No Hopes or Dreams Means a Red Light!

Narrator: Chris Genthree
Duration: 1min
 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 11
If one partner in a courtship is reluctant to pray about, dream of, and plan for the future together with the other it would be well to be very hesitant about continuing the relationship (see Luke 14:28-3028For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. (Luke 14:28‑30) for the principle). It is not normal for a serious Christian courtship to have no display of this kind of life "in the heavens".
A courtship cannot survive if one partner is too self-centered to think and plan for the future soberly and prayerfully Of course the Lord Jesus may come at any moment—He has promised to do so. But while longing and looking for His return, a couple who are in a serious romantic relationship ought to also be planning for their future should the Lord leave us here. Above all, see that your courtship is one in which praying together for guidance, help, and wisdom is a natural and valued part of dating.