CHRISTIAN DATING ADVICE LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS EP. 5 | Tips For Long Distance Dating

one Christian dating advice for long-distance relationships well sis grab your pen and paper watch to the end of this video because I’m gonna share with you three tips that you can use three Christian dating advice tips you can use for a long-distance relationship hey it’s your girl Steph rottenness founder and CEO of Godwin girl creator of the Christian dating advice YouTube channel and my purpose in life is to connect with the resources you need to achieve your purpose in life and the reason why I created the Christian dating device youtube channel is because I’ve been married praise God for 8 and 1/2 years to an amazing man of God and a lot of you girls in the Gothenburg community asked me about how I ended up with my husband our story in any advice you have for finding a similar type of relationship and I always like to say that the healthy marriage starts with the healthy dating and so that’s why I created this Christian dating advice YouTube channel to provide biblical Christian dating advice from a married Christian woman’s perspective such you can take those tips and really go out and find the man that God purpose you to be with so if you are in a long-distance relationship where you’re wondering about a long-distance relationship in a Christian relationship grab your pen and paper let’s dive in so the first thing I want to do is share the testimony my testimony with my own husband was having a long-distance relationship so it wasn’t long-distance like cross country it was long-distance in that he lived in Tamarac and I lived in an actual Miami I went to University of Miami he lived in Tamarac and so we could only see each other on Saturdays so only once a week we were able to see each other so that was kind of cool we did that the first year of our relationship and it was tough because you know when you start dating somebody and you know that they’re the person you’re meant to be with you just want to be with them all the time and when it’s long distance you can’t and I know other people who are in long-distance relationships that are cross country so it’s a lot it’s definitely a lot to deal with but my husband and I were able to keep our relationship strong and keep our relationship together because we did follow a couple of different rules quote-unquote rules or guidelines that I want to share with you in this video so the first tip is to schedule time to keep God first and this is something that meant a lot to both me and my husband even if we couldn’t see each other everyday even if we couldn’t be with each other every day we wanted to make sure we were both connecting with the Lord together every single day and that allowed us to both keep our eyes on and keep him at the center of our relationship if you’re not with somebody every single day it’s really easy to kind of fall out of touch with what matters and what brought you together in the first place so if you make it a priority to spend time with the Lord together every single day it helps you to keep your eyes on Christ and keep him at the center of your relationship so what my husband and I did was we would read the Bible together every single day and we would ask each other’s opinions about what we read and in the evening times we would say an evening prayer together so even if it was two minutes on the phone we would call each other at night and say a quick prayer together and this way we were keeping Christ at the center of our relationship and as our foundation now because I was at um and he was in Tamarac on Sundays we weren’t able to go to church together which was super helpful with keeping ourselves aligned with Christ and what do you want to win in our relationship but if you’re not able to do this you guys are really long-distance then see if you can watch a sermon together online on Sundays you know you both watch elevation churches live service or something like that so you can still have that experience together and communicate and really really talk about what you’re learning as a Christian couple the second tip I would give you is to not put yourself in tempting situations so if there is somebody in your life who you find attractive and who’s really cool and who’s close by well don’t let yourself get attached to that person because in a long-distance relationship it’s so much easier to get attached to somebody who’s close by then somebody who’s far away so if you find somebody attractive in your life and you spend a lot of time with them and you nurture that relationship with them and you start getting emotionally attached to them then it’s really easy to break up with your lawn distance partner because out of sight out of mind so what my husband and I did was we just didn’t let ourselves be in tempting situations if there was somebody who I was attracted to who loved the Lord who kind of caught my attention I didn’t talked about I made sure that I was like stay away I don’t even want you getting and I don’t want the possibility of temptation to happen because I’m in love with my husband my future husband I’m in love with my boyfriend at the time and I just didn’t want to allow that possibility for me to get attached to somebody else because they were closer so don’t put yourself in tempting situations we don’t have to be rude about it but you don’t have to let yourself get emotionally attached to anybody just because it happened to be here and your partner is far away and third tip that I would give you is to plan time in advance for when you guys will be together having a trip to look forward to or date to look forward to does so much for the soul it just like kind of gives you a little bit of hope especially when you’re feeling lonely my husband and I knew every single week when we were gonna see each other next it was never oh I’ll see you when I see you it’s up in the air we’ll see the schedule no before we left each other on the Sunday we knew when we were gonna see each other the next Sunday or the next Saturday we always planned it in advance so we had something to look forward to if you don’t know when you’re gonna see your partner again it’s really easy to get lonely and feel defeated and feel like oh my gosh they’re so far away but if you have a date on the calendar where you know this is the next time I’m seeing the person now it’s just a matter of counting down the dates being excited flirting with each other sending a little gifts to each other sending little notes to each other I can’t wait to see you on so-and-so plan it out in advance so you have something to look forward to so this is the video on Christian dating advice for long-distance relationships comment below let me know if you’re in a long-distance relationship or if you would ever consider a long-distance relationship on this Christian dating journey I know for me and my husband it was tough being away from each other for a week so I can’t even imagine a lot of people are away from their from their loved ones for like two months three months at a time so make sure you are following these tips to keep that relationship secure and protect what God has given you and sis if you want my free guide on three dating principles for finding a Christian husband as a single dating Christian make sure you click the link in the description box below to get my free guide now and if you want the first Corinthians 613 meant for Christ t-shirt make sure you click the link in the description box to order your shirt now and finally if you’re not subscribed to the Christian dating advice youtube channel hit that subscription button my goal for this channel is for it to be the number one research for all my fellow single sisters who are looking for an amazing Christian husband and they want to do it God’s Way thanks so much for watching and God willing I’ll see you in the next video