Joshua Harris, Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello To Courtship Quotes

During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.

We can't change by fancy methods. We can't change by mere willpower. But God's Spirit working in us can help us to "will and to act according to his good purpose" (Philippians 2:13).

We should never use spiritual activities as a way to grab for more intimacy than is appropriate for our relationship.

In fact, the Bible tells us that the union of man and woman in marriage points to the climatic final scene - when Christ returns for His church, the bride He died to save (Ephesians 5:31-32).