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Jullianna

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Have you ever ended or felt the need to end a non-marital relationship with someone, even another believer, due to a matter of faith of any kind?

Have you ever resisted the prompting of the Holy Spirit in your life to walk out of a non-marital relationship?

Are you in a bad relationship at this point in your life and feel that you might have been spared this had you heeded the red flags early on?

Have you ever resisted entering into a marital relationship you felt led to be in?

What have you learned as a result?
 
Ritter

Ritter

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I relate most to the second to last question. My current girlfriend was interested in me for awhile, but I didn't pay her any mind. She worked for me for a time and in that time she met my family...who urged me to ask her out; my friends...who urged me to ask her out, and strangers...who urged me to ask her out. It became clear that the Holy Spirit was directing the whole of nature to ask this girl out, but I remained obstinate. The funny part is she is funny and absolutely gorgeous, so most guys would have done so before anyone else met her.

This is what happens when you are a professional contrarian by nature.

Finally, my autistic brother walked into the room while I was doing voter ID's on the computer and said "(insert girl's name here) and Stephen." To which my jaw dropped. I looked upward and said "You win." and gave her a call the next day.

Just call me Balaam.
 
Liamson

Liamson

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Absolutely!

I have felt my conscience tear itself inside out telling me that if I asked a girl out it would be wrong on so many levels and end in tragic shameful disaster. This happened last week actually. So I didn't.
 
Oncefallen

Oncefallen

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Have you ever ended or felt the need to end a non-marital relationship with someone, even another believer, due to a matter of faith of any kind? Yes

Have you ever resisted the prompting of the Holy Spirit in your life to walk out of a non-marital relationship? Yes

Are you in a bad relationship at this point in your life and feel that you might have been spared this had you heeded the red flags early on? No, but I've been there.

Have you ever resisted entering into a marital relationship you felt led to be in? No

What have you learned as a result?

I have definitely learned after more than my share of bad relationships to watch for the red flags, pay attention to gut feelings, and watch for the prompting of the Holy Spirit. Now I just have to figure out if what I'm feeling about a certain lady is just me or if it's a God thing.
 
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