During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.

I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm saying let's wait until we can be purposeful, so there's a reason behind our relationship, and we're not just stirring up passion for the sake of a good time.

During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.

Romance says, ' I want it now!'. Wisdom urges patience

Living to glorify God means doing everything... for Him, His way, to point to His greatness and to reflect His goodness.

I've come to see that you can limit God is different ways. You can limit Him by thinking he can never work in spectacular ways. But you can also limit Him by thinking that only the spectacular is meaningful." - from "Dug Down Deep

Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.