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Admin	Compromise... Posted : 10 Jan, 2009 07:10 PM Listened to a song tonight that really spoke to me ~ perhaps it will to some of you as well. Called 'By Your Side' by 'Tenth Avenue North'. Just google it on You tube. For some reason it made me think about compromise. Lotta pressure put on us Christian ladies, by so-called like-minded men, to do just that. Has made me think ~ would I compromise what I believe (mainly regarding intimacy) for the 'right' man. Occurred to me that if he 'is' the right man ~ I'm not gonna have too. He won't want me to do so. Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 11 Jan, 2009 06:18 AM Amen. Post Reply
kristina_f View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 11 Jan, 2009 04:20 PM I would HOPE that Christian guys would not pressure girls to compromise on their values re. intimacy. Then I would think that these would be rather "secular" guys. I can see "secular" guys trying to get girls to compromise on their stance of staying abstinent before marriage, I have personally witnessed it. This is why I am seeking out Christian guys, in the hopes that they will understand my values and want to have these same values for themselves. If Christian guys are trying to get girls to compromise, then all is lost. Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 12 Jan, 2009 03:38 AM If the man isn't even more insistent than you are on not compromising, he is better left alone. David Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 12 Jan, 2009 03:58 PM Amen to that, Brother David. Alexis:applause: Post Reply
ephesians522 View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 10:15 AM The issue of "carnality" always arises with the interactions between a man and a woman. The degree varies with the amount of intimate moments they share. The human soul is weak, since we are made of flesh we tend to succumb to the things of the flesh. This is especially harder for those not mature in their walk with the Lord. Many "healthy" Christian relationships have been ended because of this. Christian marriages are not immune to the issue of divorce because one has strayed once too many times. So it is up to the stronger one, do not put yourself in a situation where intimacy is an issue. The ways to communicate without direct interaction are many. "Dating" is a process to form a bonding. When prolonged, it shows how one can be dedicated to another. There is no rule for how many times a couple should date before establishing the basis for a relationship and there isn't any rule on how long two people should be familiar with each other before getting married. For a "Godly" relationship is built on faith in God. We all live in fear here on earth and now, with the world economic crises our fears are more elevated. Our fears makes us turn to the Lord for strength, but through fellowship we can find comfort, we don't have to go through our fears alone. Maybe now is not the time to seek an earthly companionship, but be fulfilled in assisting others. If we don't compromise then we are destined to spend to spend the rest of our lives alone. Many blessings to you all. Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 12:01 PM Hello, I would rather spend the rest of my life single ( not alone) than compromise. God has better for me than a man who does not obey what the Bible teaches and who does not love and respect me enough to wait. I am never alone for my Jesus is always here with me. Therefore I will not out of loneliness or desperation compromise. My brothers and sisters, the time is very short. What do we want Jesus to find us doing upon His return? In Christ, Lydia Post Reply
ephesians522 View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 01:39 PM Sister Lydia, Compromise doesn't have to be a bad thing and generally both parties have to make some concessions to come to an agreement. 1 Cor 7 (NIV) 1Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. 2But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. 3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. 5Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6I say this as a >concession Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 01:47 PM My brother, We are not saying that compromise is a bad thing as in give and take in a relationship. We are saying that compromising our Christian values and sinning sexually is. Blessings, Lydia Post Reply
ephesians522 View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 01:59 PM Let's try this again without the censorship. What Paul is trying to say in that sometimes a man and a woman has to make concessions (compromise) when is comes to pleasing eachother physically. But only under the sanctity of marriage. We are suppose to satisfy our partners physically and when we are called to do so, unless there is an agreement (compromise). We do not withhold our bodies from our mates because we had a bad day, we don't fell like doing it right now, can we wait until the program I'm watching is done, can't you see I'm doing the laundry, or I'm too tired. Let this go on long enough and because of "the lack of self control" our partner will venture outside of the marraige to seek satisfaction (being tempted by Satan) which "causes them to sin". So it is not a sin to compromise, it is a sin not to. Again, "If we don't compromise then we are destined to spend the rest of our lives alone." Post Reply
View Profile History	Compromise... Posted : 24 Jan, 2009 02:23 PM You seem to be misunderstanding the original post of our sister Rose. She is speaking about sexual sin, not compromising her beliefs and sinning sexually before marriage. That is the only kind of compromise that we are commenting on here. I hope this clears it up for you. God bless, Lydia Post Reply

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