Christian Dating Advice

   
The dating world can be an unsettling place for those wanting to hold on to strong Christian convictions. When you find someone that sparks your interests you may find that dating while living according to your faith and beliefs takes work. It can be done though and here are a few ways to hold on to your Christian faith while dating today.

Find a Potential Mate to Date Who Shares Your Faith

This goes deeper than shared religion. You need to be dating only someone who shares your level of commitment to your faith in Christ. Someone who has similar goals and ideals when it comes to family, worship, and commitment to Christ is going to be a better match for you and will be more understanding of your desire to live and act according to your beliefs

Discuss Limits, Expectations, and Wishes with Each Other

As your Christian dating relationship progresses there will come a time when you will both need to sit down together and discuss your limits, your desires, and your goals regarding intimacy and the physical nature of your ongoing dating relationship. You would be surprised at how many dating-and married–couples are supposed to love each other deeply but know very little about the hopes and dreams of their partners.

Open communication is the key to any successful dating relationship but is very important when you are attempting to live and date above the ways of the world. When you have a Christ-centered relationship you will still face the same temptations that other dating-couples experience. The difference is that you will be in a much better position to resist temptation if you are in agreement on firm dating boundaries.

Pray Together As a Christian Singles Couple

There is a wise old saying: “The family that prays together, stays together.” This is also true for couples, whether dating or already married. Praying together solidifies your union, strengthens your commitments to one another, and affirms your collective commitment to God. Any recipe for relationship success when it comes to Christian dating relationships must include God as an integral part of the relationship. Keep in mind that long hours of praying alone together can usher in physical temptation. So keep your prayers together short and in a semi-public place for the sake of dating purity before marriage.

Worship Together As a Christian Singles Couple

Make one of your regular dates attending church services together. Participate in Bible study groups together. Build a relationship jointly within the safety net of your Christian faith. As you become more committed to one another and to God you can expand your dating experiences to more secular activities if you would like but there is nothing wrong with keeping a Christ-centered relationship as your primary focus. After all, a Christian dating relationship is like a triangle with God at the top and the man and woman at each corner of the base, the closer a man and woman get to God, the closer they get to each other as they move up the triangle.

Surround Yourselves With Positive Christian Couples

There is very little that can compare to fellowship with other Christian couples who share your commitment to Christ when it comes to helping you stand your moral ground while dating. There are many temptations that you will face as a Christian couple dating in today’s world, a fallen world that views dating and morality far differently than Christians do.

The secular world in which we live may not be ideally suited for Christian dating but it is still possible to hold true to Christian ideals and set yourself apart from worldlier dating practices. Become beacons of life for one another and reflect your commitment to Christ by your dating deeds as well as your words.

God Is The Best Matchmaker or Dating Service There Is When It Comes to Bringing Two Christian Singles Together

Maybe you have not yet met the one that God wants you to marry. Do not allow anxiety or desperation to put you into a dating pressure cooker. Relax and trust God to bring dating success as you mature in Christ. Enjoy every stage of your Christian life. If single, enjoy singleness, keeping in mind that someday you will probably have far less free time with a spouse and possibly kids to love and care for.

If you have not tried online Christian dating, let our detailed reviews of Christian dating sites help you find the top Christian dating service that is just right for you. Visit http://www.MeetChristianSingles.com today for more advice on Christian dating for Christian singles who want to honor and please Jesus Christ in their dating relationships!

Let’s face it ­­you never get a second chance to make a first impression!  That is why, if you want to develope a relationship with a woman, you need to show her you are a gentleman on the very first date.  And in actual fact, there are five things that men consistently do on first dates that totally destroy their chances of seeing the woman again, and the worst part is they think they’re doing it right!  Avoid the following five mistakes to increase your chances of success on your first date:

Mistake #1: Buying gifts - Bringing chocolate or flowers on a first date isn’t the best idea – especially if you’ve just met the woman! She’s there to get to know YOU. Women are always asking themselves “what does THAT mean?” And in this case it’s, “He bought me flowers because he likes me, but he doesn’t even know anything about me yet! A little suspicious.

Mistake #2: Being Mr. Serious – When in the presence of a potential date, men often become boring, instead of keeping up the friendly vibe they have with their friends. They won’t make jokes or laugh with the woman, they won’t play around like they do with their friends and they generally take things a little too seriously. Why do men change their behavior around women, often without even realizing they’re doing it? Because they fear losing their only chance with the girl of their dreams, they try and play the safe side, which results in a “Mr. Serious.”

Mistake #3: Conducting an Interview – When men become “Mr. Serious” they often fall into “job interview conversation mode.” Make sure you reserve questions like, “So where do you work?” or “How many brothers and sisters do you have?” for the future, after you’ve already had a lot of fun and made the sparks fly. Instead, talk about your hobbies, interesting stories and fun stuff. Avoid anything too deep for a long period of time. On a first date, it can make things a little depressing. Talk like you’ve known each other for years (as if you don’t need to do the awkward 20-questions quiz.) Of course you can ask basic questions, but never make it the main focus of your date. Focus on fun.

Mistake #4: Being too needy and direct – Without realizing it, many guys turn their dates off by trying a little too hard. For example: Men will lean into a woman’s personal space, and ask, “so do you like me?” or constantly change his opinion to seek her approval and make her like him. Big mistake. Ironically, it’s leaning back, staying cool and calm, being a little cheeky, interesting, mysterious and comfortable with yourself that actually gets a woman’s attention and keeps her interested.

Mistake #5: Going to boring places – If your date finds the night boring, you’re finished. When it comes to having fun on first dates, nothing is more important than what you do. And while dinners and movies are nice, it’s really hard to leave a great impression in these settings. Why? Because they set a very “proper tone” that’s hard to turn into fun and playful. And unless you’re a super funny, intelligent and interesting guy, dinner and movie dates just aren’t the best place to take your date. Instead, go to fun places like mini-golf parks, carnivals, parks, or even better, come up with your own unique and fun ideas.

So in essence, while there are many factors to having a successful date, a great date idea really helps you do many of them naturally! Remember, where you take a woman on a first date can be the difference between a great night and a dating disaster!   

3 Ways To Re-Spark The Magic Back Into Your Relationship

 Written By Michael Webb

Are you frustrated that your relationship doesn’t have the magic and romance that it once had? Feel like you’re stuck in a rut and always doing the same things?

You’re not alone. After dating someone for a long time, it’s easy to slip into a stable and comfortable routine. However, you often lose the spark that made your relationship so special in the first place. Not to worry, here are three simple, fun and creative ways to reignite that magic:

1. GIVE THEM A UNIQUE GIFT

Name a Star after your partner. A number of astronomical agencies allow individuals to name stars and you receive formal documentation identifying the star that you have named. Or how about this: Give your partner a magic gift box, and every month place a new small gift in the box for your beloved to discover.

2. SAY “I LOVE YOU” IN A UNIQUE WAY

Take a book that your partner is reading and, using a pencil, underline letters in a section of the book she has yet to read to spell out a secret message of “I love you” or an entire love letter.  Doing it just like this. Or for something really unique: You can buy special plants that grow and after 14 days display a message of your choice on the leaf. Cool or what!

3. START GOING ON DATES AGAIN

One thing that separates couples with ‘out of this world’ relationships, is they never stop doing new, fun and exciting things with their partner. In other words, they never stop dating and neither should you.

Spend the day doing fun things: go to the carnival, the beach, have a water fight, stare at the clouds on a grassy hill, go on a picnic, walk in the rain without raincoats and umbrellas, dress up in funny costumes and hit the town. Or how about this: Pick your partner up for a date and blindfold her before driving to a special destination.  Try to make the destination something really unexpected like a table set up at the top of a cliff or a dinner on a boat or old-fashioned ship. It needs to be something that will have an impact when she removes the blindfold.

Believe me when I say that NOTHING can rekindle the love, passion and excitement in your relationship more than going on fun and creative dates together.

About the Author:

Oprah Love Expert Michael Webb is the author of 300 Creative Dates, a book jam-packed with ways to rekindle your relationship with creative and romantic outings, including including ideas for every day dates, long distance relationships, birthdays, anniversaries and more. To learn more visit:

http://dlsullivan.300dates.hop.clickbank.net

So you’ve just joined an online dating community. Do not be discouraged when your prospect dates have not yet responded to your queries.

Women members of online dating portals receive an average of fifty to 200 queries  from other members of the opposite sex. This means she’s just taking time going through all the queries she had received. You need to be a bit more patient.

Have a proactive approach when it comes to online dating. Focusing on one woman  would reduce your chances of landing a response.

Try sending messages to different women in order to bolster the probabilities of getting a good response.

Carefully choosing your would-be dates is a good thing to do since this would help you land the dates who have the same interests as yours. However, don’t be too selective.

You have to try creating a unique profile when sending messages. Make it stand out because there will be a lot of messages for one woman from other members of the online dating community.

Starting out with an interesting username is favorable. In addition, read through the profiles of your intended partners in order to incorporate a few things they like on your own profile, but keep in mind to include just the things you are actually interested in.

By doing so, your prospective partners will read through your profile after receiving a query from you and end up remembering you because of the stuff that’s on your profile.

She may even feel that you took the time to read through her profile and subsequently establish a connection with her.

Be truthful about the things you put on your profile. Lying about stuff will just ruin your entire reputation in the online dating community.

In addition, it will be harder to correct lies whenever you and your dates have known each other better. It would also prevent you from enjoying while you’re on a date with the other members of the online dating community because you’ll be too careful to cover up all the lies you’ve told your dates before you got to go out on a date with them.

Be Honest…Be Yourself!