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The best way to an answer is to ask...............

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IF?????????????? You are really Serious......

40 Questions to Ask Before You Marry

1. Are they a Christian?
2. What kind of Christian is he or she?
3. Are they truly committed to being saving and obeying God?
4. Do you have compatibility in spiritual things?
5. Do you agree on the doctrine of the Bible?
6. Do you agree on the church you will attend?
7. Do you agree on how to spend your time and money?
8. Can you trust this person?
9. Has he or she ever given you reason not to trust something they have said or done?
10. How does he or she handle adversity?
11. Are they a person of faith or do they fall into unbelief regularly?
12. Have you ever seen him or her angry?
13. Have you ever seen him or her angry with you?
14. Did you resolve the conflict in a biblical way?
15. Was forgiveness asked for and granted? Or was the issue forgotten after a while?
16. Does he have a way to provide for you? Pastor Dollar’s wife said no when he first proposed since he was living with his Mom, driving his Mom’s car and could barley provide for himself. She said marriage can wait.
17. Is he or she responsible with money and spending?
18. Is he or she a good example? More than likely you will want to have children. Is this person a good example for them? How do they speak? Your children will speak like them.
19. What issue do you agree on or disagree on? Marriage is about compromise, but some things cannot be compromised on.
20. Does this person have control over his or her sex drive? If they do not while dating, they won’t have temperance after marriage.
21. Is there pressure on you for sex? 1 Thessalonians 4:3 and 1 Corinthians 6:18
22. Does your prospective mate respect you and your onions? Do you already have them “whipped”?
23. Does he or she listen to you and receive your ideas and or correction? Are you consulted on decisions?
24. Is there mutual submission? Can each of you give and receive ideas and or correction? Most people focus on the portion of scriptures for wives submitting to their husbands, but Paul said to submit one to another just above that.
25. Is he or she truly open to your inputs? Do your inputs count?
26. Have you resolved conflicts between you? Lovingly? If not, it’s not yet time to get married.
27. How does your perspective mate treat others? Spend time with his friends and with your friends. How he treats others will dictate how he treats your family.
28. Have you dated long enough to identify what this person struggles with on a daily basis? Have you asked? There isn’t such thing as a knight in shining armor. There is a part of his armor needing to be polished. Does he or she need to resolve them prior to marriage? If not, the issue will be taken into the marriage.
29. Can you live with the areas your mate isn’t dealing with well?
30. Is this person a giving individual? Or are they only interested in receiving?
31. Do you have effective communication skills? Listen, speak, and act?
32. Friendship is essential. Is this person your best friend?
The next are for people who have been divorced or with someone who was divorced:
33. Do you or they understand what caused the divorce? Many people don’t know. The same issues will transfer to your marriage. If not dealt with.
34. Have they resolved the issue before God by asking for forgiveness? Is your heart right?
35. Have you or they asked the former spouse for forgiveness? This act shows maturity and growth.
36. Have all possibilities of reconciliation been exhausted?
37. Do you or they still entertain thoughts of reconciliation?
38. Do you sense you or do they sense that they are not the same person, mentally, emotionally, morally than they were in the former marriage?
39. DO NOT DATE ANYONE WHO IS NOT DIVORCED! The divorce must be final before you begin to date.
40. Are you honestly looking for someone who you can give to or just to save you from your own life?

Here are just a few......

Matthew 24:38

Hebrews 13:4

Romans 7:2

I Corinthians 7:9, 7:27, 7:33, 7:36

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Crime is horrible.....

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