02/16/2026
The Vow Week Two:
Choose Wisely Pastor Rick Countrymen February 15, 2026
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
“There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.” Proverbs 14:2
“Keep me from deceitful ways…” Psalm 119:29
“Even Satan changes himself to look like an angel of light. So it does not surprise us if Satan’s servants also make themselves look like servants who work for what is right.”2 Corinthians 11:14-15
“So be careful how you live...Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.” Ephesians 5:15
We need to be careful how we live!
Which has to includes dating!
We have to be careful who we date!
And it includes marriage!
We have to be careful how we treat our spouse!
“Show me the right path, O Lord; Point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me…” Psalm 25:4-5
Top 5 Questions To Ask When Dating Someone
1) Is the person I’m dating a follower of Jesus?
“Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? 16 And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 (NLT)
2) Is the person I’m dating a reader of the Word of God?
“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.” Psalms 119:97
“Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.” Psalm 119:155
3) Is the person I’m dating an active member of a local church?
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do,
but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Hebrews 10:25
4) Does the person I’m dating care about my holiness?
“But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.” Matthew 18:6-9
“We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord” Romans 15:2
5) Is the person I’m dating humble and forgiving?
“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.” Philippians 2:3-4
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32
Bonus Questions…
6) Is the person I’m dating wise in how they handle their money?
Are they in debt?
Do they save?
Do they give to their church?
7) Does the person I’m dating care about people?
8) Does the person I’m dating care about reaching lost people?
9) Does the person I’m dating have a good reputation?
10) Does the person I’m dating have a good work ethic?
