WHEN... is the right time? (part II)

Let's do some math:


If when COURTING (dating) I come to the conclusion that the person I'm dating is really the one for me  then I shouldn't take too long to get married otherwise I'll surrender myself to temptation.


Okay. That's clear. Now, what if then I'm not planning to marry that person right now because I'm only 17 years old and also because I have barely started college? 


Does this mean that I'll date this person for another 3, 4 years? Isn't it dangerous to my hormones?


Moreover, I haven't accomplished much in my finances, got a decent job, nor built a solid foundation yet. 


Well, if I'm using my intelligence and not my emotions (you can't do maths using your emotions anyways), neither following the impulses of my heart, I can conclude that it's too early for me to commit myself to a relationship at this time of my life.


Ha-ha... gotcha! The question now is: Who is brave enough to use the MIND and not the HEART to solve this love equation?




Pr Luke Castro
YPG National Coordinator

WHEN... is the right time? (part I)

In the last post we explained how to know who is the right person for you to spend the rest of your life with and avoid any type of surprises.

Today I would like to talk about WHEN is the right time to start thinking about your love life. Of course, to not think about it is quite impossible, I know. However, I hope to make you understand that it's not a problem to think about it, unless you think with your heart and not with your gray mass.

I'd like to start off talking about DATE and COURTING (you probably never heard of this one before).

According to the dictionary:

DATE - 2 informal a social or romantic appointment or engagement.

COURTING - be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying.

Can you spot the difference? COURTING is no longer part of our street-like vocabulary. It's kind old fashioned. Hence the problems caused by DATING.

Today it's all about DATING. You meet, kiss, sleep together, have a baby and if so, you get married. It's completely the opposite from what we heard from our ancestors (I say ancestors because even our recent ones, such as our parents, failed on this one).

COURTING is all about getting to know the person so you can move on and get married, and not to kiss and roll in the sack. You're interested in what you two might have in common or any dissimilarity. This isn't cool nowadays, I know. Would rather be cool than be sure? It's your call.



To be continued.




Pr Luke Castro
YPG National Coordinator

WHO... is the right person?

Everyone asks this question, at least once in life.

"How will I know who he/she is?" "Will we connect first time?" "Will I feel different?" "Will we have everything in common?" are questions that play over and over again in the minds of many young people.

There is only one solution to that, and this doesn't fail:

"However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come,

He will guide you into all truth."

Jh 16:13

The Holy Spirit doesn't fail my friends. He is spot on. He nails it, big time.

If you have the Holy Spirit He will lead you to someone who is also spiritual. If someone who isn't of God intends to approach you in order to start a relationship with you, He will show you immediately.

And by the way, don't think that everyone in church is what they seem to be. Watch out!

Of course, if you're carnal chances are you'll attract meat, not spirit. Or do you think a spiritual person, filled with the Holy Spirit will risk his relationship with God because of you who is carnal? Quite hard to believe that.

Make sure that you first is filled with the Spirit of God. Then seek the qualities and attributes of the Holy Spirit in the other person. After making sure that you and the other person are on the same spiritual level, the next step would be checking the compatibility. It isn't enough to have the Holy Spirit and attend church. Future plans, career, even spiritual plans such us doing the work of God full time, must be analyzed. Even doing the Work of God as an assistant might be a deterrent in the relationship.

Don't hurry. Let Him guide you. That's why God has inspired the church to do the 21 Days Challenge. If the Spirit of God dwells in you, you have EVERYTHING.

Pr Luke Castro

YPG National Coordinator

Have You Heard of Heartonite?

Isn't it somehow intriguing the fact that Superman, being the strongest super hero, chickens out when he sees a green stone? Why? Isn't he supposed to be SUPERman?

I mean, the Hulk doesn't have that problem. Actually, the angrier he gets, the stronger he becomes. There is nothing that weakens his powers. Anyways, that is another story.

What I'm trying to achieve here is a very simple analogy. The Superman apparently can withstand anything or anyone, except that wicked green stone.

Doesn't the same thing happen to young people nowadays?

The only thing we have to do is replace the kryptonite for the HEART. Hence the HEARTONITE.

Young people are so strong (1 Jn 2.14), bold, sharp, ready for anything. But when they listen to the heart rather than to the reason they become weak. They go from a strong-willed person to a sitting duck. The enemy can do to them whatever he wants, just like Superman's enemies do to him once he is under the effect of the kryptonite.

The solution is very simple: STAY WAY FROM YOUR HEART!

Sounds confusing right? How can one stay way from his own heart? It makes no sense. Well, I'm referring to the feelings and emotions that your heart produces that make you weak. Every time you follow your heart instead of your mind you become vulnerable, just like the big hero.

Use your brain guys, not your heart, otherwise the heart would be located in your skull and your brain in your chest.

Pr Luke Castro

YPG National Coordinator

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