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Reaching Others Through Kindness

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Having trouble trying to figure out what do you with your sweetheart next week?  Let Weekend Kindness help you with some ideas:

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So, the girl of your dreams is sitting across the room from you in youth group and you don’t know what to say?

Weekend Kindness is here to help you with the Top 7 Christian Pick Up Lines brought to you by Small Steps to Glory:

1. “I believe one of my ribs belongs to you.”
2. “Hey.. I would work 7 years for your sister.. but I would work 7 more years for you.”
3. “You’re totally depraved but I’d still like to go out with you…”
4. “I’m interested in full time ministry, and not only that… I also play the guitar.”
5. “Have you died before? Because that looks like a resurrection body to me..”
6. “Hi, I’m Calvin. You were meant to choose me.”
7. “The Word says ‘Give drink to those who are thirsty, and feed the hungry’; how about dinner?”

Yes, you too can ask a girl out using these tried and true lines.  So what are you waiting for– there’s a girl out there waiting to be the Ruth to your Boaz, that you would be willing to slay two Goliaths for, and who has the same favorite Apostle as you do!

One of the things that always stuck with me while I was dating was a guideline my father gave me about physical intimacy.  He told me that there is an obvious boundary, but with each new physical thing you do (holding hands, hugging, kissing, etc) you want the next thing because of how good it makes you feel.

It was this knowledge that kept me from kissing a girl, until the girl before the woman I married, and it proved that guidelines– when taken to heart– are good to help us to do what we know with our heads is right.

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Tired of the same old date ideas: Going out to the mall, dusting off the bowling shoes, or going out to dinner followed by some lame movie that you really didn’t want to see?

We here at Weekend Kindness want to help!  So, we’ve scoured books on dating and would like to present for your approval the following list of 7 more Unusual Date Ideas taken from "Date Your Mate":

1. Let’s Make a Deal

On a piece of cardboard create a three-door game that will let your lover select the place and price level of subsequent outings.  Label the doors 1, 2, and 3.  Behind each door write the description of a particular date ( for instance, "A dinner at [a favorite restaurant] followed by a night at the theater seeing a live play" ).  Behind another door may be a less extravagant date such as "A fun-filled evening shopping for a new pair of shoes (on me, of course)".  The last alternative might be something like "You’ve won an exciting evening at home with two videos of your choice and a bowlful of popcorn."

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At 13 years old, I went through a True Love Waits class and wore a purity ring. I decided to save my first kiss until marriage. I was made fun of many times for that decision. My friends would ask me, “But what if you marry a guy and he turns out to be a bad kisser?” I’ve also heard people say that you don’t buy a car without test-driving it first, so why would you get married without a little test-run? “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:8, 10-12. Because of my stand for purity, I was able to witness to the people I went to school with and I will be rewarded for my perseverance. G. K. Chesterton was a great Christian who said, “Jesus promised his disciples three things: that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
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The quest for purity is making a comeback in America. Since 1993, nearly 2.5 million “True Love Waits” pledge cards have been signed by young men and young women who have made a commitment to remain pure and save sex for marriage. The “True Love Waits” commitment reads:

Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, my friends, my future mate, and my future children to a lifetime of purity including sexual abstinence from this day until the day I enter a biblical marriage relationship.

Passion and purity may seem mutually exclusive. They are not. It is possible to feel passionately toward someone without following through physically. No one said it was easy, but it is possible.

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I didn’t even see it coming.Daniel and I had met in early April on the internet. Never thought we’d develop more than a friendship, but really enjoyed talking to each other about our faith and theological matters. We met in person on April 24, 2004 and hit it off right away. The close, Christ-centered friendship we’d enjoyed soon turned into a romance.I was just finishing a year sabbatical from dating, so Daniel and I had to wait until June 1 to truly become boyfriend and girlfriend. On the last three days of my sabbatical, we fasted and prayed, asking God for direction about each other. We wanted to be sure He meant the two of us to be together before we ever started dating. On June 1, we broke our fast at Old Chicago and he asked me to be his girlfriend. I accepted. On the first of every month, we celebrate by having lunch or dinner at Old Chicago.A few weeks later, Daniel got some free passes to Six Flags, so he treated our family to a day out. I knew that part of his plan was to pull my dad aside and ask for my hand in marriage. (Yeah, we moved fast. But God was so definitely in it!) It wasn’t going to be hard to get alone with my dad, as they’re the only two people in my family who like roller coasters.My mom and brother joined me in line for the Spider, while my dad and boyfriend headed to the Sidewinder. They were only gone for a few minutes when they’d returned, lamenting the fact that the ride was closed. Needless to say, I was disappointed.
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