This presentation is the second part of a three-part presentation focusing on LDS standards in dating for youth. It also discussed the importance of love and respect as the foundation for love.
9. For married couples, physical intimacy, when properly expressed, is the key to emotional and spiritual unity.
10. Respect is the key to trust, and trust is the key to enduring, romantic love.
11. When expressed with gentleness, great respect and unselfishness, physical intimacy heals the marriage relationship.
12. When expressed outside of sacred boundaries, physical intimacy always has painful and often disastrous or devastating consequences for a lot of people.
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14. If you enter into a physical relationship too soon, you too often make life commitments before you are emotionally ready.
35. “ Satan may tempt you to rationalize that sexual intimacy before marriage is acceptable when two people are in love. That is not true.” — For the Strength of Youth, p. 26
38. You are the first and most important guardrail. It’s about what is going on inside of you. No one can protect you like you .
39. “ Necking, petting, intimacies and improprieties of every kind should not be indulged in at any time in dating or in courtship. Love and affection are precious, and virtue must never be placed in jeopardy.” — For the Strength of Youth (1965), p. 13.
40. “ Do not date until you are at least 16 years old. Dating before then can lead to immorality, limit the number of other young people you meet, and deprive you of experiences that will help you choose an eternal partner.” — For the Strength of Youth (2001), p. 24
41. If you are “going out” before 16 or steady dating after 16, you have crossed a sacred boundary and are in danger.
42. When you cross that boundary, you may not have the protection of the Spirit.
43. Familiarity leads to boredom which leads to experimentation which too often leads to transgression.
44. You may not want to date at all. That’s okay. There is plenty of time for dating later.