Ecclesiastes 3:1 ASV, Song of Solomon 2:8-12 ASV, Song of Solomon 2:14-17 ASV and Ephesians 5:3 ASV

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…BEFORE MARRIAGE1)YOU WILL HAVE A SEASON OF PREPARATION.See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.•Winter is the season of preparation.•Don’t rush into spring prematurely.2)YOU MAY HAVE A SEASON OF PERFECTION.Listen! My lover! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. My lover spoke and saiDuring this season, limit: •Your time. •Your talk •Your touch. 3) YOU WILL HAVE A SEASON OF DISCOVERY.My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.TALK ABOUT YOUR:•PAST •PLANS •IN ALL SEASONS, PROTECT YOUR PURITY.Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom.PRACTICAL TIPS FOR GUARDING PURITY•INFORM OTHERS OF YOUR LIMITS. •KEEP FOUR ON THE FLOOR. •KEEP EVERYTHING BUTTONED AND ZIPPED. •AVOID SWAPPING SPIT. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality…INSIDE THE COVENANT OF MARRIAGEMy lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies. Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTIONSingle:•How can you be preparing to position yourself for God’s relational blessings? •Define practically how you will guard against the foxes of sexual impurity. Married:•Before marriage, a couple should limit time, talk and touch. After marriage, you should maximize time, talk, and touch. What do you need to maximize? Define what you will do to increase time, talk, or touch. •There should not be a hint of sexual i