Counsels on Relationships

Counsel #6 — Pray For God’s Guidance

Picture: Counsel #6 — Pray for God’s Guidance CR 69.1

Ask God to guide you in finding love. Don’t put emphasis on dreams, chance encounters, or shared tastes. Just because you are attracted to someone does not mean that God would want you to be in a relationship with them. If that individual is not a practicing Christian, urges you to have sex before marriage, negates your relationship with Jesus, or violates other key indicators of Christianity, God didn’t bring them to you. Don’t fall for just a smooth talker or a beautiful face! CR 69.2

God is deeply interested in every facet of your life. He hears your prayers for guidance and will respond in His timing. You can completely trust the hands that were nailed to the cross for you!^[67] CR 69.3

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalms 32:8 NKJV CR 69.4

“Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and your fears before God…. Take to Him everything that perplexes the mind.” Ellen G. White in Steps to Christ, p. 100 CR 69.5

Reflect: Are you constantly asking God to direct your path in finding love? Are you asking Him to grow you into “the right person”? CR 69.6