORMING SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
EITHER LOVE COMES AT ONCE OR PROGRESSIVELY, ONE MUST BEAR IN MIND THESE FOLLWING POINTS
•GENUINE LOVE IS NOT MERELY GOOD FEELINGS TOWARDS A SPECIAL FRIEND. LOVE IS A DECISION, AN ACT OF THE WILL. IT IS A FORMED ATTITUDE IN THE MIND TOWARDS A PERSON. THIS OF COURSE IS USUALLY FOLLOWED BY CERTAIN FELLINGS TOWARDS THE LOVED.
•GENUINE LOVE IS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE ONE LOVED. IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOVE AND DO GOOD TO SOMEONE YOU DO NOT LIKE, SOMEONE WHO ANNOYS AND SOMEONE WHO IS YOUR ENEMY.
•LOVE IS THAT GIVING OF YOURSELF FOR THE GOOD OF ANOTHER PERSON IN WAYS THAT WILL BE BENEFIT THAT PERSON. GENUINE LOVE IS ALWAYS SACRIFICIAL. IT GIVES AND GIVES AND GIVES.
•FALSE LOVE IS SELFISH. IT DEMANDS TO BE TREATED WELL, TO BE GIVEN, TO BE SERVED. FALSE LOVE WILL SAY, IF YOU LOVE ME, GIVE, GIVE, GIVE, GIVE. IT USUALLY DEMANDS, COMMANDS, AND DIRECTS. IT LOOKS AT ITS OWN INTERESTS AND CONCERNS.
HOW CAN ONE KNOW THAT HE/SHE IS IN LOVE WITH THE PERSON OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AND THAT THEIR LOVE IS GENUINE? THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION. BUT ONE WRITTER, WILLIAM FAGAL HAS SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING POINTS
1. GENERAL INTEREST IN ALL THAT ONE DOES AND SAYS
»2.COMMON TASTES, IDEAS, AND STANDARDS WITHOUT SERIOUS CLASHES.
3. A SENSE OF CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION WHEN WITH THE PERSON SUPPOSED TO BE LOVED
•4. A FEELING OF PRIDE WHEN WITH THE PERSON LOVED IN CONTRADICTION TO THE OTHERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.
•5. WHEN TOGETHER, YOU HAVE A WEALTH OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH LESS BOREDOM
6. THE AWAKENING OF SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO THE PERSON, NOT USUALLY TO OTHER PEOPLE
•ONE OF THE TRUE MARKS OF GENUINE LOVE IS PATIENCE. TRUE LOVE WAITS. FALSE LOVE DEMANDS THINGS TO BE DONE TO THE DEMANDER RIGHT AWAY, HERE AND NOW. TRUE LOVE LOOKS AT THE FUTURE OF THE LOVED. FALSE LOVE LOOKS AT THE PRESENT NEEDS OF THE DEMANDER. GIVE NOW, NOW,NOW……’
•TRUE LOVE HAS THREE MAIN LETTERS.
ØA ALWAYS
ØB BE
ØC CHASTE[CLEAN]
•PERSONAL BENEFITS OF REMAINING SEXUALLY CLEAN ARE:
Ø1. IT MAKES BETTER LOVERS.
Ø2. IT STRENTHENS SENSE OF SELF WORTH.
Ø3.IT IS A GOOD TEST OF LOVE. WHOEVER LOVES YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR CHASTITY.
•4.IT IS AN EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONAL INTEGRITY. A PERSON WHO INVOLVES HIMSEF/HERSELF IN SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE IS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND NOT HONEST TO THE REALITY OF LIFE. SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT MARITAL COMMITMENT IS EMPTY AND VOID.
•OTHER BENEFITS OF REMAINING SEXUALLY CLEAN ARE:
Ø1.IT PROVIDES ONE OF THE MOST VALUABE GIFTS OF LOVE NAMELY VIRGINIGTY.
Ø2. IT PRIVIDES FREEDOM TO ENJOY YOUR YOUTH. 3. IT HELPS BUILD PATIENCE AND SELF CONTROL
Ø4. IT HELPS DEVELOP POSISTIVE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONAL GROWTH.
Ø5.IT HELPS DEVELOP UNSELFISH SENSITIVITY.
Ø6.IT HELPS DEVELOP RESPECT FOR LIFE.
Ø7. IT HELPS ONE TO FOCUS ON ACHIEVING LIFE GOALS.
Ø8. IT PROVIDES BASIS FOR TRUST.
Ø9. IT HELPS TO AVOID LIFE DEEP SCARS.
Ø10.IT PROTECTS THE MOST DELICATE SEXUAL ORGAN, THE BRAIN. 11. IT PROTECTS ONE FROM COMPARING YOUR PRESENT PARTNER WITH OTHERS
Ø12. IT PROTECTS FROM SEXUAL ADDICTION.
Ø`13. IT FREES FROM THE TRAUMA OF ABORTION.
ØI4. IT FREES FROM THE DANGERS OF VARIOUS ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL METHODS.
Ø15. IT FREES FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREGNANCY.
•16. IT PROTECTS FROM BOTH THE FEAR OF AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS .
•IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INVOLVED YOURSEF INTO IMMORAL ACTIVITIES, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CORRECT THE SITUATION?
•1. ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE WILL SURELY FORGIVE AND CLEANSE YOU FROM YOUR DIRTY FORMER WAY OF LIFE.
Ø2.PLAN TO, AND ACTUALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE STYLE. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF YOUR LIFE?.
Ø3.. AVOID WRONG COMPANIES WHICH MAY EASILY LEAD YOU TO THE SAME PROBLEMS.
Ø4 CARE FOR YOURSEF, WHAT BOOKS YOU READ, THE TV PROGRAMES YOU WATCH ETC.
Ø5. BE ACTIVE ON SPIRITUAL MATTERS TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELLMEANING YOUTHS.
Ø6.LADIES, CAREFYLLY AND WISELY CHOOSE YOUR ATTIRE. THE WAY YOU DRESSES MAY LEAD YOU TO DIFFICULT SEXUAL SITUATIONS. 7 HAVE TIME FOR YOUR PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY AND DEVOTIONS
Ø8. YOU MUST FIGHT TO REMAIN CLEAN. COMPLETELY DISCONNECT YOUR SELF FROM THE FORMER FRIEND[S] WHO WILL THINK YOU ARE THE SAME PERSON. LET THEM SEE YOUR DETERMINATION TO BE PURE.
Ø9. CARE FOR YOUR MOUTH. DO NOT SEEM CHEAP BY WHAT YOU SPEAK.
•IN GREEK LANGUAGE WHICH WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT, THERE ARE MANY WORDS THAT DESCRIBE DIFFERENT SHADES OF LOVE. THERE IS PURE GENUINE LOVE. THIS IS AGAPE, THE LOVE THAT GOD LOVES US WITH. THERE IS EROS, A LOVE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSITE SEXES. IT IS FROM THIS WORD WE GET EROTIC.
IT IS FROM THIS EROS THAT WE GET THE ENGLISH WORD EROTIC WHICH EXPRESSES SEXUAL FEELINGS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. THEN WE HAVE FILIA A WORD THAT EXPRESSES LOVE BETWEEN BLOOD RELATIONSHIP, LOVE BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ETC
•HOW DOES LOVE COME BETWEEN A YOUNG WOMAN AND A YOUNG MAN? THIS IS A MYSTERY PROVERB 30:18-19. ONLY GOD KNOWS HOW THE CHEMESTRY IN ONE PARTICULAR WOMAN IS ATTRACTED BY ANOTHER PARTICULAR YOUNG MANS’ CHEMESTRY.
•BUT LOVE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN [EROS] CAN COME IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS
•FIRST, INSTANTENEOUS CAPTIVATION OF ONE BY THE OTHER ON THE FIRST ENCOUNTER.
»SECOND, LOVE THAT COMES AFTER THE TWO HAVE STAYED TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME AND ONE OR BOTH LEARN THE CHARACTER, ATTITUDES, MANNERS AND THE LANGUAGE PATTERNS OF THE OTHER. LOVE THEN BEGINS FORMING SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
EITHER LOVE COMES AT ONCE OR PROGRESSIVELY, ONE MUST BEAR IN MIND THESE FOLLWING POINTS
•GENUINE LOVE IS NOT MERELY GOOD FEELINGS TOWARDS A SPECIAL FRIEND. LOVE IS A DECISION, AN ACT OF THE WILL. IT IS A FORMED ATTITUDE IN THE MIND TOWARDS A PERSON. THIS OF COURSE IS USUALLY FOLLOWED BY CERTAIN FELLINGS TOWARDS THE LOVED.
•GENUINE LOVE IS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE ONE LOVED. IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOVE AND DO GOOD TO SOMEONE YOU DO NOT LIKE, SOMEONE WHO ANNOYS AND SOMEONE WHO IS YOUR ENEMY.
•LOVE IS THAT GIVING OF YOURSELF FOR THE GOOD OF ANOTHER PERSON IN WAYS THAT WILL BE BENEFIT THAT PERSON. GENUINE LOVE IS ALWAYS SACRIFICIAL. IT GIVES AND GIVES AND GIVES.
•FALSE LOVE IS SELFISH. IT DEMANDS TO BE TREATED WELL, TO BE GIVEN, TO BE SERVED. FALSE LOVE WILL SAY, IF YOU LOVE ME, GIVE, GIVE, GIVE, GIVE. IT USUALLY DEMANDS, COMMANDS, AND DIRECTS. IT LOOKS AT ITS OWN INTERESTS AND CONCERNS.
HOW CAN ONE KNOW THAT HE/SHE IS IN LOVE WITH THE PERSON OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AND THAT THEIR LOVE IS GENUINE? THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION. BUT ONE WRITTER, WILLIAM FAGAL HAS SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING POINTS
1. GENERAL INTEREST IN ALL THAT ONE DOES AND SAYS
»2.COMMON TASTES, IDEAS, AND STANDARDS WITHOUT SERIOUS CLASHES.
3. A SENSE OF CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION WHEN WITH THE PERSON SUPPOSED TO BE LOVED
•4. A FEELING OF PRIDE WHEN WITH THE PERSON LOVED IN CONTRADICTION TO THE OTHERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.
•5. WHEN TOGETHER, YOU HAVE A WEALTH OF THINGS TO SHARE WITH LESS BOREDOM
6. THE AWAKENING OF SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO THE PERSON, NOT USUALLY TO OTHER PEOPLE
•ONE OF THE TRUE MARKS OF GENUINE LOVE IS PATIENCE. TRUE LOVE WAITS. FALSE LOVE DEMANDS THINGS TO BE DONE TO THE DEMANDER RIGHT AWAY, HERE AND NOW. TRUE LOVE LOOKS AT THE FUTURE OF THE LOVED. FALSE LOVE LOOKS AT THE PRESENT NEEDS OF THE DEMANDER. GIVE NOW, NOW,NOW……’
•TRUE LOVE HAS THREE MAIN LETTERS.
ØA ALWAYS
ØB BE
ØC CHASTE[CLEAN]
•PERSONAL BENEFITS OF REMAINING SEXUALLY CLEAN ARE:
Ø1. IT MAKES BETTER LOVERS.
Ø2. IT STRENTHENS SENSE OF SELF WORTH.
Ø3.IT IS A GOOD TEST OF LOVE. WHOEVER LOVES YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR CHASTITY.
•4.IT IS AN EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONAL INTEGRITY. A PERSON WHO INVOLVES HIMSEF/HERSELF IN SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE IS EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE AND NOT HONEST TO THE REALITY OF LIFE. SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT MARITAL COMMITMENT IS EMPTY AND VOID.
•OTHER BENEFITS OF REMAINING SEXUALLY CLEAN ARE:
Ø1.IT PROVIDES ONE OF THE MOST VALUABE GIFTS OF LOVE NAMELY VIRGINIGTY.
Ø2. IT PRIVIDES FREEDOM TO ENJOY YOUR YOUTH. 3. IT HELPS BUILD PATIENCE AND SELF CONTROL
Ø4. IT HELPS DEVELOP POSISTIVE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONAL GROWTH.
Ø5.IT HELPS DEVELOP UNSELFISH SENSITIVITY.
Ø6.IT HELPS DEVELOP RESPECT FOR LIFE.
Ø7. IT HELPS ONE TO FOCUS ON ACHIEVING LIFE GOALS.
Ø8. IT PROVIDES BASIS FOR TRUST.
Ø9. IT HELPS TO AVOID LIFE DEEP SCARS.
Ø10.IT PROTECTS THE MOST DELICATE SEXUAL ORGAN, THE BRAIN. 11. IT PROTECTS ONE FROM COMPARING YOUR PRESENT PARTNER WITH OTHERS
Ø12. IT PROTECTS FROM SEXUAL ADDICTION.
Ø`13. IT FREES FROM THE TRAUMA OF ABORTION.
ØI4. IT FREES FROM THE DANGERS OF VARIOUS ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL METHODS.
Ø15. IT FREES FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREGNANCY.
•16. IT PROTECTS FROM BOTH THE FEAR OF AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS .
•IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INVOLVED YOURSEF INTO IMMORAL ACTIVITIES, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CORRECT THE SITUATION?
•1. ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. HE WILL SURELY FORGIVE AND CLEANSE YOU FROM YOUR DIRTY FORMER WAY OF LIFE.
Ø2.PLAN TO, AND ACTUALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE STYLE. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF YOUR LIFE?.
Ø3.. AVOID WRONG COMPANIES WHICH MAY EASILY LEAD YOU TO THE SAME PROBLEMS.
Ø4 CARE FOR YOURSEF, WHAT BOOKS YOU READ, THE TV PROGRAMES YOU WATCH ETC.
Ø5. BE ACTIVE ON SPIRITUAL MATTERS TOGETHER WITH OTHER WELLMEANING YOUTHS.
Ø6.LADIES, CAREFYLLY AND WISELY CHOOSE YOUR ATTIRE. THE WAY YOU DRESSES MAY LEAD YOU TO DIFFICULT SEXUAL SITUATIONS. 7 HAVE TIME FOR YOUR PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY AND DEVOTIONS
Ø8. YOU MUST FIGHT TO REMAIN CLEAN. COMPLETELY DISCONNECT YOUR SELF FROM THE FORMER FRIEND[S] WHO WILL THINK YOU ARE THE SAME PERSON. LET THEM SEE YOUR DETERMINATION TO BE PURE.
Ø9. CARE FOR YOUR MOUTH. DO NOT SEEM CHEAP BY WHAT YOU SPEAK.
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