I Kissed Dating Goodbye3

Supermodels

We, Christians model God's love to the world.
Understanding this role profoundly affects our approach to relationships, esp our dating relationships.
When dating we represent God's love, not only to the other person in the relationship, but also to the people watching us.

As Christians, we need to remember that God's perfect love is not only for our benefit. We model God's love whether or not we realise that people is watching us. What they see affects God's reputation for loving His creation. If we claim to follow Christ then wear the world's twisted style of love, we drag the name & character of our Lord in the dirt.

For this reason, we must ask ourselves, "Am I modeling the love of Christ? Do my motivations & actions in this relationship reflect the perfect love of God has shown to me? How would you answer those questions right now?

I Love Me
We can better model God's perfect love when we avoid the negative habits of dating.
We need to recognise and reject the world's pattern of love.
Understand the worlds' deceptions flow from the belief that love is primary for the fulfillment and comfort of self. The world poisons love by focusing first and foremost on meeting one's own needs.

Next we're told (by the world) that love is primarily a feeling.
By inflating the importance of feelings, we neglect the importance of putting love into actions. When we evaluate the quality of our love for someone else simply by our own emotional fulfillment, we are being selfish.

Out of Control
3rd fallacy about love deals with personal responsibility. The world tells us that Love is beyond our control. When we think likewise, we excuse ourselves from having to behave responsibly. We behave rashly, ended up hurting others in the process.