I KissedDating Goodbye - WaterBrook & Multnomah

I KissedDating

Goodbye a

Joshua Harris

I KISSED DATING GOODBYE published by Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

? 1997, 2003 by Joshua Harris International Standard Book Number: 978-1-59052-135-9

Cover design by The Office of Bill Chiaravalle Cover image by Getty Images / Stephanie Rausser

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from: The Holy Bible, New International Version

? 1973, 1984 by International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House

Other Scripture quotations are from: The Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV) The Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV)

? 1984 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Message ? 1993 by Eugene H. Peterson

Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT) ? 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV) ?2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Harris, Joshua.

I kissed dating goodbye/by Joshua Harris.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 1-59052-135-8 (revision)

ISBN 1-57673-036-0 (alk. Paper)

1. Dating (Social customs) 2. Dating (Social customs)--religious

aspects--Christianity. 3. Man-woman relationships. I. Title.

HQ801.H329 1997

306.73?dc21

96-51843

CIP

10--39

To my parents, Gregg and Sono Harris

Contents

I Gave Josh Harris a Chance by Sam Torode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pa rt On e Isn't There a Better Way? 1. So This Is Love? Beyond What Feels Good, Back to What Is Good . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. The Little Relationship Principle (That Leads to Big Change) The Joy of Intimacy Is the Reward of Commitment . . . . . . . . . 25 3. The Seven Habits of Highly Defective Dating Recognizing Dating's Negative Tendencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4. Counterculture Romance Five Attitude Changes to Help You Avoid Defective Dating . . . 49

Pa rt Two The Heart of the Matter 5. Looking Up "Love" in God's Dictionary Learning the True Definition of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 6. The Right Thing at the Wrong Time Is the Wrong Thing How to Keep Impatience from Robbing You of the Gift of Singleness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 7. The Direction of Purity How to Get on the Road to Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 8. A Cleansed Past: The Room How Jesus Can Redeem Your Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Pa rt Three Building a New Lifestyle 9. Starting with a Clean Slate Five Important Steps for Getting on Track with God's Plan . . 111

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