Christian Dating Tips

Christian Dating Tips

Read 1 Samuel 18

1. The love story between Michal. Saul’s daughter and David, Saul’s Minister of Defence, give us some tips on Christian dating.
2. The Bible says Michal loved David first. It is not out of place for a female to express love for a male – 1 Samuel 18 vs. 20 “And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.”
3. Related to this love between these two is the foundation of a relationship.
4. No two people should be forced to start a relationship.
5. Go into a relationship with the person you love.
6. Also, if a man loves you, he will be willing to do anything to please you and get married to you.
7. David risked his life by going to the enemy’s camp and slaying 100 Philistines to meet the conditions for marrying Michal.
8. King Saul had requested 100 foreskins of Phillistians as a dowry for Michal – 1 Samuel 18 vs 25. “And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.”
9. Another lesson is that payment of dowry seals a marriage.
10. There is no marriage without payment of dowry. If no dowry was paid on you, then you are not yet married to that man.
11. Another lesson is that a father’s approval is a prerequisite to marriage consummation.
12. The Bible says that Saul gave his daughter, Michal, to David as wife – 1 Samuel 18 vs. 27 “Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal, his daughter to wife.”
13. Your father needs to give you out before you can get married.