courship

"“It is not good for the man to be alone”. It’d like us to recognize that God is the one who recognized it, it was God who noticed that, it was God who looked at his creation, it was God who looked down the road, [and] it was God in His infinite wisdom who looked at the man and said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a help meet for him”. ""I’m going to make him a helper that is meet to him, that is suitable to him, that is adopted to him, that is compatible to him, that is compared to him, that is a companion to him”. That’s what God was saying. He wasn’t saying, “I’m going to make him a woman so Adam has somebody to help him""And verse 22, “And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made He a woman and brought her unto the man”. Can you just imagine with me a little bit, that meeting? Ponder "" Can you imagine what that meeting must have been like? She was perfect. She was absolutely perfect, and he was perfect, and he was everything that God wanted him to be, and she was everything that God wanted her to be. Ca you imagine what that meeting must have been like? Bless the Lord."", “this is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man""What kind of a relationship do you think they had with a meeting like this? How do you think he felt about her? Do you think he said, “Thank you Lord. Come on, Eve, there’s a lot of work to do in the garden. Let’s go!”. Do you think He looked at her that way? And I know we chuckle about that, but let’s get some depth out of it, too. He didn’t look at her that way. My, he looked at her; “My treasure! My wife! My queen! A gift from God! This gift that God game me! A woman! A wife!”. What kind of relationship do you think they had? ""Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh”. ""And man fell, and all of that beautiful order that God had set into motion has been muddled up. It’s been confused. It’s been hated by sin. It’s been infested by a lower nature, and that’s why we’re going to have the rest of this session today, and tomorrow and on Friday, because there is a Genesis Chapter 3.God wants to restore this beautiful, meaningful part of His order and His kingdom. That is God’s heart.""pursue marriage?Ho do I know when it is time to pursue this awesome relationship called marriage? I believe they’re very wise when the start asking those kind of questions to their fathers, and their mothers and their spiritual leaders""First of all, God will help you to know. He’s very concerned about it, He’d very concerned that it’d be right, He’s very concerned that it come forth by the beauty in which we just looked at it, here. I assure you that God will help you to know when it’s time for you to pursue this relationship of marriage"would that be mne and women eyes on Christ, seeking after him..? Seeking his will.. Much prayer?"Number two, your parents will be able to discern this. They know you. They know you like nobody else knows you except God. They know you, they know where you’re at, they know the level of your maturity, they know your strengths, they know your weaknesses, they know your walk with God, they know you. Let your parents help you to discern when it’s time for you to pursue this relationship called marriage. dad's are ver important!!! and mom'sAnd thirdly, godly leaders will be able to give you some insights concerning this subject. If you have godly leaders in your life (some of you I know you don’t, but some of you do) don’t just pass them by. They can also help you in this area. They also know you. They watch for your soul. They’ve been watching over you. In some situations, they’ve watched you grow up; they’ve known you for five years; they’ve known you for ten years. Let them help you to discern when it’s time for you to enter into this "That would pastor?or older men?blessing