Are You Desperate for God’s Peace in Your Dating Life?
Do you worry about your relationship pretty much all the time?
Do you feel like you’re too messed up for a good relationship? That things just aren’t going to work out for you?
Does the concept of being at peace in your relationship seem foreign to you?
Here is why you can take a deep breath and relax.
The Bible says that the counsel of the Lord will prevail:
There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail. (Prov. 19:21 WEB)
What is His counsel? What does it look like? There are many ways to describe His counsel, but one of those ways is peaceful. Peace is God’s nature. It is a key beat in the rhythm of His heart:
The God of peace be with you all. (Rom. 15:33 NIV)
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. (1 Cor. 14:33 NIV)
We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure. (1 Thess. 5:23 ICB)
May the Lord show you his favor
and give you his peace. (Num. 6:26 NLT)
Those verses are a description of who God is for you in every aspect of your life, including your dating life. He is the God of peace, and His peace-filled counsel will stand forever. It will prevail over everything else.
Everything inside you that feels anxious is invited to come face to face with the God of peace, and He will make the trembling parts of you steady and capable.
Here are a few things you can know with certainty about your dating life, simply because God is peace and His counsel will never fall apart.
The peace of God is FOR you.
Read the following declarations aloud every day this week. Pray about them as God leads your heart, and get in the habit of directing your thoughts toward His truth, not your fears.
· The God of peace is with me in my dating relationship (2 Thess. 3:16).
· I am at peace because He is looking after me, and I am resting in Him (Ps. 4:8).
· As the Holy Spirit speaks to me about my future and my spouse, His voice sounds like perfect peace (Gal. 5:22).
· The peace of Jesus rules my heart (Col. 3:15).
· I trust the Lord with all my heart, and I am walking in His peace as I date this person (Isa. 26:3).
· The Lord has blessed me with strength and peace in my relationship (Ps. 29:11).
· The peace of Jesus fills my dating life (John 14:27).
· Whenever I start to worry about my relationship, I give this burden to Jesus (Ps. 55:22).
· I might not have all the answers right now, but I am still at peace (Phil. 4:7).
· I am not a prisoner of fear, held captive by fear, but I am actively going after Jesus’ peace and His goodness (Ps. 34:14).
· The God of peace is crushing all my dating fears, doubts, and anxieties under His feet (Rom. 16:20).
· I have a good future ahead of me (Jer. 29:11).
· I love the ways of God with all my heart, and nothing can make me stumble (Ps. 119:165).
· The Wonderful Counselor is giving me dating advice (Isa. 9:6).
· All the wisdom of God is for me. He is answering all my dating questions (Jas. 1:5).
This week…
Child of God, you are precious to your Father. His nature and character, His peace, His love, His steadiness, all His amazing traits—these things are what you get to grow into, because He is your Father. If He is peace, you get to be peaceful—in your dating life and in everything else.
Your heavenly Father loves you more than you realize! For more about His amazing, unending love, check out Becoming the One by Salomé Roat. Click here to learn more. The book is also available in Spanish.
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