Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

You're not really ready to date until you're ready not to date.

Because you're not ready to date until you're at a place where you're like,

I know who God's maybe to be and I know what he's called me to do.

And at that point you're ready to date because now you're ready for a lifelong companion and partner in doing the will of God. Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, Author, and Apologist JD Greer.

I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

You know, dating is not easy, whether you're 16 or 56, and trust me, I remember,

when you choose to apply God's biblical standards to dating, you're definitely going to stand out because, let's face it,

the world has not figured out how to be successful in relationships without God's wisdom.

Today, Pastor J.D. shares on how adopting six biblical resolutions for dating may make you look a little different,

but it will also lead you to the kind of person and marriage you long for and that Jesus wants for you.

If you miss the first part of this message yesterday,

you can listen free of charge by visiting J.D.com.

But now let's get back to our teaching.

Here's Pastor Jain. Dating is a time where you're supposed to evaluate the person that you want to join yourself

to for life. So if the purpose of dating is to choose somebody to marry, and if that

means character matters most of all, then physical intimacy is something that

for the most part you should keep to a minimum. Why? Well that's

because physical intimacy works like a drug. It intoxicates you and masks the

other things that are actually going on.

When the physical excitement of sex fades,

which it will, all that you're going to be left with

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