Moral Boundaries?!

This month in our Student Ministry at Eastside Baptist Church we are studying Moral Boundaries... For some of you who know me you understand how strong I feel about Moral Boundaries. With in Moral Boundaries we are focusing on Dating and I've come up with some rules.

1. Don't Date UNTIL You are right with God.
1. You can't include someone in your messed up life until you are focused on God and God alone. We have so much crap in our lives and so does that other person. Life can only get better when BOTH are focused on God because if not the junk in our lives gets in the way.
2. Gen. 24 Abraham BELIEVED God would provide a wife for his son.
1. I know this sounds weird using a dad instead of the son, but in biblical times the parents did the picking (Thank You Jesus it's not like that today!), so it was important for Abraham to be focused on God for his sons sake!
3. 1 Cor. 7:32-35 It's easier to be devoted to God when single.
1. I think we forget this.... We think it would be easier to dig into to God's word with someone.
2. Set Boundaries
1. This is something we try NOT to do in today's society. Boundaries are seen as something to break through not something to help us.
2. Where you choose to set your boundaries is up to you. Each person is different. Here is the thing when you start to do something and you feel guilty then what you are doing is wrong. 
1. Every time you kiss someone a part of you is lost. I can name every guy I have ever kissed and that is a lengthy list... I once had a friend tell me that if he kissed a girl he might as well sleep with her because it's all the same. Even though I think that is a strange way to look at things because He didn't value sex. For me because I have been sexually active in the past I have a strict boundary line that is FAR from sex because once you have done 
3. 2 Tim 2:22 says, "Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart."

1. FLEE from it not get our toes on the line. So many times we live with our toes on the line instead of our backs to the line. When was the last time a rule was set and you didn't want to break it? What about the speed limit? Or not cheating on homework? Now, think about this... if we cheat on our homework it becomes easier to cheat on a test because we're used to cheating. The first time we cheat we are super worried... then it gets easier. The closer we get to our boundaries the easier it is to break them. If we have never cheated then it is hard to cheat on a test and we probably wouldn't do it.
3. BE A MAN of God
1. TUNE IN NEXT WEEK!
4. BE A Godly GIRL
1. TUNE IN IN 2 WEEKS!