Heart Verses

Proverbs 4:23- "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."
One of the most important things we can do with our lives is guard our heart. Matters of the heart affect our lives.

Psalm 37:4, 5, 7: "Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass...Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him."
Instead of being worried about how it will work out and who we will marry we're supposed to just wait on Him, and in the meantime, delight fully in Him.

Romans 14:23- "Whatever is done without faith is sin.”
God reminds us through this verse to always seek His word for direction in all areas of our lives including romance. We're supposed to pray, ask God for verses to confirm His direction, and follow them. To make important decisions without knowing they're what God wants us to do is to sin.

Deuteronomy 6:5- "Love the Lord your God with all your HEART, with all your soul, and with all your mind and with all your strength."
It would be hard to love God with all of our hearts if we give it freely to whoever asks, with no intention of marriage planned as the result of that relationship. We should entrust our hearts to God.

I Corinthians 7:32-35- “But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord--how he may please the Lord. But he who is married cares about the things of the world--how he may please his wife. There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world--how she may please her husband. And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.”
As singles, we should only be focused on serving God. When we get married, we will have plenty of time to focus on our spouse. God tells us this not to make us feel restricted, but so that we can serve Him without having distractions in the way.

I Corinthians 7:27- "Are you loosed from a wife [husband]? Do not seek a wife [husband]."
We don't need to be out searching for a spouse, but just trusting Him.

James 1:17- "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning."
This verse is God's gentle reminder that every time we get tired of waiting for our spouse, every good gift is from Him, and there will be no doubt in our minds that it's His will.

I Corinthians 13:4- "Love is PATIENT, love is KIND, it is not self-seeking..."
True love and God's best for us can only be gotten from waiting patiently for it. Also, true KINDNESS is not self-seeking, and therefore, a relationship with the One shouldn't be started to benefit ourselves, but the other person.

I John 3:16- "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
True love is love like Christ's, which is love that lays down our loves for others. To truly know how to love, we must first lay down our lives for others in service, sacrifice, and ministry starting with God first. This takes practice and time and should be done before getting into a relationship.

Song of Solomon 2:7b, 3:5b, and 8:4b- "Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases"  and Ecclesiates 3:1 & 5b- "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven...A time to embrace, a time to refrain from embracing."
There is a specific time in our lives that God created for us to have love...and we believe that, based on the many other verses above, that time is very near marriage, if not within marriage. Therefore, casual relationships have no purpose in our lives.

Psalm 138:8- "I will perfect EVERYTHING that concerns you."
Whenever we think that this is ridiculous, that we should give up waiting, and that we couldn't possibly trust God with this area of our lives, God reminds us of this verse and the ones that follow, which clearly show that God has a plan and knows the future and we should not worry!

Phillipians 4:6, Matthew 6:25a, Luke 12:22a-"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
We don't have to worry about anything in our future. True peace comes from trusting that God knows your future, and holds everything in His hands.

Jeremiah 29:11-13-"`For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope (NIV). Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart (NKJV).'"
God knows all the plans He has for us including who we will marry, and there is no need to worry about who that person will be. He will give us answers after we have sought Him with our whole heart.

Candace Perry
		About the author:
		Candace is 26 and lives in Colorado. The founder of PurityPeople.com, while not perfect, she thanks God for protecting her purity all these years and still hopes her first kiss will be on her wedding day (or at least engagement). She enjoys hiking, singing, ballroom dancing, hip hop dance, and worshipping her Savior. You can often find her checking her Facebook mini-feed, ROFLOL to Kenan & Kel re-runs, and Snorkie crooning (that's baby-talking to her schnauzer-yorkie mix for those of you who might be lost). Speaking of LOST, she's a diehard fan of that among other shows from this century.
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