 Hey guys, welcome to today's video. My name is Isaac and today We're gonna be talking about three questions to ask to know if you're ready for a relationship Let's get into it now The first question is are you ready for marriage and now you might be thinking what Isaac? Why did you just throw that question at me? I'm asking if I'm ready to be in a relationship not marriage calm down And I'm and I would just respond to that. Okay. I understand what you're talking about It's a kind of a different question to ask if you're ready for marriage versus if you're ready for a relationship But I asked that question because the answer I think is Gonna be helpful for us going forward to see if you're ready for a relationship Let me put it to you this way if you say no, I'm not ready for marriage at all. No, I would ask Okay, why why is that? Maybe you're like, maybe it's financially. I'm not quite set career wise Maybe I'm still in school, you know It's gonna be a while till I'm actually ready for marriage And I would just say to that as we're trying to be wise and trying to be discerning and to see okay Is it about time that it's okay? You know appropriate and wise for you to get in a relationship. Let's see. Why aren't you ready to be married? Are those good reasons or if you get into a relationship are you going to be postponing marriage quite significantly and in that case? You know, why are you even getting in a relationship this soon because if you're just like no marriage is like 10 years off for me? Why are you getting into a relationship? because for Christians for people that want to live according to God's standard and live honoring to God the idea of getting into a relationship for you know, maybe even five plus years without getting Married that can leave the door open to a lot of temptation and I just don't think that's super wise Obviously it does happen to some people just life circumstances It just works out that way, but I'm just thinking for us now as we're being discerning and seeing are we ready for a relationship? I think that's something important to consider Are you ready to get married and if not why not and dig into that answer a little bit more? Because I think there might be a little bit more that you need to dig through as you're thinking about should I get into a relationship Okay, on to number two. Number two is a big one and a little bit more serious. Do you have an addiction to something? It doesn't have to be drugs or alcohol. What about pornography? That's a big big big issue for guys Nowadays and even some girls and I would just say if that is an issue for you If you're struggling with that if you're losing a lot of those battles if you feel like you're addicted It is not time to get into a relationship. Maybe you think somehow in your mind Oh, maybe I should just replace this with if I get in a relationship Then I'll be happy then I won't be as lonely then I won't watch porn or I won't do turn to these different addictions That's not the way it works. Unfortunately a lot of people bring in these addictions into relationships And it ends up being really Destructive and really it hurts the other person So I would just encourage you really seriously that if you have these addictions get them sorted out first It's not time to get in a relationship. That's not going to feel that whole that you feel like you're filling up with those Those addictions and you'll be able to oh, you know what? I'll have somebody that I like and somebody that I can hang out with and that'll just fill that part of me That's not the way it works. It's not the way it works So get that sorted out if you have one of those kind of addictions or just things like that It's just not a good time to get into a relationship now counter to that If you don't have any of those kind of addictions that might be a good sign. Hey, look, I'm properly Learning how to live apart from those things that can leave the door open to yeah having a relationship That might be a sign that maybe it's okay to have a relationship at this time If you're not struggling with any of those things, right? But that's why we use discernment I can't speak directly into your life saying oh, you're ready for this. You're ready for that You're not ready for this. You're not ready for that because I don't know you But what I can do is give you different things that you can look at your own life with If you have these addictions no stay away if you don't okay, let's keep moving forward And let's keep being discerning and wise in this on to number three. This is a big Question. Are you committed to God? Even if he doesn't bring you a relationship? I've seen a lot of times where people will come to God and just be really committed to him and just love Yeah, God. I love you. It's awesome. They put on the show And then when a boyfriend or girlfriend comes around They jump all over it and kind of leave God behind Now my question to you is Even if God didn't bring you That person that you would want to spend time with that person that boyfriend that girlfriend right now Even though you really desire that if God was like, no, it's not the right time Would you be okay with that? Would you be okay with just God? And I know there's this idea. I'm dating Jesus or like For me, that's pretty I it's might be okay with some people. It's kind of dumb for me I'm not gonna ever say that because I just think it's stupid But but you know the principle is there it's the the I said this idea that yeah, we're committed to God Over our relationship and that's always the case even when you're married. It's always God number one Because he's the greatest thing in the universe You see it's so important that we become grounded in our own faith before we start looking out for other Relationships because at the end of the day if your faith is not solid If you have not committed yourself to Jesus if you have not given your life to him And you're trying to enter a relationship That's going to be really difficult because it's either the other person that's going to try to You know help you through that and it's going to become a real burden on them or Maybe you're not going to be able to help your Your partner in the way that you want to help them in their faith because you're weak in that area And I think it's a really important question to ask is are we committed to God? Regardless of what he does regardless of whether he brings us Somebody like a girlfriend or boyfriend right now or if he doesn't are we still committed to him? Are we still committed to growing and learning and seeking him because that should be number one priority in our lives and if it is if it's your number one priority That might be a good sign that yeah, maybe you're beginning to God's moving you towards marriage If this is something that he's placed on your heart now, I'd like to hear from you guys What is another question or another couple questions that you should ask to see if you're ready for a relationship? Or maybe to ask and then it'll show you that you're definitely not ready for a relationship There's a there's some important questions to ask as we're seeking to Get into relationships because it's a big thing in our lives that we're kind of pushing ourselves towards And they're like can this happen to me? Can I you know, this is a big step And yet we should be wise about not jumping into relationships when ourselves? We're not ready for them. Okay, so this is a big question And I'd like to hear from you guys down below leaving the comments down below Give this video a like if you enjoyed it and subscribe to see more videos like this coming out all the time Share this video with your friends if you feel like they may need it No judgment, of course, and I'll see you next time. Bye guys