Mark Ballenger 
When you need to make a decision, the last thing you would want to do is miss God’s warning. However, sometimes the Lord’s voice sounds muffled. The signs seem cloudy. We’re anxious, so we lack peace, which could mean we aren’t trusting God. Or maybe our lack of peace is from God because he’s saying no, but we don’t want to hear it.
Is this confusion just a normal part of getting to know someone before you two become an official couple? Or is this person playing games with you? Are you expecting too much clarity too soon? Or is this person wasting your time?
By studying applying Judges 16:1-22, which is the story of how Delilah ruined Samson, we can identify 5 types of phrases women use when they are sent by Satan and secretly want to control a man.
In most cases, a woman doesn’t end up in a terrible marriage by accident. Yes, there are certainly situations where a woman was genuinely deceived by a highly manipulative man. But more often than not, when a woman looks back and wonders, “How did I end up in this terrible marriage?” the warning signs were there all along.
The devil can’t force his way into our lives and control us through force. Rather, the devil gains a foothold when we walk away from God and give in to temptation. The same is true when it comes to marriage.
How can you really know when a desire is from God or if it’s just from yourself? There are many places in Scripture that can help us answer that question. Today, I’ll be highlighting 4 key passages.
How similar do two people really need to be for a relationship to thrive? When God is truly highlighting the person you will marry one day, will this be marked by an extreme level of compatibility?
