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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>Let your heart be open to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Marriage is a spiritual act and it is a permanent one as well, so seeking the will of God requires prayer, fasting, and seeking guidance from your father of confession. Be persistent in prayer, fully willing to accept... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/how-can-you-determine-if-someone-is-right-for-you/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>In all things we do, we must pray and seek God first. It is important to seek God’s will and not rely on your emotions. It is recommended to go a period of time without communicating to that person so you can clearly listen to God and know what that... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/if-theres-a-spiritual-connection-which-draws-me-to-them-what-should-i-do/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
                            <div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12"><h3><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/whats-the-family-role-when-it-comes-to-relationships/">What’s the family role when it comes to relationships?</a></h3><span class="post-meta meta-data">
                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>Your relationship is your decision, but you cannot exclude your family from that decision. They should always support you in prayer. Also, it can be helpful to listen to advice from your family members especially during the courting stages, but you have to put your needs first because you will... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/whats-the-family-role-when-it-comes-to-relationships/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>We see many examples of husbands being older than their wives in the Bible, starting from Adam and Eve and Abraham and Sara. Generally, it is advisable to have an age gap of a couple of years with the male being older. This is because women biologically and emotionally mature... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/is-it-okay-if-there-is-a-5-year-age-gap/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
                            <div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12"><h3><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/how-can-we-differentiate-love-and-infatuation/">How can we differentiate love and infatuation?</a></h3><span class="post-meta meta-data">
                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>Infatuation is the emotions one may experience when first meeting someone. Although these feelings are strong, they are temporary, based on physical attraction, unreasonably passionate, and are about self-satisfaction. Infatuation easily allows for sinful behavior and temptations into a relationship and explicitly defy God’s commandments. We can learn this through... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/how-can-we-differentiate-love-and-infatuation/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
                            <div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12"><h3><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/when-picking-the-person-you-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-your-life-with-should-their-past-be-relevant-when-choosing/">When picking the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, should their past be relevant when choosing?</a></h3><span class="post-meta meta-data">
                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>June 10, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>It depends on what this “past” is. Everyone has a past, and everyone's a sinner. We all have situations that have shaped the person we are. As you are getting to know each other, your main focus should be whether this person will be a partner for you to enter... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/when-picking-the-person-you-want-to-spend-the-rest-of-your-life-with-should-their-past-be-relevant-when-choosing/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>May 26, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>In Ephesians 5, (we recommend you read the whole chapter) St Paul writes about the role of the woman and man in a marriage by likening this relationship to the one Christ has with the Church. How beautiful is that? Our ultimate example of a Godly marriage is following the... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/what-does-submission-look-like/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>May 26, 2020</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>Marriage is one of the 7 sacraments of the church. A sacrament means God is accomplishing a spiritual work. In the marriage sacrament, you go into the church as two people, but you come out United as One Flesh in His eyes. When you put God first and have Him... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/can-you-get-married-in-the-court/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>January 19, 2016</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>By definition 'Homosexuality' is a predominant, persistent and exclusive psychosexual attraction toward members of the same sex. A homosexual person is one who feels a tendency to direct sexual desire towards another of the same sex. No one is born homosexual, nor is it something over which one has no... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/what-does-our-church-think-about-homosexuality/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><article class="post">
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                    		<span><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>January 19, 2016</span><span><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Posted By: Administrator</span><span><i class="fa fa-archive"></i> <a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/">Relationships/Purity</a></span> <span><span class="comments-link">Comments are off for this post</span></span></span><div class="page-content"><p>"Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge" (Hebrews 13:4). Please rethink these questions as they are grievously erroneous. Marriage is a holy Sacrament, blessed and sanctified, whereby two become one before God, and with God; and vow to live their unified... </p></div><p><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq/why-cant-a-couple-live-together-before-getting-married-isnt-it-a-good-way-of-getting-to-know-each-other/" class="btn btn-primary">Continue reading<i class="fa fa-long-arrow-right"></i></a></p></div></div></article><ul class="pagination"><li><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/" title="First"><i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i></a></li><li class="active"><span>1</span></li><li><a href='https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/page/2/' class="">2</a></li><li><a href="https://english.eritreantewahdo.org/bwl-advanced-faq-category/relationships-purity/page/2/" title="Last"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i></a></li></ul>        </div>
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