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Research has proven that most of the dating that we do in choosing a spouse is a very, it's done on the

subconscious. And a good analogy is an iceberg. You see an iceberg and the tip is sticking out of the water, but the mass is below the water.

When we're dating, we're looking at a person typically on a very superficial level but God is doing something so much more under the

surface that we don't even know about and it's the not knowing that creates the

danger it's not understanding what God is doing when we're

choosing a spouse that really creates the danger in when we marry and a lot of

the pain that is caused in marriage.

So I want to talk about two sovereign and subconscious choices

that we make when we're choosing a spouse.

When Karen and I were dating, I was dating her, I didn't know there was anything deeper than just going out and having fun,

but God wires us to choose a spouse according to his will. God wires us to choose his spouse according to his will.

God wires us to choose his spouse in a certain way.

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